Mostly stuck in second gear for the entire runtime.
It’s hard to find any outright terrible stuff in it, but it’s simply dull the whole way through.
I’ll give it this: the cast is fine, and there’s one good action set piece.
Jessica Chastain, I still don’t know who exactly she was playing, tbh.
I think it’s mentioned somewhere once, and never brought up again.
I suppose you’ll get a nerdboner if you’re actually familiar with who it is.
If not, like me, you won’t care.

As for the overall film, it is just so bland and directed without a sense of flair or excitement.
Bit of a bummer to end the franchise like this.

4/10

Way back in the year 2000, and before the MCU, the original X-Men kickstarted the superhero genre that had long since faded into medocrity. (Seriously, post 1992 Batman Returns, can you name another decent superhero movie?). And now the saga ends, and while it isn't the swansong I hoped for, it's no disaster, either. The Dark Phoenix story is improved upon after the less than good The Last Stand, there is some decent action, and most of the cast are given an opportunity to shine. It could have been better - it is slow in places, the villains are thinly drawn - but it's not the mess the critics are calling it. Of course, while this saga ends, the X-Men will return when Disney resurrect the characters, but I will still miss the actors who have embodied the characters so well in this decent, if not always successful series of films.

A lumpen mess of CGI and overblown rhetoric about power and love between underwritten characters you couldn't give a stuff about. It's only the charm of Fassbender, McAvoy and some of the other actors who save it. Meanwhile, poor Jessica Chastain is wasted as smug annoying floaty villain.

Definitely worse than X3: Last Stand. How on earth did they let the same guy take another crack at this story when he messed it up last time as well?

Man, they should have named this movie "The Shit on Charles Xavier Power Hour". I was really disappointed by that. They kept laying into him and it seemed so out of place. That aside, the movie seemed mediocre although I did enjoy some of the action scenes, particularly with magneto. Makes me want to re-watch the original X-Men movies though because they are certainly superior.

Anyone who read the Fenix Saga in the comics, or even watched the cartoon of the 90s, will never like this movie. Unfortunately.
The most unnecessary part in my opinion was the raised agenda about male chauvinism in the movie. Totally unnecessary, as most female characters have always been the strongest.
They had an excellent opportunity to make a masterpiece, and they wasted it.

Spoiler Alert... IT'S TRASH.
And I say "spoiler", because it spoils the entire series. Honestly, you're better off just not watching it, and wondering what could have been. I won't blame you if you still watch it, but afterward, you'll be thinking about this comment... and how you shouldn't have watched it.

Remember, you were warned.

Just take some popcorn or whatever, sit back in your couch and don't expect much about this movie.

It's sad to see the X-Men franchise go out with this movie. It is very generic and anti climatic. There was a lot of stuff I didn't understand, like everything to do with Jessica Chastain's character, and I just don't really care for Jean that much. It does have some decent action but the CGI can be distracting at times.

I think they only made this so they could have Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) throw out the line “it should be called X-Women.” Everything needs feminism these days.
They blew it after Days of Future Past. Rebooted the franchise after the X-3 mess. So they can make a movie with the Phoenix plot again ? At least X-3 was fun.
The film was just as dark while killing key members again. Except this is the last one. No time travel sequel coming that will save the killed off characters.
Jean was alive in the Days of Future Passed ending. Which makes this franchise even more of a mess. Since she died before Logan could even love her now. While Magneto never even learned that Quicksilver is his son. What a mess.

Seen it twice, probably enjoyed a little more on the second try. It's not a great movie, but I wouldn't call it terrible either. Fassbender steals the show once again, at least in my eyes. Turner is a little awkward, there's not enough Pietro and I still don't know exactly who Chastain played. Neither [spoiler]Raven's death[/spoiler] nor [spoiler]Jean's final sacrifice[/spoiler] provoke emotions that they probably should, I didn't even blink while watching them. I liked what they tried to do with Professor X, even though they seemed to go a little overboard, overall poorly executing what undoubtedly started as a good idea.
But I admit, the final scene was great. The perfect way to wrap up this story.

FX, FX and nothing else.

I am so angry!!! I had sick high hopes, because the story in the comics is soooooo good!! This sucked HARD!!! This is seriously the absolute worst X-men film yet. I’m sooo pissed after watching this boring piece of trash! RIP MCU!