X-Men: Apocolypse

One of the things I love about my husband is how he somehow managed to get me to like movies based on super heroes, comic book characters, etc.  Now X-Men was actually one of the cartoons I loved watching as a kid, so I have to take some credit for this one.  So going into this movie, I had that anticipation of seeing something you are pretty confident you will enjoy.  The excitement of seeing a comic book movie cannot be denied and what rocks is that this movie did not disappoint.  

With the X-Men movies before this, we may have thought we have seen the most powerful mutants, but we were so wrong.  The movie begins with Apocalypse, one of the first mutants from thousands of years ago, whom was obtaining the power of self healing from another mutant.  Several who were against him tried to prevent the inevitable and instead of killing him, caused him to go to a deep sleep for thousands of years.  

Now we move forward to present day when he is accidentally awoken.  He learns what he has missed during all this time and is quite displeased with the world.  He intends on ridding the world of humans and allowing mutants to rise again.  Apocalypse finds three followers, and then finds Magneto in a desperate state after loosing his wife and daughter.  The four work together to destroy the world, but Apocalypse needs one more thing to feel complete, the power to be everywhere at once, the powers only Professor Xavier holds.  Apocalypse and his followers kidnap Xavier and attempt to do what they set out for but of course that isn't without a fight.  

Professor X has definitely met his match when it comes to powerful mutants, but he is determined to save the human and mutant races together.  His vision of peace among all is what keeps him going.  It isn't until Apocalypse attempts to steel his powers, that Xavier and he are connected, which gives Xavier an advantage, but Apocalypse still proves to conquer.  Luckily, Xavier has one more avenue in which to take, but he needs the help of a student from his school who is still understanding the level of her powers.  Jean is nervous and terrified all at once, but she must help the professor to prevent the end of the world.  It isn't until she unleashes everything she has that her true powers are revealed and the Phoenix is unleashed, but will it be enough?

What I loved most about this movie was the amount of storyline it possessed.  It may have been an action movie, but it wasn't all fight scenes and graphics.  The storyline was strong and really gave a foundation for the characters leading up to a powerful ending.  When watching the cartoons as a child, the feminist in me loved watching Jean evolve into the Phoenix, so seeing this in the movie was nothing short of amazing.  This was a great movie to show the X-men before they became the X-Men which only added to the level of depth of the characters.  A must see for sure.