Movie : X-Men – Days of the Future Past
Krishna
Professor X or Charles Xavier, recounts how the humans created Sentinels, an artificial intelligent beings to kill the Mutants.
The Sentinels turn on humans next, exterminating any humans they think have the potential to become mutants. They are immune to Mutant powers and are superior; cannot be burnt, frozen, even closed off. They come relentlessly, reminding one of the determination of the Terminator. The fate of the remaining mutants as well as most of humanity seems doomed.
Trask of the Trask Industries, is a diminutive scientist who hates mutants with a passion. He is the brain behind the Sentinels. The idea is to go back in time and prevent the sentinels from ever being made. The only problem is that the ability to go back only works for a couple of months, as going far back into the future can put so much pressure on the mind that it snaps. The only person who can go back and survive is the only mutant who has self-healing powers to heal himself – Wolverine.
So far so good. Now the story gets complicated. They have to convince a reluctant Mystique, this time played by Jennifer Lawrence, to not kill Trask. (That releases the destiny of the Sentinels) For that he has to convince an early Professor X that the future Professor X sent him to help Wolverine. In addition, they need the help of the evilest man of all, Magneto, in concert. And then they all do a number of things to keep the movie fast paced and succeed. The story is like the cartoon version, complex and science based. However, there are some scenes that stand out.
After the commercial success of the Game of Thrones and his part in it, Tyrion (ie, Peter Dinklage) gets a major part as a villain in this movie. He is Trask.
Some of the scenes are great. The one where Quicksilver goes and rescues Magneto out of the Pentagon is fantastic.
The young Magneto (Eric) and Charles are interesting. The story also has its moments. Charles regains the use of his limbs and can live like a normal man, but he has to give up his ability to read minds and all his superpowers. (Funny how these things work out in the comic world right? What kind of a trade-off is that? Why that specific trade-off? What have they even got to do with each other? ) His cinematic moment comes when he agrees to become a cripple again for the greater good of the mutants and humanity.
There is also the irony that, since Mystique’s blood is the one that helps Trask create the sentinels in the first place, Erik tries to kill her first, but in the process wounds her and thus becomes the cause of the blood getting to Trask. Nice touch.
Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger all make appearance, the actors looking like poor imitations of the originals.
Bickering like children while there is a world to save, Magneto, Charles, Mystique and other mutants finally manage to end the mayhem, get Trask arrested for treason and save the world, where everything is as it should be.
Not a bad movie, has a lot of interesting touches. 7/10
– – Krishna