The Sentinels are really intimidating

The one thought that is still wandering in my mind after watching Days of Future Past is the Sentinels. They are really scary. In X-men cartoon series, they are just a bunch of metal shells, easily defeated. The only way they can beat X-men in the cartoon is by out-numbering X-men ten to one. But in this movie, they are almost unbeatable. One sentinel can take on three or more mutants. Plus there are thousands and thousands of them. There is simply no way X-men can defeat them face on.

When you have an antagonist that is so powerful for the hero, the urgency of the events is immediately heightened. When I was watching the movie, the tension was so high that I was on the edge of my seat most of the time. I can really feel that if X-men don't succeed, the world is then doomed.

Simply put, Days of Future Past is awesome. It is my favorite film so far in 2014, even better than the Winter Soldier. It is a dark toned superhero movie, mix in with an adequate amount of good jokes. Considering the number of characters in this film, the story is well written to give every character an equal weight to shine, something which is difficult to achieve. A good exemple of a successful film with a lot of characters that I can think of is the Avengers. 

I can't help myself but to compare it with Avengers. In a world where I have to choose only one of them, I would choose Days of Future Past. I grew up with X-men film trilogy, I even used to watch the X-men cartoon series. On the other hand, I only knew about the Avengers in the recent years. Days of the Future Past makes X-men awesome again. Of course I would root for X-men over the Avengers.

There is so much emotion in it too. Time traveling isn't a new premise in a movie, but it is the great acting performance by all the actors that makes this movie stand out. The scene where the young and old Professor X meet, the conversation is so damn moving, so damn relatable, that I almost bawl.

In the end, all and all is to say that Days of Future Past is very well done. If you only have money to watch one movie within this month, skip Godzilla, don't watch Spiderman, watch this. I know this is a bold statement. Godzilla is good and the special effects probably make Godzilla worth watching in cinema. But from the stand point of storyline, the thing I value the most in a movie, Days of Future Past is way better. 

A movie without end credit scene is not a Marvel movie. No exception this time. The scene is quite important though as it reveals the next major villain. And for the first time I do know about this villain. I still remember him vividly when I first saw him in the cartoon series. It took X-men a few episodes to take him down. He is ancient, he is powerful. He is the Apocalypse!