On Disney+ you can see this attempt to combine past and future of a franchise that was, without knowing it, approaching disaster
Although the situation of superhero cinema is faltering, there now seems to be a exciting hunger for everything that has to do with the mutant world in Marvel. The good commercial expectations of ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ added to the phenomenon that ‘X-Men ’97’ has become, anticipate a tremendous desire to see the iconic group of the X-Men in all possible versions.
It is, first, a hopeful sign for Marvel Studios in a delicate moment. Also a source of excitement for characters who, in their audiovisual version, They have been sailing through the desert for years, with disastrous films that have once again wasted their potential. A bitter ending that could be said to have started as a result of some bad decisions made since ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’.
Lost in time
One of the most beloved films of this group of characters, revitalized a few years earlier thanks to the sensational ‘X-Men: First Class’. In this film, which celebrates 10 years since its release in theaters, Bryan Singer returns after being absent for three films. We also have James McAvoy, Hugh Jackman and Michael Fassbender starring in a temporary show that can be seen streaming through Disney+.
A war occurs in two different moments in time. The X-Men fight an epic battle in a dystopian future where a series of sentinel robots hunt down mutants. In order to avoid it, the group send Wolverine back in timeto 1973, allying himself with the younger versions of Charles Xavier and Magneto to prevent the disaster that is going to occur.
It is a very meaningful strategy, establishing bridges between the original trilogy that was successful, but ended on a fatal note, and the promising timeline that marked Matthew Vaughn’s reboot. Although instead of giving it back to the British director, Singer returned for what was to be a declaration of intent to the claim some characters that he made popular.
‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’: exciting but functional
It is a very suggestive idea as well as very comical, which it manages to carry out with a certain dynamism. The moments shared between the protagonists awaken a certain enthusiasm, where the time travel proposal is exploited with a certain grace, and manages to dazzle in moments like Quicksilver’s introduction. But it doesn’t always work, since the Singer who directs here is not the same one who came up with a fascinating approach to take these characters towards mainstream cinema and towards powerful cultural relevance.
That filmmaker was replaced by a random official like those who direct clone and soulless blockbusters a few years before this film was made. Thus, ‘Days of Future Past’ presents too much rigidity and functionality for what should be a free and daring proposal that explores the limits of the mutant multiverse. It seems that we will have to wait for ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ to try to take real advantage of it.
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