4) Make The Franchise Human Again
Bryan Singer’s early X-Men films, never just action extravaganzas, were most often about how flawed we are as a species. The mutants in these movies are not the invincible, all-powerful supermen we see in Apocalypse, but frail, scared, occasionally disturbed people who are uncertain about their place in the world. The approach Singer took here made the films feel paradoxically very human; he made the X-Men relatable.
The characters in Apocalypse, by comparison, feel distant. They are only superficially complicated, and no longer look and sound like real people, with all their flaws and foibles. The sequel to Apocalypse hopefully won’t be so detached from real life. What has always made the X-Men movies stand out before now is how the characters within look more like us than any other cinematic superheroes. Fox should try and get back to that.
Published: Jun 1, 2016 02:20 pm