X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Yesterday I went to see the new X-Men film. I had seen quite a few people saying it was really good so I was excited!

The plot of the film centers around Wolverine going back into the past to stop an event from happening that leads to war against mutants in the future.

Firstly, the action was awesome. The sentinels were so powerful and scary! Even the strongest mutants were helpless against them. Also, the slow-motion scene at the pentagon was amazing.

The plot was really consistent and engaging all the way through and the different relationships between the mutants became tense and interesting. 

I don't want to say much else because I really don't want to spoil the film, it's too good! Go and watch it, it's the best X-Men film by far.

Also, make sure you watch the end credit scene and if you're not a comic book nerd (I'm unfortunately not), just Google it, it sounds like it's leading to something even better than Days of Future Past and I cannot wait!

Godzilla

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Do not read if you don't want to know what happens!

On Friday I went to the cinema with my boyfriend to watch Godzilla. We watched it in 2D because I have to wear my glasses in the cineme otherwise I get headaches and it's pretty difficult to wear 3D glasses over glasses. Anyway, it wasn't a film that I was dying to see in 3D anyway.

As you will probably know, the plot is basically that Godzilla is brought from his hiding place by these two giant parasites that want to mate and are calling out to each other, and Godzilla just want to 'restore natural balance' by killing them.

At first it seems like Godzilla is the bad guy and just wants to wreck the place, but actually he saves the earth from these parasites and goes back to hiding in the sea.

The film is done really well, the parasites and Godzilla look awesome and the sound effects are so scary and amazing. There are a few things that I didn't like though; Bryan Cranston's character dies quite early on which I didn't expect as all the trailers seem to suggest he is the main character throughout. Aaron Johnson does play a good character though when he takes over the main role. There are a few bits where the monsters basically look Johnson's character in the eye which seemed quite cheesy.

Also, when they return to their family home, the 'Happy Birthday' sign is up. Who the frig put that up? The kid left it and went to school, then the mum died and the other two were apparently evacuated so quickly that they didn't even grab any photographs.

Anyway, I would say that it's definitely worth a watch, especially if you like watching giant monsters fight! Also, in the scene where the soldiers jump from the plane, the sky looks awesome and completely scary. It is a good story too and Cranston's character builds up a lot of drama.

On a side note, there is a line in the film that says something like "the ignorance of man is thinking that nature is under our control", which is probably one of the most thought-provoking things I've ever heard. It's totally true and, when you apply it to the situation that the film puts the world in, completely terrifying.

Thanks for reading,

Sabotage

So, yesterday I went to see Sabotage at the cinema with the bf. I was expecting good things as it was by the same people who did 'End of Watch' which was a great film.

The plot of the film centers around a Special Operations DEA team. It seems that members of the team were not exactly perfect citizens, but the FBI gave them the chance to be useful by joining the team, and up until the thing that happens at the beginning, they were proving to be very...effective shall we say.

Basically, there is a LOT of blood and violence. It is quite gross, but not the Saw films kind of 'I-really-need-to-vomit' gross, it's more just gang violence kind of gross. There's also a lot of swearing. Barely a sentence goes by without some form of bad word, so I wouldn't recommend it if you're easily offended.
These things aren't out of place though, they are quite justified and fit in to the tone of the film as opposed to being overused and vulgar. The story is really quite gripping. It never gets boring or slow and there's a lot happening throughout the whole film.

There was one bad thing about the film. Without giving too much away, I honestly don't understand how the police knew that there was money missing after they blew up the stack at the beginning. If someone can explain that to me without the obvious answer that someone told them, then I will applaud you.

If you liked 'End of Watch' or really any form of drug cartel revenge film, then you will definitely like this!

I'm really looking forward to watching Godzilla and X-Men over the next few weeks so I will most likely give my opinions on those too!