Dark Phoenix is the twelfth installment in the X-men
Franchise. The movie focuses on Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) a mutant with the
power of telekinesis whose dark personality, Phoenix, was unleashed when a
solar explosion was absorbed by Jean during a rescue mission in outer space
with the other members of the X-men. Feeling confused and volatile, Jean is on
a mission to find out about her past and control the rage within, and doesn’t
care who she hurts; mutant or human. But unknown to her there are forces who
crave the power within her.
The storyline is the biggest problem of
the film with all the incredible movies so far in 2019 Dark Phoenix is
almost two hours of pure boredom.
The underdevelopment of some of the
characters also contributed in the disaster of Dark Phoenix. The
central character Jean Grey/Phoenix was introduced like five minutes into the
film and all of a sudden the audience is expected to sympathize with all her
weeping and confusion about her past. It wasn’t that Turner didn’t present a
good portrayal of Jean but close up shots of Jean holding her head and weeping
all the time was not enough for any sort of emotional attachment.
Then there is Jessica Chastain’s Character
Vuk and her ilk who also suffered the same fate of non-character development
(note: Vuk’s ridiculous bleached blonde eyebrows and wig may be a distraction).
Vuk is the leader of an alien race known as D’Bari whose planet was destroyed by
the solar element within Jean and the question of why they were desperate to
find Jean and extract the solar element is left unanswered in the film.
There is also the question if the name of
the team will remain as the X-Men since Professor Xavier retired at the end of
the film. More questions than answers, what a mess.
Even with Dark Phoenix being
the X-Men film with its main focus being a female character, I am still disappointed,
the X-men Franchise should be going out with a bang like the Avengers.But Dark Phoenix is a mess and not even the talented cast could save it.
Let’s hope the X-Men franchise gets a
better farewell with New Mutants coming out in August
2019. Laterz
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