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X-Men: Apocalypse/YMMV

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These things about X-Men: Apocalypse are subjective - not everyone will agree with all of them.

  • Awesome Music:
    • "Sweet Dreams are Made of This" by Eurythmics.
    • John Ottman's X-Men theme returns again.
  • Contested Sequel: Some believed it was just as good as some of the better X-Men films but some don't.
  • Draco in Leather Pants: You wouldn't believe in how many people praise Apocalypse for getting rid of nuclear weapons in the second act. People had lived so long in a world kept peaceful by Mutually Assured Destruction that they can't imagine the War Is Hell scenarios to happen in such situation.
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: Quicksilver helped people sit through this average film.
  • It's the Same, Now It Sucks:
    • Many found Quicksilver's suddenly saving all the mutants of the X-Mansion a poor replay of the same sequence of Days of Future Past, with the worst detail being even he was not even aware the explosion happened until suddenly walking into it mid-run, making it too much of a Contrived Coincidence.
    • Mystique being the main heroine of the movie again, despite not being remotely on the same level of Apocalypse in terms of power and having coldly betrayed Xavier in First Class. It don't helps many saw her promotion to it as Fox trying to capitalize on the Hunger Games movies by using the same leading actress as protagonist.
  • One-Scene Wonder: Wolverine's scene caught people's attention.
  • Overshadowed by Controversy: The harassment cases towards Bryan Singer made this film harder to watch.
  • Signature Scene: Quicksilver's scene at the X-Mansion.
  • The Scrappy: Mystique was always the epitome of Hate Sink in the comics, in a lot of adaptations, and in all of previous movies except Days of Future Past, being incredibly self-serving, hypocrite, and manipulative towards other mutants and non-mutants on the Marvel Universe even when technically on the side of good. Suddenly this movie takes a 180 and tries to portray her as heroic. The audience didn't buy it and she ended up being hated.
  • Tough Act to Follow: Since it followed up from both X-Men: Days of Future Past and Deadpool, it was no wonder why it got mixed signals.
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