X-Men: Days of Future Past

Ratings: 7.5/10

Film Class: A

Genre: Marvel Superhero

The X-Men must come together again... wait a minute, X-Men? It's more like Wolverine travelling back to the past and bringing together best-friends-turned-arch-enemies Professor X and Magneto to stop an assassination which brings about a doomed future for mutants and humans. A post-apocalyptic tale where time travel's possible (only in the Marvel Universe), where the mutants' and humanity's only hope against a world governed by invincible Sentinels is a 4-men team comprising of Wolverine, Professor X, Beast and Magneto. 

The 1973 back to the past era was more err.. human-like, whilst the dark future packed more Marvel-Superhero-Universe punch that X-Men fans have been waiting so long for; yup, it's finally here, a fireworks of mutant display during the opening and ending scenes. The only complain I have is the lack of action all through mid-way compared to the adrenaline pumping start, which reminded me of what X-Men felt like during my younger days, when it was still cartoon-ized. 

*spoilers ahead* I didn't like how Mystique was so crucial in this film, was never a fan of hers, but not only was she that important (in changing history), she was also the common love interest of Professor X, Magneto and even Beast. What?! It's not even a love triangle, it's a love square! 

While Wolverine didn't have his kick-ass alimentum claws back in the past, he does have his high-density bones to slice through... nothing? I don't even recall him Berserker Barraging anything, but he does feel more vulnerable, and a character's vulnerability makes the story somewhat more relatable. 

The ending is predictable, but definitely not the stinger. *major spoilers ahead* Even though it was less than 10 seconds long, the post-credits scene is worth staying back for, especially for fans... because it introduces this unknown new character, rather scrawny looking compared to how the comics/cartoon have always portrayed him... he is none other than the ultimate villain I had hoped for since the X-Men's first live motion picture... the Age of Apocalypse is coming. 

X-Men: Days of Future Past is the franchise's best sequel yet, a more all-rounded film with better focus, finally an X-Men movie more X-Men than Wolverine. 

Godzilla

Ratings: 5.5/10

Film Class: A

Genre: Sci Fi Action

This version of Godzilla glorifies the Japanese prehistoric fictional legend, a monster which feeds on nuclear energy capable of mass destruction. However, unlike the previous Hollywood film, Godzilla's this Godlike monster, a creature which maintains balance, humanity's last line of defence against other monsters like it. The trailer tend to throw the audience's expectations off, portraying Godzilla as yet another devastator, but this T-Rex (big head, short hands), Iguanodon (scaly skinned), Stegosaurus (spikes at the back) and alligator (tail) chimera shows you its less commonly seen good side. 

I happened to bump into my friend after the movie, and when he asked how it went, the mentally beat up me replied... "It's quite "gina" (meaning child-like, childish)". For a lack of a better adjective, that was all I could think of to sum up my 2hr long solo movie experience. Not sure if it was cos' of the sound effects, as I was seated at the leftmost end of the cinema, or was it the overly simple storyline, or was it the exceptionally bad acting from the main lead, or was it the insanely ridiculous way Godzilla somehow always manages to come back to life from a near-death state (reminds me of Ultraman), but it just felt soo.. sooo.... horrible. 

There wasn't enough action, too much poor scripting, poor acting, poor development that I just thought to myself, "Are we there yet?" We do get to see Godzilla's full frame pretty early in the movie, but the monster duels were always either cut out too quickly after some teaser exchanges of blows or they just too flukishly ended. 

The best part of it was the opening credits... after that, everything else went downhill. Just like Godzilla, the movie went dangerous close to the core... being sucked in... let's just say it sucked to the core. No stinger at the end, so you could spare yourself the agony and get out of the cinema before the monster "ate your brains".