This movie wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be, but it was still too over-complicated with an odd time-traveling plot. There are brief appearances of a lot of mutants from both generations, but only a few of them show off their super powers. There are also a lot of holes in the story when compared to the original "X-Men" trilogy. It explains how "Charles Xavier" was able to walk after we watched him get paralyzed in "X-Men: First Class", and it even mentions "Wolverine's" brief appearance in that movie. It also ties in "Wolverine's" past with "William Striker" This "X-Men" movie ties everything together and makes everything make sense when the story line is followed. Although, by altering history, it's as if the "X-Men" trilogy NEVER happened..... at the very end of the film, it reveals "Mystique" is posed as the young "William Striker"...... which makes no sense and also contradicts the first three "X-Men" movies. We get to see young "Magneto" become evil and the beginning of "Professor X". Another hole in the story is present-day "Magneto" having powers, after we saw him lose his powers in "X-Men 3: The Last Stand".But I loved the scenes with the young "Quicksilver", he is awesome!
I knew the movie was obviously about time travel, but I thought it would follow the comic books and the original cartoon, by having "Bishop" travel back in time with "Wolverine" to stop an assassination. Instead, "Wolverine" travels back alone to find the "Professor X", "Magneto", and "Beast" to stop the "Sentinnels" from ever being created. "Bishop" and "Blink" stay in the future to help the remaining "X-Men". The "Sentinnels" are really tough in the movie and not as easy to destroy like they are in the comic books. They wipe out all the mutants on the planet unless Wolverine can stop it from ever happening.
The main mutants featured are "Charles Xavier", "Magneto", "Wolverine", "Colossus", "Ice-Man", "Storm", "Kitty", "Quicksilver", "Beast", and "Mystique". Also, "Havok" makes a very short appearance and so does "Toad".
All the other 'featured mutants' appear in the end for a few seconds, like "Rouge", "Cyclops", and "Jean Grey" after "Wolverine" travels back to present time. This movie has phenomenal graphics, but it lacks enough action sequences and once again, it's all about "Wolverine"! In fact, this is basically just another "Wolverine" movie - I give it a 7 /10.
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