Dark Phoenix - This Beleaguered Movie is Really Decent

Poor Dark Phoenix: it's been getting bad press for two years or something, sucking up internet vitriol at Sophie Turner and franchise fatigue, general concerns that it would be another X3-like flop, rumors of a troubled production, etc. It may well also have suffered neglect from studios knowing this would be the last in the franchise and having some interest in not having it generate enthusiastic buzz for more.

Still, the second trailer was pretty good--and I went in with moderate-to-no expectations. It was a good movie! Not the best but pretty good. I think my personal ranking in terms of quality would be thus (best to worst):

* Logan
* 1st X-Men
* X-Men First Class (not technically this good but scoring high for me by way of heart)
* X-2
* Days of Future Past
* Dark Phoenix
* The Wolverine (the Japan One)
* Apocalypse
* Wolverine (#1)
* X-3 (X-Men Last Stand)

What are your rankings?

For me, Dark Phoenix is about in the middle. Spoiler free pros and cons follow, just cut for length:( Read more... )