12 Movie Moments That Pissed Off Fans The Most In 2016

12. The Phoenix Rises - X-Men: Apocalypse

Bryan Singer did an expert job untangling the messy continuity of the X-Men franchise with Days Of Future Past, and provided himself with a clean slate with Apocalypse. It was something of a shock to witness him then mess it up again, making a bloated blockbuster with too many subplots, characters and CGI; it was his version of The Last Stand, basically.

It feels like he tried to shoehorn in every single idea or concept he ever dreamt up with Apocalypse, which might explain the lack of focus. He obviously had unfinished business with The Dark Phoenix Saga, explaining why young Jean briefly goes all Phoenix-y in the climax.

This finale was already a bore fest of characters throwing a bunch of CG crap at Apocalypse, but the instant Grey uses the phoenix as a weapon to destroy him is jaw-droppingly silly, and should have been saved for a movie where the powers are actually fleshed out.