X-Men: Apocalypse - 10 Reasons It's Not As Bad As The Critics Are Saying

10. It Isn't Inconsequential; It's An Important Part Of The Mythology

One major criticism that has been thrown at X-Men: Apocalypse is that it feels "inconsequential," as though it would have made no difference to the timeline or the characters had it, like, not happened. Obviously that's not an ideal accusation when your film is supposed to be about the biggest threat that the X-Men ever faced - you know, the end of the entire world.

Thing is, X-Men: Apocalypse makes a genuine effort to connect itself to the franchise in ways that mean it's anything but inconsequential, to the point where it seems bizarre that so many critics have branded it as such. Singer even imports the flashback sequences from Magneto's time at Auschwitz from the very first X-Men movie, as to ensure that Apocalypse has firm ties with the original movie.

Then there's all the other stuff, like Professor X losing his hair, Storm joining the X-Men and Jean Grey first realising that she's an incredibly powerful mutant... To deem the movie to be "inconsequential" when so many important events occur across the span of the narrative seems somewhat ill-judged.

Whilst the fast pace of the film doesn't exactly help matters in this regard - that nothing is arguably given enough time to allow it to sink in - it doesn't automatically mean the events depicted are insignificant; it's the real deal.