8 Reasons X-Men: Apocalypse Doesn't Deserve The Hate
2. The Characters Are Well Cast
I feel like if there is any point that is going to get me laughed out of the room it’s this one. There have been a lot of complaints about the casting in this film, but I can only assume this displeasure comes primarily from genuine fans of the X-Men.
From where this amateur was sitting, the cast all did a pretty great job. Tye Sheridan was an incredibly bratty and sulky Cyclops, I’ll concede that. And some of the accents were…well they had some interesting moments. Overall, though, the casting seemed pretty strong and made sense given how we have seen these characters in the future.
The young cast had an awful lot of heavy lifting to do, and they were charming and talented enough to pull off their roles believably. Their youthful timidity also acted as a nice counterpoint to the highly entertaining melodrama that James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender were immersing themselves in.
I have also seen a bit of backlash to Oscar Isaac’s portrayal of Apocalypse – primarily because he is supposedly wasted under all the prosthetics and voice enhancements.
But again, I thought he was kind of great. His voice and mannerisms are wonderfully creepy, and Isaac fully committed himself to creating a character that was both completely menacing, and grippingly ludicrous.
Considering some of the villains we have seen this year (looking at you Doomsday and Ajax) he absolutely feels like a memorable villain we’ve been waiting for.