How NOT To Make A Comic Book Movie (Why These 10 Failed)

When X-Men: First Class was released, it seemed as if the inconceivable timeline and poorly adapted previous films were a thing of the past. Unfortunately, as the franchise drove on, it attempted to adapt one of the biggest plotlines and characters related to the X-Men franchise: Apocalypse.

The Age of Apocalypse storyline from the comics is one of the best-written story arcs around, but the adaptation that was released in 2016 had some serious problems, many of which came about during filming, while other problems related to how it was adapted from the comics.

Olivia Munn, who played Psylocke, gave an interview to Variety, where she pointed out several issues that occurred during filming. Her biggest concern was how men and women were treated differently during filming, and she pointed her finger straight at the man in charge, director Bryan Singer.

"...It seems strange that Bryan Singer could check out and say he had a thyroid issue. Instead of going to a doctor in Montreal, [...] he said he had to go to L.A. And he was gone for about 10 days is my recollection. And he said, ‘Continue. Keep filming.’ We’d be on set, I remember there’s a big scene that we’d have, and we’d come back from lunch, and then one of Bryan’s assistants would come up and show us a cell phone with a text message on it. And he texted to the actors, ‘Hey guys. I’m busy right now. But just go ahead and start filming without me.’”

If the person who is responsible for directing a film leaves his job to his support staff for almost two weeks, you're going to end up with a film that fails to meet expectations.