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

Several critics have been quick to point out that the latest X-Men movie has far too many characters, and - as such - they're all underserved by the script.

There are a lot of characters in X-Men: Apocalypse, that's true enough, and though one could certainly argue that the movie might have benefited from having... well, less characters, I still feel like it did a fair enough job of at least giving everyone something memorable to do.

This is an ensemble film, of course, except the ensemble is about three times bigger than what you'd usually find in an X-Men film. With so many characters to deal with, it's a wonder that nearly everyone was given an opportunity to shine, but Bryan Singer pulls it off rather majestically. Not to the standard of say, Civil War, but you still go home thinking about each of the characters as individuals.

It might have been nice to have a few more scenes with Storm or Psylocke, sure, but they still served their purpose to the extent that the script needed them to. And no doubt there will be other films in which these characters will find themselves developed further - this was only an introduction, after all.

Apocalypse is a film that moves at breakneck speed, and so it feels appropriate that we get smaller moments with everyone, as this universe has become rather sizeable over the span of the past decade. Instead of rejecting the way the movie quickly moved between its ensemble, I embraced its pacing and found it to be surprisingly thrilling to watch as we cut back and forth.