X-Men: Apocalypse Reviews- 12 Early Reactions You Need To Know
8. The Old Guys Not So Much
The rest of the cast don't come off quite as positively. It was somewhat inevitable that there'd be some give, as Singer was forced to balance more characters and plot threads, but it's a shame that characters as great as Magneto and Xavier seem to have been so neglected. Particularly when Civil War showed that it's possible to have an even bigger cast and give most a fair share of time, or at least something interesting to do.
According to EW, the old guard just seem bored:
"The familiar faces are all back too. But for how much longer is anyones guess judging from the general expression of tedium creeping across the faces of Jennifer Mystique Lawrence and Michael Magneto Fassbender. James McAvoy, at least, gets to deliver a few breezy punch lines as Professor Xavier when hes not touching his temples like hes feeling the onset of the worlds worst tension headache."
Perhaps it's just an issue of balance. As Variety say, there's just too many elements to really juggle and "its easy to forget even McAvoy or Fassbender when theyre off screen for too long..."
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