Why Bad Reviews Don’t Stop Me from Watching X-Men: Apocalypse
Rotten tomatoes rated X-Men: Apocalypse, the latest installment of X-Men universe, rotten, with only 49 percent of approval. Critics’ consensus in the website mentioned that the movie had wasted several “strong performers” and “resonant themes.” Meanwhile, Metacritic gave a mixed review for X-Men: Apocalypse with a 52 Metascore, making the movie to be the lowest rated of the X-Men movie adaptation since X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), which has a 58 Metascore. An X-Men movie which is even worse than The Last Stand? How bad can it be? Apocalyptic reviews have indeed slammed Bryan Singer’s latest take on X-Men. However, I still went and watched the movie last night. I was satisfied. love it. And I want more … X-Men: Apocalypse is set 10 years after Magneto’s attack to the White House in the acclaimed movie X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), which was also directed by Singer. In Apocalypse, Charles Xavier aka Professo...