X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Directed by Bryan Singer
Written by Simon Kinberg, Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman
Starring:
Everyone. (Everything)

Five Pluses:

1. Stunning, splashy, mesmerizing effects. The kind we've been longing for since the X2 and continuing the momentum Matthew Vaughn brought forth. 
2. Absolutely brutal at times. Not holding back on the bone crushing consequences drawing on our genuine fear for these character's lives. 
3. The actors are stone cold awesome. Fassbender is Fassbending. McAvoy be McMacking it while the old guard brings the gravitas. 
4. Flat out ignores Origins and swipes clean the damage of The Last Stand while keeping most* of the good.
5. The music. X2's theme back in all it's former glory. 

What was missing: 

1. Ben Foster's Archangel.* Completely and unfortunately MIA.  
2. The signature misty teleportation was nowhere.  
3. More of everything. I wish this was a 5 hour long film. 

Bottom Line:

The good far outweighs the bad and there are some stellar scenes that transcend the bar to the levels of even the X2 opening sequence. (Miss you, Kurt!)

10 out of 10