X-Men: Dark Phoenix a.k.a. Dark Phoenix (2019)Directed by Simon KinbergI watched this movie some days back, and then had some work related travel and got busy, so couldn't complete this sketch earlier. The movie is set in 1992, and opens with the X-Men saving a group of astronauts from a malfunctioning shuttle, caused by what looks like a solar flare. This energy is semi-sentient apparently and attaches itself to Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), who absorbs it. When she come back she feels good, but this power enhances her abilities, and she is soon pursued by a race of aliens led by Jessica Chastain, who apparently want this power for themselves.The first half was pretty engaging but after the entire movie was over I felt it was just underwhelming. The acting is good but the characters and events just felt underdeveloped and small in scale. Hans Zimmer's music was nice and added some weight to the proceedings but I felt even he wasn't on his A game here, with some of the music cues sounding similar to what he's already done in his previous scores. The film suffers as a result of the reshoots and changes made in post production, with Jessica's character and the aliens just showing up without any proper introduction. There's only one major setpiece in the third act, where we see the X-Men working together.Overall I didn't dislike the movie, I just felt it was disappointing. The next day, I watched "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", here called "Godzilla II: King of the Monsters", and compared to that I actually liked this one better. "Godzilla" had visual effects that were nice to look at but the characters and the story were even less developed than here, and many times I felt characters and dialogue were just there to give exposition. None of the human or monster characters got enough development, and I just wasn't interested in what was going on. The on screen title for this movie is "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" as is the title on the poster here in India, whereas in the US I guess it's just called "Dark Phoenix". I drew Sophie Turner as Jean Grey with the Phoenix force, the drawing was done with @ns1pen on A6 Brustro sketchbook and scanned.#450 / 23-Jun-19
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