X-Men: Dark Phoenix
WARNING : mollycoddler ahead forDark Phoenix .
Dark Phoenixleaves Fox ’s 19 - yr - sure-enough X - Men saga with a muckle of unrequited question . author - theater director Simon Kinberg ’s film is the enfranchisement ’s second adaptation of Marvel Comics’The Dark Phoenix Sagabut this time , the focus is properly on Jean Grey ( Sophie Turner ) and her transformation into the titular villain , which pressure the X - human beings to stand against her .
Despite their outward similarities , Dark Phoenixturns out to be a verydifferent movie fromX - manpower : The Last Stand , which tackle the same fabric in shipway that are somewhat more straight to the comics ' level . InDark Phoenix , Jean is imbued with the cosmic Phoenix Force during an X - Men outer place saving mission . The new power surging within Jean crying down the psychic rampart progress by Professor X ( James McAvoy ) to protect her from the trauma of her parents ' demise when she was eight . When the cristal - human attempt to step in , Jean lashes out andkills Mystique(Jennifer Lawrence ) , which then breaks the ten - gentleman’s gentleman apart as Magneto ( Michael Fassbender ) and the Brotherhood settle to get revenge and eliminate the Dark Phoenix . Meanwhile , an foreign race of shapeshifters lead by Vuk ( Jessica Chastain ) attempts to manipulate the power of the Phoenix so that they can take over the Earth .
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Plagued byreshoots , two release date time lag , and the shift realism this would be the terminal Fox X - Men movie thanks to Disney ’s purchase of Fox ’s film assets , Dark Phoenix , unfortunately , ends the dealership with a whine ; the film has the lowest box office first step and theworst Rotten Tomatoes score of any X - Men movie . And , from a narration standpoint , Dark Phoenixalso leaves behind a issue of opened query about what happened in the film and the state of the X - Men universe now that it ’s all over .
10. Wasn’t The Phoenix Force Already In Jean Grey?
Dark Phoenixretcons a all-important plot point ofX - Men : Apocalypsein terms of Jean Grey ’s Phoenix power . In the fresh motion-picture show , Jean absorbs the energy of a solar flare during a rescue deputation in outer space by the X - Men . Jean later learns that it was n’t a solar flare but the Phoenix Force ( though it is n’t called that in the plastic film ) , which is , agree to Vuk , the generator of life in the population that traveled through space to bond with Jean , destroy the D’Bari homeworld in the appendage .
However , inX - Men : Apocalypse(which Kinberg wrote ) , Jean had the Phoenix Force within her all along . Her latent power would soar up out of her control condition , rattling the X - Mansion , and Professor X was helping her bottle up it . In the motion picture ’s third act , Xavier tell Jean to"let go"of her power ; it was the Phoenix Force , combined with the rest of the squad , that killedApocalypse ( Oscar Isaac ) . InDark Phoenix , it ’s been change to Professor X erecting psychical walls in Jean ’s head to shield her from injury while the Phoenix Force comes from extinct space to increase her psychic ability . This plot hole is a major modification of the mythos that seems to breakX - valet de chambre : Apocalypse ’s finale .
9. How Can Nightcrawler Survive The Vacuum Of Space?
Nightcrawler ( Kodi Smit - McPhee ) is one of the MVPs ofDark Phoenix ; the blue teleporter was priceless during the rescue of the space shuttleEndeavor . The X - military man did n’t bring ( or have ) space suits , so they rely on Nightcrawler to BAMF in and out of the blank space shuttle to save the astronauts . However , at one point , Quicksilver ( Evan Peters ) puts a helmet on Nightcrawler and duct - tapes it to his shoulder so that he could rescue Jean , who was aboard theEndeavor . But if you bet closely , Nightcrawler is n’t wearing gloves and when he alternate to get Jean , he grab her while she ’s floating in space after theEndeavoris destroyed by the Phoenix Force . Yet somehow Nightcrawler is completely fine despite his extremities ( which includes his tail ) expose to the vacuum of place .
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8. Is Dazzler Also A Student Or Was She Hired Entertainment?
WithDark Phoenix , Dazzler(Halston Sage ) finally appears in an X - Men movie ( she was antecedently card in anX - Men : Apocalypsedeleted scene ) . She is the performer during the Xavier School ’s victory party in the woods outside the mansion to celebrate the successfulEndeavorrescue foreign mission . While she only makes a brief cameo inDark Phoenix , Dazzler ’s powers are in full upshot as she change over her music into a light show during her performance .
However , since Dazzler is n’t find again in the film , it is n’t clear if she is just the hired entertainment for the company or if she is also a student at the Xavier School . Considering that , by 1992 , mutation are no longer being persecuted and the X - Men are popular superheroes , it would make good sense that Dazzler could both have a successful medicine career and be a publicly - know variation .
7. How Did Vuk Find Jean In The First Place?
The genuine villains ofDark Phoenixare Vuk and the D’Bari . After accept the form of a woman named Margaret , Vuk and her exotic cohorts search for Jean Grey and the Phoenix Force . After Magneto ostracise Jean from Genosha for attack the U.S. Military on his soil , Jean decides to drown her ruefulness and utilise her psychic power to make everyone think she ’s a drunk sure-enough man at a bar . Vuk on the spur of the moment appears , see to it in good order through Jean ’s illusion , and lead off manipulating the confused , vulnerable X - serviceman .
But how did Vuk haphazardly site Jean in the first place , knowing that she was in that particular New York City Browning automatic rifle at that moment ? Her only explanation is that she " knows people in eminent places , " a dim affirmation that ’s never elaborated on ; the film never clarifies any method the D’Bari had to track the Phoenix Force . As it plays inDark Phoenix , Vuk just notice Jean out of the blue .
6. How Could Vuk Also Host The Phoenix Force?
Vuk and the D’Bari add up to Earth after follow thePhoenix Forceacross space ; they were among the few survivors of their planet ’s end and desire to use the Phoenix Force to take over Earth and make it their unexampled dwelling house . At first , Vuk ’s design appear to be to manipulate Jean but it turns out her real finish was to siphon the Phoenix Force ’s power into herself . But how is Vuk powerful enough to host the Phoenix Force in the first property ? The cosmic energy traveled through space specifically to bond with Jean ; if Vuk had the power to host it , why did n’t it bond with Vuk when it came to the D’Bari ’s major planet ? Ultimately , Vuk was only capable to gain a fraction of the Phoenix ’s mogul before Jean evolve into the Phoenix Force and destruct her , but Vuk ’s abilities were left maddeningly shadowy .
5. Why Doesn’t Xavier Seek Out Moira McTaggert In The End?
InDark Phoenix , Professor X realise he ’s one of the villainsof Jean ’s story ; the bald loss leader of the X - Men was so certain he was doing the right thing by shielding Jean from her own trauma that he unknowingly enabled Jean ’s violent disorder . At the end of the film , Professor X quits the decade - Men and leave his beloved school behind . Magneto discover Charles in Paris , tempts him with one more chess game match , and offers him safety in Genosha just as Charles once offered Erik a home in 1962 .
However , this does n’t explain why Charles banished himself to Paris instead of look for out Moira McTaggert ( Rose Byrne ) , who he ’s take a torch for sinceX - Men : First Class . While it ’s fitting thatDark Phoenixends with the eternal bromance of Charles and Erik entire , Xavier should have in conclusion pursued a romance with Moira instead .
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4. Does Jean Stay In Outer Space As The Phoenix?
PerhapsDark Phoenix ’s biggest surprisal is that Jean does n’t perish like she did inX - man : The Last Standor inThe Dark Phoenix Sagacomics . alternatively , Jean make unnecessary the world from the D’Bari and she destroy Vuk by flying her into orbit and becoming the Phoenix Force itself . This newfangled conclusion see Jean evolve from a mutant into a higher form of biography , which is the next step in the X - Men saga ’s stem of phylogeny . As the Phoenix , Jean is free to seek her destiny in the asterisk and she ’s glimpse in the skies above Paris in the last scene ofDark Phoenix .
This ending seems to set up another ten - Men film , although , after the Disney / Fox purchase and thebox office failure ofDark Phoenix , that wo n’t happen . However , it begs the motion of whether Jean ever does return to Earth or if Cyclops ( Tye Sheridan ) leads the X - man back into place to go after her . What happens next will finally be left to fan ' imagination .
3. What Is The State Of Mutants After Dark Phoenix?
Professor X ’s dream came truthful inDark Phoenix , with mutants on the brink of acceptance by humanity : he even had an X - Phone hotline to the President of the United States and was being honored at black - tie galas . However , the Professor was correct when he told Mystique that all it takes"one bad day"for mutant to become public enemies again , which is what happen when Jean went on a violent disorder . The President switch off off the hug drug - Phone and mobilized the military machine to hunt down down the X - Men and Magneto , forcing them into aMutant Containment Unit .
However , after Jean and the cristal - Men stopped the D’Bari ’s intrusion , the overall state of mutants and their right inDark Phoenixis leave behind somewhat ambiguous . The Xavier School is left subject and rename the Jean Grey School for Gifted Youngsters , so it seems Professor X took the public rap for the crisis and his retirement kept the schoolhouse from being a objective . But Magneto was apparently allowed to keep Genosha as a mutant harbour ; somehow , his leading theBrotherhoodto essay to kill Jean in New York City was n’t held against him .
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Even then , was everything about Jean ’s enactment of violence instantly forgiven or are mutants now in danger of being round off up and held in Mutant Containment Units ?
2. When Will Wolverine Join The X-Men?
implausibly , four moving-picture show into theFirst Classrebooted continuity , Wolverine still has n’t unite the X - human being by the end ofDark Phoenix . The mutants did run into Logan inDays of Future Past(when he was being controlled by his future self ) andApocalypse(during an unexpected trip-up to Alkali Lake where Jean , Scott and Nightcrawler helped give away out Weapon X ) , but he ’s a tenacious way off from place on any yellow spandex .
Wolverine does n’t appear inDark Phoenixat all , which means in the revised timeline , Logan ’s narration with the X - Man has yet to happen . Additionally , there ’s no tattle how closely it will line up to what fans see in the originalX - MenandX2 : Adam - Men United . After all , when Wolverinechanged the timeline inX - Men : Days of Future Past , XTC - Men : The Last Standwas efface and Logan differentiate Professor X that his memories since 1973 are go to be different from Wolverine ’s in the raw timeline . One twenty-four hour period Wolverine will join the ecstasy - Men in the new timeline , but fan will never know the precise detail .
1. Will Dark Phoenix’s Timeline Synch Up With Days of Future Past?
According to Kinberg , Dark Phoenix ’s endingdoesn’t break the timeline established byX - humans : Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of Future Past . But can it all still describe up right ? By the timeDark Phoenixis over , Mystique has die , Professor X drop out teaching , Nightcrawler has been a member of the X - work force for a decade , Beast runs the Jean Grey School , and Jean has evolved into the Phoenix in space . Lots of things would have to exchange or be reshuffle in the next two decades so that the characters are in their correct positions in 2023 .
Ultimately , sinceDark Phoenixconcludes theFox X - Men saga , fan will simply have to trust that it all works out like it ’s supposed to .
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