While McAvoy wouldn’t say which movie it was, most people assume he is referring to Captain Marvel, which also features a cosmically-powered young woman fighting to save her planet from alien invaders. What are Jean’s powers? What are the cosmic force’s powers? Does it matter? Dark Phoenix is not very interested in exploring these questions, and the ending suffers for it.Īccording to James McAvoy ( via Yahoo Movies), the Dark Phoenix ending was changed via reshoots because of its similarity to the ending of another superhero movie that came out between Dark Phoenix‘s principal photography wrap in 2017 and its 2019 release. Frankly, the logic is all a bit muddled, as none of the aforementioned elements are articulately described or defined over the course of the film. How does she do it? Apparently, through a combination of her own powers and the cosmic powers that she has absorbed, as well as the strength of her emotions. She ascends into the sky to take out the power-hungry alien, seemingly sacrificing herself in the effort. How does it do? Let’s break down this ending…Īt the end of Dark Phoenix, Jean Grey uses her immense power to save her friends and the planet from Vuk, the representative of an alien race who had been wiped out by the Phoenix Force, and who hoped to use its power to create a new home for her people. We have a spoiler free review for you here.ĭark Phoenix is the 12th film in the X-Men film franchise, and the second to last movie made under the 20th Century Fox umbrella before the Disney-Fox merger that will presumably bring the X-Men movies into the Marvel Studios fold.Īs the last film in this category- New Mutants, set to be released in 2020-doesn’t focus on the “main” characters of the X-Men film franchise as we have come to know them, Dark Phoenix is tasked with not only wrapping up its own story, but the stories of the prequels and this era of X-Men on-screen storytelling as a whole. Warning: This article contains MAJOR spoilers for Dark Phoenix.
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