So, on Friday I took the afternoon off to eat fancy Italian food on a bench by a fountain before hopping over to see X-Men: Apocalypse. I'd been looking forward to it rather more than Captain America: Civil War, to be honest, if only because I'd had such a wonderful time watching 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Apocalypse wasn't a patch on either one, not really (and I think I may finally have finally hit my own personal Peak McAvoy), but I was happy enough playing spot-the-character and revelling in effects that varied from okay to positively dreadful. Recommended for fans of bad superhero movies, I guess, but probably not for the diehards or the generally uninterested.
Zootropolis, on the other hand, I'd recommend to pretty much anybody. Yet another excellent addition to Disney's CGI oeuvre, it has the looks and heart I'm gradually coming to expect, but with the surprise addition of a few grown-up braincells. Set in a world of anthropomorphic animals, it explores the tensions that can spring up where predators live side by side with their former prey.
It's all very allegorical, of course, and not terribly subtle, but it's still a heck of a lot more watchable than District 9. It left me feeling joyous and energised, and as the credits started to roll, I was already planning taking another look in a double bill with Hot Fuzz. So treat yourselves, okay? Your life needs a little more of this in it.
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