History YMMV / XMenApocalypse

** Did the coworkers at the factory where erik works turn him in to the police because of FantasticRacism because he is a mutant or would they have reason to turn him in considering that magneto is a very dangerous criminal where he is accused of assassinating a president and trying to assassinate another (even nixon), giving a speech in the previous movie about mutant supremacy and the attempt against countless humans in the previous movies?

** Did the coworkers at the factory where erik works turn him in to the police because of racism because he is a mutant or would they have reason to turn him in considering that magneto is a very dangerous criminal where he is accused of assassinating a president and trying to assassinate another (even nixon), giving a speech in the previous movie about mutant supremacy and the attempt against countless humans in the previous movies?

* Did the coworkers at the factory where erik works turn him in to the police because of racism because he is a mutant or would they have reason to turn him in considering that magneto is a very dangerous criminal where he is accused of assassinating a president and trying to assassinate another (even nixon), giving a speech in the previous movie about mutant supremacy and the attempt against countless humans in the previous movies?

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The biggest criticism against the film is that it doesn't do much new with the franchise, particularly for re-treading over the themes established in previous movies or looking at themes that have already been explored in other superhero movies without doing anything new with said themes. The fact that it introduced a villain that diverged starkly from the usual in the franchise only drawed attention to how badly conceived and used he felt.

** The villain of the film is explicitly looking for powerful mutants to steal their bodies, while at the same time, a subplot of the film involves a mutant learning to control her insanely powerful abilities. These two points seemed tailor made to interact with each other and create an interesting conflict where En Sabah Nur would try to get his hands on Jean to hijack her godlike powers. However, this never happens: Apocalypse is instead interested in Xavier (ironically, for his telepathic powers, which ''Jean also has''), and Jean is relegated to tag along with the main heroes until a BigDamnHeroes moment at the end of the final battle. It can be even said HistoryRepeats at this point, because the [[Film/XMenTheLastStand third movie]] of the previous ''X-Men'' trilogy equally failed to capitalize the relationship between its two main ideas, namely the emergence of Jean's uncontrolled power and the creation of a cure that removed mutant powers.

** Some found that the film ItsTheSameNowItSucks and it didn't do enough to distinguish itself from the previous entries. Others felt the complete opposite, enjoying the focus in the new characters like Scott and Jean and appreciating that, in atmosphere, aesthetics and scale of the story, ''Apocalypse'' might be effectively the most comic book-y installment in the franchise. A third camp considers it just serviceable for this reason alone.

** The villain of the film is explicitly looking for powerful mutants to steal their bodies, while at the same time, a subplot of the film involves a mutant learning to control her insanely powerful abilities. These two points seemed tailor made to interact with each other and create an interesting conflict where En Sabah Nur would try to get his hands on Jean to hijack her godlike powers. However, this never happens: Apocalypse is instead interested in Xavier (ironically, for his telepathic powers, which ''Jean also has''), and Jean is relegated to tag along with the main heroes until a BigDamnHeroes moment at the end of the final battle.

* WTHCastingAgency:
** Creator/OscarIsaac as the title villain was viewed as this due to his very average size and build. Some fans were ExpectingSomeoneTaller and more foreboding in appearance. The degree of confusion may have also spurred from rumors that Creator/IdrisElba would be taking the role shortly before Isaac was confirmed to have the part, as Elba stands half a foot taller and would have given a more convincing appearance. Isaac ended up being utterly ''swamped'' by the extensive makeup and costume he had to don for Apocalypse, and many viewers felt a more physically imposing actor would have been able to better carry it off.
** Alexandra Shipp got some of the same criticisms as Halle Berry back when she was cast as Storm - namely that she wasn't dark-skinned enough (both actresses are half-white). These criticisms mostly went away upon the film's release, many being satisfied with her performance.

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: Jean's famous quip "the third one's always the worst" about ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Was it intended as a TakeThat at ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', which had a reputation as the worst film in the original trilogy? Or is it a form of SelfDeprecation about this film? And is it also deprecation to have the line delivered by Sophie Turner, who is the third actress to portray Jean in the films? Or perhaps all three?

** Erik's redoubled family trauma. Some feel that Erik losing his wife & daughter was appropriately tragic and a fair impetus for his latest denunciation of Charles' philosophy. Others feel the plot beat was uninspired, the deaths themselves were pure {{Narm}}, and that introducing these [[DisposableWoman Disposable Women]] solely to provide the Holocaust survivor with something more recent to angst about was gratuitous.

** Alexandra Shipp got some of the same criticisms as Halle Berry back when she was cast as Storm - namely that she wasn't [[ButNotTooBlack dark-skinned enough]] (both actresses are half-white). These criticisms mostly went away upon the film's release, many being satisfied with her performance.

** Magneto's daughter Nina Gurzsky, with her animal summoning powers. While admittedly in the film's narrative there wasn't much room to adequately develop her character, one could envision her starring in a ComingOfAge standalone vehicle or such. Instead she and her mother just served as plot devices to further embitter Erik.