X-Men Days Of Future Past after credits scene explained

Spolier Alert!

   I you haven't seen the movie yet and don't want to have it spoiled, stop reading.

   At the end of what seemed like an endless scrolling of credits true to tradition there was an after credits scene which was worth the wait.

   We are taken to the Sahara desert and we see a robed, hooded figure on top of a hill with his arms raised up in the air almost as if he were praying, as the camera moves forward we see that he is in fact manipulating huge blocks of stone and creating the Pyramids all the while being worshipped by a huge crowed who constantly chant "En Sabah Nur." (I was geeking out at this point) The camera then pans over the hooded figure's shoulder to reveal a pale white man who is non other than Apocalypse! The very first mutant.

   We also see four figures on horse back, these are none other than the four horsemen, Apocalypse's most trusted minions, War, Famine, Pestilence and Death. Its a pretty short scene but filled with little details as to what's to come. After all the next movie in the franchise is literally called X-Men: Apocalypse.

   So why is this such a big deal? Well, he is one of the big baddies, incredibly powerful and routinely brainwashes other mutants into carrying out his will, even done to Wolverine! He rarely keeps the X-Men brainwashed though and his goal was to rule the world. 

  

  

Godzilla

No spoilers. Rest easy.

   I know I'm a little late on this one but damn. Gareth Edwards, you done good!

   Gareth Edwards' take on everybody's favourite monster in my opinion was refreshing, to a certain extent was true to the lore and kept the iconic monster in his original form, the form that we've all grown to love.

  The visual effects were amazing, best cinematography we've seen in a long time, this film far out did the American version that any Godzilla fan would despise and for good reason.

  This film is actually action packed but, can, at times feel a little slow and drawn out but nonetheless I highly enjoyed it. Bryan Cranston as usual delivers a stellar performance and don't be surprised if you actually find yourself moved by his character. That man sure knows how to act. Ken Watanabe delivers extremely well with his limited facial expressions throughout the movie, seriously though, he looks mindf**ked the entire time. Aaron Taylor - Johnson does pretty well too, contrary to popular belief I thought his acting for the film was pretty damn good. He gave us that human aspect, something the audience would be able to connect and relate to.

   Another thing I liked about this film was the fact that they didn't portray Godzilla or the MUTO (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) as evil monsters bent on killing each other and stamping out humanity in the process, they instead portrayed them as animals. Really, really big animals who were just trying to survive, who weren't intentionally destroying everything in their path.

  Throughout the course of the movie, the one problem I did have was when they kept cutting away from Godzilla and showing the human scenes which, happen pretty damn often and I found it a little irritating that Godzilla, the main attraction did get as much screen time as I would have liked but that's just my opinion. All in all though this was a pretty kick ass film and if you haven't already, dude what are you waiting for? Go watch it ASAP!