The first press screenings of Bryan Singer‘s X-Men: Days of Future Past took place on Thursday in preparation for this weekend’s press junket. Originally, attending press were going to be embargoed from posting their opinions, but Twitter blew up immediately following the film. It seems the reaction was so overwhelmingly positive, 20th Century Fox had no problem letting people know they’ve apparently got the goods this summer.
We’ll have much more on X-Men: Days of Future Past as we approach its release on May 23, but below, read the first reactions for the film.
Here are just a small sampling of reaction Tweets from the film. Comic Book Movie has even more, and most of the below journalists tweeted multiple things. We just wanted a quick sample.
Twentieth Century Fox held the first press screening for X-Men: Days of Future Past earlier today, and the early twitter reviews are overwhelmingly positive. In fact, based on some of the gushing praise, X-Men: Days of Future Past might be the best X-Men movie ever. And even though Quicksilver’s costume has drawn criticism from fans, early indications are that the character is great in the movie.
FOX 5 Entertainment/Film Critic Kevin McCarthy tweeted, “Geeking out! Saw #XmenDaysOfFuturePast – Mind = officially blown! – Insane emotion/action! Every performance is awesome! Fav #XMen flick!!! There is one scene in #XmenDaysOfFuturePast that I would pay a full ticket price to see on a loop for 2 hours! Epic amounts of #NerdTears!”
Mike Avila tweeted, “X-Men: Days of Future Past is superb. Carry on.”
Detroit radio and television personality Greg Russell tweeted, “Just saw the new film… X-Men: Days of Future Past. Wow…. You will enjoy.”
Brian Crall tweeted, “X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!!! #XMen”
Fandango columnist Sean O’Connell tweeted, “Wow! DAYS OF FUTURE PAST is the greatest, most complete and staggeringly entertaining #xmen movie to date. Incredible. Movie of the summer! McAvoy, Jackman and Fassbender blew me away in #xmen. McAvoy is doing amazing things with Prof. X. Best use of Wolvie in years!! Can’t believe how much I enjoyed #xmen. Such an incredible Marvel movie. Fans are going to lose their minds!! Cap 2, Spidey 2, and a killer #xmen movie in theaters all at the same time? Glorious time to be a comic-book movie fan. Enjoy it, fans! Do you know what character is legit great in #xmen? Quicksilver. I’m not joking. He REALLY works! Great scene. There are so many amazing scenes in #XmenDaysOfFuturePast and I can not WAIT to watch it with a theater filled with #xmen fans!”
Inside Entertainment TV Host Paul Salfen tweeted, “Wow! #DaysofFuturePast was so good! Definitely the best X-Men movie so far. And that’s all you need to know…go see it! #XMen @XMenMovies.”
WSVN Entertainment Reporter Shireen Sandoval tweeted, “LOVED #XmenDaysOfFuturePast and love me some mutants (for the record).”
Inner Space Host Ajay Fry tweeted, “1st I heard ‘Don’t tweet’ then later ‘Tweet only reactions, no spoilers’ so I’ll say this: It’s basically the #XMen film I’ve always wanted. Aside from Peter Dinklage as Trask, there’s very few new cast members. For all the huffs about QS’s costume, he was great.”
