The Dark Phoenix Saga is a possession narrative with a botched exorcism.

How to do it right:

It can& #39;t be one movie. It is at least three.

1. Introduce Jean Grey and the original X-men. Magneto is the big bad. 1960s.

2. Introduce the new X-men, Jean gets benign phoenix powers.

1978ish.

3. Dark Phoenix: Jean goes bad. Shi& #39;ar empire gets involved, big CGI fight, phoenix flare, Jean tragically kills herself.

It can work if they focus on the characters well enough, so that it matters.

And get a writer who knows how to write Cyclops, for Trask& #39;s sake.

Focusing on Wolverine was a serious error of the Fox films. There are so many characters to explore. That& #39;s why we read the X-men. Not because of Logan. & #39;Cos of Kitty and Slim and Hank and Jubilee.

What we& #39;ve had is Wolverine and the X-men.

What we want is the Uncanny X-men.