So, been catching some of the latest movies at the theaters, and figured would post a few impressions of them. They aren't really in any particular order.

X-men: Days of Future Past:
Overall, decent flick, seemed to patch a few of the plot holes and repair some of the damage from earlier films. Was interesting to see the conflicted Prof. X after the events of First Class. Not sure how i feel about how they did the sentinels in the future portions of the movie, considering, to me at least, it means that the sentinels may have actually been living creatures. I rather enjoyed Quicksilver's scenes in the movie. Really curious how the next one will be handled.

Godzilla:
It's been said before, but i'll repeat it, A movie named Godzilla, should have the title character pretty prominent throughout the movie, not hidden, or views through secondary screens just when things start to get interesting. I did enjoy the movie for the most part. I thought the Mutos were interesting creations, and have to admit i liked the scene where they showed the underside of the "female" Mutos, belly heavy with glowing eggs. I thought i'd dislike his new design, but it actually kinda grew on me, i do think the feet could've been more clawy, versus the more elephantine look. If there are more Godzilla movies on the way, I really hope they don't do the whole, "cut away" style watching of action like they did so heavily in this movie. I want to see what's going on. It's fine hinting at stuff for awhile, but it went on way too long in this movie.

How to Train your Dragon 2:
This is one of the few movies i think that may actually have surpassed the originals. I do have a few gripes about things that happened, but they're pretty minor. I do kinda wish they hadn't stressed that Toothless may be the last of his kind quite so much throughout the movie. Yes he's special, but he doesn't need to be the last of his kind to be such. I keep meaning to pick up the books these movies are based off and read through them, see just how different they are from the movies. Maybe get some background info that would fill in the gaps from the movies. Watched the Riders/Defenders of Berk series while they were showing on TV, and was kinda surprised there didn't seem much in the way of call-outs to the series. Course 5 years had passed since the events in the first movie, and unsure of how much time the cartoon series is supposed to have progressed, though i think was probably less then a single year.

Transformers 4: Age of Extinction:
Saw it, didn't dislike it too much. Biggest gripe is Bay still needs to differentiate his characters more, especially during the fight scenes. All too often it's hard to tell who's fighting who in the larger battle scenes. Story line was a bit dull, no real surprises. Not sure how i feel about the "upgraded" transformers depicted, yes it was kinda cool, but this new way to transform just has too many issues for me. Was commented that it was transformation Lego style, by the person i went to the movie with. To be honest that term fit pretty well. Definitely a few issues with various scenes/situations/characters in this movie for me. Was a fun movie, introduced some concepts/events have been waiting for, but for the most part, almost felt like filler to hold us till the next one. Two last things, was not expecting how they introduced the Dinobots, and i REALLY wish they'd gotten more screen time!