I LOVE this article

It perfectly sums up why I prefer X-Men to the plastic, one-dimensional, dull, boring MCU.

www.cbr.com/reasons-why-x-men-movies-are-better-than-the-mcu/

"Faithful Adaptation

In the “Age of Ultron” (2013) by Brian Michael Bendis, Bryan Hitch and Brandon Peterson, an Ultron from the future invades the present day, successfully defeating the Earth’s heroes and conquering the planet. The movie “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2014), has nothing in common with the comic other than that it features the Avengers fighting Ultron as he tries to crash a giant rock into the Earth. “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017) shares its title with a comic book storyline that occurred in “Thor” #80-85 (2004) by Michael Avon Oeming and Andrea Divito, but the movie seems to be based off of “Planet Hulk” (2006) by Greg Pak. Even “Winter Soldier” (2014) and “Civil War” (2016) are only very loosely based on their comic book counterparts.

“X-Men: Days of Future Past” (2014) changes around which characters are involved, but it still remains a fairly faithful adaptation of the story told in “Uncanny X-Men” (1981) 140-141 by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. A mutant from the future travels to their past body in order to prevent Mystique from assassinating someone and setting off events that lead to a dystopian future."

"X-Men Actually Has A Message

Mutants are typically born looking and behaving just like normal humans, and it isn’t until puberty that their powers develop. The series often deals with teenagers coming to terms with the fact that not only are they different, but also they now have to deal with discrimination on a daily basis. Regular humans are afraid of mutants, which leads to fear and hatred. Most mutants are good people, and they can’t help that they were born different, so society should just learn to accept them for who they are.

The message in the “X-Men” films is pretty blatant, and “X2: X-Men United” (2003) even had a scene where Iceman came out to his parents, obviously mirroring a scene many gay kids have lived through. Meanwhile, the main message of the Marvel movies seems to be “people, gods and aliens who are evil are bad.” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014) could also be said to be about the government spying on its own citizens, but that wasn’t even the main focus of the movie."

"Villains' Motivations

The opening scene in “X-Men” (2000) shows a young Erik Lensherr being led into a Nazi concentration camp when his magnetic powers begin to develop. This is further explored in “X-Men: First Class” when it’s revealed that Sebastian Shaw was posing as a Nazi scientist in the camp, and tortured Erik until he learned to use his powers correctly. This experience caused Erik to lose faith in humanity, fueling his turn to villainy. As Magneto, his pain causes him to see himself as the savior of the downtrodden mutants, which justifies having to do bad things, up to and including murder.

Meanwhile in the MCU, Iron Monger from “Iron Man” (2008) is evil because he’s greedy. So is Justin Hammer from “Iron Man 2” (2010) and Darren Cross/Yellowjacket from “Ant-Man” (2015). Red Skull is just a power-mad Nazi in “Captain America: The First Avenger” (2011), and Ronan from “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) is a Kree radical that hates the Nova Corps because they’re not Kree. Even Loki, from “Thor” (2011), is mostly motivated by jealousy of Thor. These villains are all great characters, but their motivations just aren’t as interesting or as complex as Magneto’s."

"Quicksilver

As a prominent character from both the “X-Men” and “Avengers” comics, Quicksilver was able to appear in both movie series, as long as neither series referenced his existence in the other. He appeared in “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (2014), helping Xavier, Beast and Wolverine break Magneto out of prison. His speed powers are showcased in an amazing sequence where time slows to a crawl. As the guards shoot at Xavier, Quicksilver speeds around the room and moves the bullets off course, and sends guards flying simply by touching them while moving at super speed.

The Marvel version made his debut during the end credits of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014) played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, before playing a major role in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015). As one of Baron Strucker’s “miracles,” he first used his speed powers to fight the Avengers before switching sides and teaming up with them against Ultron. While he plays a bigger role in this movie than in “X-Men,” his speed sequences just aren’t as memorable. Also, Fox’s Quicksilver’s entire personality is built around his speed, making for many funny moments, while the Marvel version is mostly just a moody jerk.

"White House Attack

“X2: X-Men United” (2003) opens up with one of the most impressive comic book scenes ever filmed. A mind controlled Nightcrawler infiltrates the White House, taking on wave after wave of secret service agents, before attempting to kill the president. He has the power to teleport, has acrobatic like skills and also has a big, blue tale. The most impressive part of the scene is how his teleporting is handled. The combination of special effects, choreography and camera movement makes this one of the best live action representations of a character’s power ever.

Marvel has had many impressive scenes, but they’ve never reached the same level of awe inspiring as the White House attack. Even the scenes in “Doctor Strange” where characters jump through dimensions are lacking in comparison. While Nightcrawler looked as realistic as possible, Doctor Strange always looked like he was stepping into a CGI cartoon whenever magic got involved."