In 2014, X-Men: Days of Future Past executed the time-travel and multiverse madness before any other comic book movie could–and showed how it’s an effective way to solve canonical problems.
On May 23, 2014, X-Men: Days of Future Past flexed its way into theaters. By the end of its theatrical run, it became the highest-grossing X-Men film (not named Deadpool), making $746 million worldwide from a budget of $200 million. But the numbers are the accounting department’s problem; what matters most is how the film connected with people...