5) The Phoenix Is Born
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The first two X-Men movies never really emphasized just how powerful Jean Grey is supposed to be, hence why it didn’t feel earned when she lost control and became the Phoenix in The Last Stand. That was obviously the least of that awful movie’s problems, but as Simon Kinberg himself has admitted, they really dropped the ball on the Dark Phoenix Saga.
[zergpaid]It’s to X-Men: Apocalypse‘s credit then that it starts to make up for that. It does so by now just showing the young Jean struggling with the extent of her abilities, but eventually unleashing them to take down En Sabah Nur. Seeing the flaming Phoenix Force behind the young hero is a moment sure to make comic book fans happy and is an iconic piece of imagery which will definitely be remembered.