The X-Men series is a bit of a mess, honestly. The timeline doesn't make sense, not only because we did some time-traveling, but also because of lazy writing.
Here is my attempt at the series, chronologically speaking:
https://trashepics.com/timeline/?category=x-men (always changing...)
Some of the movies are turds. The original trilogy, for one, is kind of stupid, but goddamnit... Hugh Jackman is the man! After the third film left him nowhere to go, they made a shitty prequel that ruined a LOT of characters, and threw off the timeline of everything to buttfuckeryville. They also butchered Deadpool, but that's a whole different ballpark.
20th Century Fox shrugged, and made another prequel. One to start a new trilogy of X-Men films. Also... two more Wolverine movies! So that's a trilogy of X-trilogies! Original, Wolverine, and New... which is ironically set in the past. See? This shit is confusing. However, through shit and more shit, Hugh Jackman was always bad-ass. After 17 years, he's getting a little tired, but he's going out with a bang.
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