I have seen both, and loved both, but I started clapping at the end of Xmen (I didn't at the end of Captain America).
It does bug me that there are fewer female characters here, but I'm inclined to give this a line of credit until the next movie. I find that I do this with reboots - when they are rebooting a franchise that has focused on a few specific male characters, I am inclined to let it slide at first if the reboot focuses on those characters, while they get the new story up and running. Star Trek did this, and I was fine with the first reboot Star Trek movie. That line of credit runs out, however, if they don't start fixing the imbalance by the 2nd installment. You've got the story up and running, you've got your bridge & connection with the male central characters, now it's a new ballgame and you can fix things properly. (Star Trek did not fix things properly and that line of credit most assuredly ran out - I was supremely disappointed by the 2nd reboot movie.)
I enjoyed DoFP far more than I expected, there were some really awesome female characters (though not developed in the same way as the male characters), and I've got high hopes for the next installment. They get my line of credit for now, and I'm hoping hard that they do well with the next movie.
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It does bug me that there are fewer female characters here, but I'm inclined to give this a line of credit until the next movie. I find that I do this with reboots - when they are rebooting a franchise that has focused on a few specific male characters, I am inclined to let it slide at first if the reboot focuses on those characters, while they get the new story up and running. Star Trek did this, and I was fine with the first reboot Star Trek movie. That line of credit runs out, however, if they don't start fixing the imbalance by the 2nd installment. You've got the story up and running, you've got your bridge & connection with the male central characters, now it's a new ballgame and you can fix things properly. (Star Trek did not fix things properly and that line of credit most assuredly ran out - I was supremely disappointed by the 2nd reboot movie.)
I enjoyed DoFP far more than I expected, there were some really awesome female characters (though not developed in the same way as the male characters), and I've got high hopes for the next installment. They get my line of credit for now, and I'm hoping hard that they do well with the next movie.