While Dial of Destiny may not be your traditional Indiana Jones film, this is a film about getting old, dealing with regrets, and finding a way to keep carrying on even when you want to give up and die.
There will still be X-Men movies going forward, don't worry. But they will have to strive even harder to stand up and be noticed in the aftermath of hurricane Logan.
I've been known to complain about the lack of good science fiction cinema these days, but I suppose there's rarely been a time when there were consistently good sci-fi films filling the theaters.
The opportunity to keep the film grounded in the neo-noir stylings that make the first two-thirds of the film work so well is simply tossed out the window in an inexplicable shift in tone and attitude that does absolutely nothing positive.