X-Men: First Class: Difference between revisions

Before the mind-reading Charles Xavier ([[James McAvoy]]) was known as Professor X, he lived a privileged existence as a young brilliant Oxford graduate specialising in genetics, living with his shapeshifting adopted sister Raven ([[Jennifer Lawrence]]). Before he took the name Magneto, the metal-controlling Erik Lensherr ([[Michael Fassbender]]) was a vengeful young Holocaust survivor bent on hunting down the depraved Nazi doctor who experimented on him and murdered his mother in the concentration camp, Dr Klaus Schmidt. The year is 1962, and CIA agent Moira McTaggart (Rose Byrne) finds that Schmidt—now going by the name Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) -- is working alongside mutants in a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the American and Russian governments; when she enlists Charles to help her in hunting down Shaw, Charles and Erik are unexpectedly drawn together. As they become close friends, the two of them work together to build a team of mutants (some familiar, some new) to stop Shaw and avert the greatest threat to humanity the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opens, which begins the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.

 

 

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* [[Adaptive Ability]]: Darwin's [[Defense Mechanism Superpower]]. {{spoiler|It does not make him as powerful as you would think.}}

* [[Adorkable]]: Charles and Hank, the former when he uses his nerdy knowledge to woo girls at bars and the latter when he's flustering over Raven.

** Logan already being roughly eighty years old, and only appearing around thirty-five, when a young Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr attempt to recruit him in a bar. ''Forty years'' before he ends up actually joining the X-Men.

* [[Agent Mulder]]: Oliver Platt's character, who becomes the [[Reasonable Authority Figure]].

{{quote|'''Angel''': We don't belong here. And that's nothing to be ashamed of.}}

** Implied with Hank, and subverted with his relationship with Alex, who acts this way toward him despite both being super powered. Hank has a visible mutation, while Alex doesn't.

* [[It's Personal]]: Erik wants revenge on Shaw/Schmidt [[You Killed My Father|for killing his mother]]. One of the reasons it feels like Erik is the hero of the film.

* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Magneto interrogates a bank President by using his magnetic powers to pull out his dental fillings. Later he cracks Emma Frost's diamond body with a [[Beyond the Impossible|bed frame]]...in such a way that {{spoiler|a gentle tap would shatter her if she turned back before having time to heal}}.

* [[Jerk Jock]]: Havok seems to be this to Beast.

* [[Just Following Orders]]: The Nazis that Erik confronts trot out this line as an excuse for their actions. Charles later makes the mistake of echoing it while trying to calm Erik down. Definitely an [[Oh Crap]] moment for the audience when he says it.

* [[Mental Affair]]: Emma Frost uses a [[Jedi Mind Trick]] on a Russian General to make him ''think'' he's having sex with her while she's actually sitting on his couch watching him make love to empty air on the bed. Charles thought that was a nice trick.

* [[Mentor Archetype]]: [[Evil Mentor|Sebastian Shaw to Magneto]]. [[Cool Teacher|Professor X to the team]]. [[Mentor Ship|Magneto to Mystique]].

* [[Misfit Mobilization Moment]]: After circumstances force them to leave the CIA facility, the kids realize that they have to get their act together and learn to use and control their powers and work as a team.

* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: The first girl Charles tries to hit on.

 

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