"X-Men: Lesson One": Junior version of "Watchmen", youth version of "Wolverine"

Angie 2021-10-19 09:50:18

Maybe it's because "X-Men 3" and "Wolverine" made me lower my expectations for the entire series. "X-Men: Lesson One" is really unexpectedly good-looking.



I heard that the director was shocked after watching "Inception", tore up the script, and started anew. Finally, the PG13 boy comic story of the X-Men was finally told alive to a dark joke for the youth. This should be the most serious Marvel adaptation film I have ever seen.



Similar to "Watchmen", the world view of "X-Men: Lesson One" is set in the context of the Cold War, and the big event that drives the plot is the famous Cuban Missile Crisis.



Of course, the real proposition put forward by the director is consistent with the whole series: how do different races survive together? Is the relationship between mutants and humans a life-and-death? Harmonious coexistence or Darwinism, do humans and mutants have the right to make a choice on this issue?





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1. Director, you are too cheating, English, French, German, Spanish and Russian appeared in the movie, the subtitles I watched It's still TM Dutch. . . Are you trying to kill me? ?



2. There was no Stinger at the end of the movie. Did Fox make a mistake? . . I watched Cast&Crew for 10 minutes! ! ! No wonder you can't fight Warner Bros.! ! !



3. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are a perfect combination. . . No explanation



4. Professor X was patronizing the relationship with Magneto, so the emotional clues between him and Moira did not develop at all, so the ending separation was not sensational enough, which was a bit disappointing.



5. Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn made guest appearances for a few seconds respectively.



6. Like all Hollywood movies, the movie seems to have run out of money in the end. The Boss battle did not appear in the anticipated explosive explosion scene, and Professor X was paralyzed and not thrilling enough.



7. The theme song of the movie is Take That's Love Love, which is very nice.



8. I wonder if this episode will be the beginning of a new trilogy. I've got the names of the sequels: "X-Men: End of Class" and "X-Men: Skip of Class".



9. Hope to see the X-Men appear in the Avenger movie version one day. . . Can Nian. . .





The last time



it hurts: If one evening many years ago, you took out the VCD from the disc player as I did, and imagined the past and present life of Professor X and Magneto. Then, I hope you know that back then. The seed of fantasy has bloomed a stunning flower.










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Extended Reading
  • Junius 2021-10-20 18:59:02

    Inserting a man: Early night

  • Cleve 2022-03-23 09:01:13

    Wolverine: Go Fuck Yourself. The second half is especially exciting

X-Men: First Class quotes

  • Professor Charles Xavier: You know, I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity. Would you mind if I...

    [Charles makes a gesture to request permission to read Erik's mind]

    Erik Lehnsherr: [Erik signals approval and while Charles reads Erik minds. We see moments of Erik's childhood with his mother] What did you just do to me?

    [Both Erik and Charles cries]

    Professor Charles Xavier: I accessed the brightest corner of your memory system. It's a very beautiful memory, Erik. Thank you.

    Erik Lehnsherr: I didn't know I still had that.

    Professor Charles Xavier: There is so much more to you than you know. Not just pain and anger. There is good, too. I felt it. When you can access all of that, you will possess a power no one can match. Not even me.

  • Professor Charles Xavier: Shaw's declared war on mankind on all of us, he has to be stopped.

    Erik Lehnsherr: I am not gonna stop Shaw, I am gonna kill him. Do you have it in you to allow that?

    [Erik pauses while Charles shifts in his chair uneasy]

    Erik Lehnsherr: You known all along why I was here Charles, but things have changed. What started as a covert of mission, tomorrow mankind will know mutants exist. Shaw, us, they won't differentiate. They'll fear us. And that fear will turn to hatred.

    Professor Charles Xavier: Not if we stop a war, not if we can prevent Shaw, not if we risk our lives doing so.

    Erik Lehnsherr: Would they do the same for us?

    Professor Charles Xavier: We have it in us to be the better man.

    Erik Lehnsherr: We already are! We are the next stage of human evolution, you said it yourself...

    Professor Charles Xavier: [cuts in] No, no...

    Erik Lehnsherr: Are you really so naive as to think that they won't battle their own extinction? Or is it arrogance?

    Professor Charles Xavier: [looks at Erik in disagreement] I am sorry.

    Erik Lehnsherr: After tomorrow, they are gonna turn on us. But you are blinded because you believe they are all like Moira.

    Professor Charles Xavier: And you believe they are all like Shaw.

    [leans forward]

    Professor Charles Xavier: Listen to me very carefully, my friend: killing Shaw will not bring you peace.

    Erik Lehnsherr: Peace was never an option.