Originally posted by chokoboYes Choboko, the X-men are a state of mind . j/k 😉
how can you tell that about x-men.😒
Originally posted by D-ChanThanks D-Chan. Wow, it will be available in France before it will in the USA ! 😱
X2 will be available on DVD on october the 30th in France and on november the 25th in the USA, I don't know for other countries ???
D-Chan
Originally posted by alic88
no. i'll tell u. may b this is the reason y. coz i watched the first 15 minutes. they really didnt make sense 2 me( the first movie). i also had the recruit with me. so i watched xmen first with high expectations. nuthin much happened. so i just changed the movie. did it get better after that OR were the first 15 minutes THE HIGHLIGHT of the movie. coz if its true then i may b right
Magneto hates humans for the crimes that they have commited against him like in that scene. this scene also shows how his powers manifested at a young age thus will make him a powerful mutant.
alic, you'll have to be a little more specific on what you want to know about the X-Men. Right now, I can only answer generally.
In the near future, manifestations of humans with amazing gifts are becoming quite apparent to the world. These humans are referred to as mutants, with their gifts usually manifesting at puberty. The gifts are just as varied as the people. People can walk through walls, fire bolts of energy from their eyes, control weather, read minds, etc. However, this has much of the regular human population in a panic, fearing that there would be too many people who would abuse this power for their own ends. To combat this, the US Senate is attempting to pass a Mutant Registration Act, which will force all people who possess mutant-powers to register this fact with the government, under harsh penalties for failure to do so. Mutants, however, are afraid of this since many meet fear and/or violence from humans when they have been identified.
Enter Charles Xavier. Xavier is possibly the most powerful mutant on the planet. He can control people's minds, making them think or do whatever he wants them to. However, he believes that with understanding and tolerance, mutants and humans can coexist in harmony. But he is aware that many humans and mutants do not believe as he does. So he has set up the X-Men, a group of mutants who often come from his 'School for Gifted Youngsters' (which is actually a safe haven for mutant kids). Their purpose is to safeguard both mutant and human lives from violent forces on both sides of the fence.
Not all mutants see as Xavier does, however. Erik Lensherr (aka Magneto) is the chief mutant opponent of Xavier (and they are actually old friends). A survivor of the Holocaust, Magneto has seen human racial hate at its darkest, and fully believes that humans and mutants will never coexist, and he definitely doesn't want mutants to be the losers in a coming war. He has set up his own group of mutants in order to set his own plans of mutant superiority in motion.
Beyond that, I can't get into much without getting into some pretty detailed specifics. I, like many here, strongly urge you to give the movies a chance. The first does start off pretty slow, but it needs the time to introduce all the main characters at a fair speed, because there is a HUGE amount of info to reveal. And yes, X2 is (in my opinion) better than the first movie. It doesn't have to stop you and introduce a bunch of info so you'll understand the setting. It is much more smoothly paced than the first movie.
Unlike most super-hero movies, X-Men is more about the GROUPS, not one individual taking on a single villain. Another thing is that Bryan Singer (the director) has said that the first two movies serve more as trailers for the upcoming third movie.
Hope that helps. If you need more info, just ask.