"Lesson One" focuses on the X-Men when they were young, telling the encounter between Magneto Wang and Professor X, and the reasons why the two parted ways. Ambition is indispensable. This is a superior metamorphosis at work, and it is also an irony of politics. Behind "Lesson One", we eliminated the spiritual aspect of the previous "X-Men" series, and constructed a causality diagram. The killings during World War II planted the seeds of hatred, and when they were enlarged to a level, the defects exposed became a kind of reincarnation. Because of hatred, they were obliterated; because of obliteration, ambition; because of ambition, war... "Lesson One" All the causality in "" constitutes a confrontation between justice and evil, and expands the emotional direction of the film.
All politicians are careerists. The same is true for movies. The use of the Cuban missile crisis to show the ambitions between the United States and the Soviet Union is a symbolic meaning. When the symbolic politics is reflected on the characters, what we see is the birth of a Hitler-Magneto. The movie’s description of Magneto uses too many segments this time. In fact, these descriptions put the evil in the movie just right. Any evil person has an unbearable past. Magneto’s past is to witness his mother die under the gun of the Nazis, all because of his superpowers. In this way, there is a certain sense of superiority in the transformation of hatred into evil. This is a way of copying the Nazis and also a means of criticizing the government. When Magneto chose to be a leader, we saw a dirty and cruel world.
Animality is also a focus. The release of animality is a dangerous thing. Every person of flesh and blood has an animalistic existence. When Professor X encourages Hank McCoy to release animality, he is confronted with self-disciplined humanity. This is a tipping point between justice and evil. We use anger to vent our dissatisfaction. Human nature relaxes and controls anger in our hearts. We can see the same sex between Professor X and Magneto. Fortunately, there is still a clear boundary between the superhero and the demon leader. On both sides of the boundary, one represents reason and the other represents sensibility.
The film exposes too much missing human nature, which makes the film play a warning role. Sometimes, self-confidence is exaggerated to become arrogant, or it is a strong manifestation of low self-esteem. "Lesson One" adds a lot of dramatic treatment on this point. Including the budding love story. Although we can find a balance in love in the movie, we are also affected by the crisis consciousness. Regardless of the reason and purpose, balance is a way of self-salvation. The witch is inferior because of her appearance, and the beast is inferior because of the strange soles. In the process of finding balance, both of them are affected by emotions, but at the last moment they choose a different way. The magician chose to be blinded, but Hank chose to face it. We cannot comment on whether the mutants have superiority, but it is said that Hitler killed the Jews because the Jews were too smart, which also showed Hitler’s sense of inferiority, and his superiority was only because of his selfishness. So those in power have become a blinding political scourge, which is another incarnation of Magneto.
I have to say that Michael Fassbender is so handsome. This is not just the appearance. His domineering acting skills suppressed many other stars. Magneto is a multi-layered character, where good and evil are blurred, but he also lives on the verge of pain, plagued by childhood shadows. This role is naturally associated with Hannibal and Voldemort. But unlike the last crazy behavior of Hannibal and Voldemort, Magneto still retains a sense of reason. Although subtle, it vaguely sees a layer of sorrow that belongs to Magneto. Michael Fassbender’s calm performance has injected more flesh and blood into Magneto, and also made his friendship with Professor X become very ambiguous. No wonder James McAvoy once said that they are here. In this movie, we are in love.
This summer blockbuster that brings together many big stars is undoubtedly the best one in the "X-Men" series. A bit fierce, a bit rot, and a bit unexpected. It doesn't matter if you haven't watched the previous "X-Men" series, this movie will not make you confused, because it is the beginning of the whole series.
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