X-Men: First Class story

movie: X-Men: First Class (2011) · 2011-05-25

Set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the film focuses on the origins of, and relationship between Charles Xavier / Professor X and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto and the their respective teams of mutants, the X-Men and the Brotherhood. It is the fifth installment in the X-Men film series and a prequel to X-Men (2000).

25 total · 5 choice · 11 major · 9 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
displacement by a rising new species	choice	A secret society of mutants attempts to manipulate the Soviet Union and the USA into engaging in a nuclear exchange, clearing the path for mutants to become the dominant species on the planet.
speculative ability	choice	Each mutant was endowed with a unique super power.
the desire for vengeance	choice	Erik was consumed by a desire to make the ex-Nazi scientist Sebastian Shaw pay for having killed his mother.
the need to belong	choice	Some mutants, especially Raven and Hank, longed to be accepted by society.
what it is like to be different	choice	Some mutants, especially Raven and Hank, longed to be accepted by society.
being ashamed of who you are	major	Raven was disguised herself as a beautiful woman because she was ashamed to present herself in her true form: a blue-skinned person with red hair.
friendship	major	We saw the beginnings of Xavier and Erik's friendship. Xavier and Raven had been friends since childhood, but in the end she followed her conscience and went of with Erik.
leadership	major	Xavier and Erik were contrasted as very different types of leaders in the mutant cause.
mind reading ability	major	Unlike pervious films in the series, much was made of Xavier's ability to read the thoughts of other people. The powerful mutant Emma Frost also manifested this ability.
nuclear holocaust	major	Sebastian Shaw plotted to manipulate the Soviet Union and the USA into engaging in a humanity destroying nuclear exchanged, clearing a path for the rise of the mutants.