X-Men Last Stand story
In the film, a pharmaceutical company has developed a suppressor of the mutant gene, provoking controversy in the mutant community. Magneto declares war on the humans and retrieves his own weapon: Phoenix, the resurrected former X-Man Jean Grey. A final battle between the X-Men and the Brotherhood ensues, and Wolverine must accept that in order to stop Grey, he will have to kill her. It is the third installment in the X-Men film series.
28 total · 3 choice · 8 major · 17 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| diversity vs. unity | choice | Should the mutants give up their powers to fit in to society? |
| prejudice in society | choice | An element of society saw mutancy as a disease that needed to be cured, but most mutants didn't see their condition as a disease of any sort. |
| speculative ability | choice | Each mutant was endowed with a unique super power. |
| abuse of real power | major | Xavier warned that the super powerful mutant Jean would turn to the dark side because of those very powers, and it was so. |
| coping with opposing a friend | major | Logan has to kill his love Jean to save the world. |
| illness as a social construct | major | Many mutants refused to take a serum that would make them human (i.e. make them lose their mutant powers) because they didn't think there was anything wrong with them that needed curing. |
| power corrupts | major | Xavier warned that the super powerful mutant Jean would turn to the dark side because of those very powers, and it was so. |
| romantic love | major | Logan and Jean. Rogue and Iceman. |
| telekinetic ability | major | Jean manifested virtually limitless telekinteic powers. Magneto had an innate ability to control metal objects at a distance. |
| telepathic ability | major | Jean manifested virtually limitless telepathic powers. Xavier, too, manifested telepathic powers. |