Loved it! Am largely in agreement with Abigail Nussbaum's review, except that I think the heroes of the movie are Erik and Mystique, and that the movie (absent metatextual expectations that Charles is the good guy because of all the other canon) validates Erik's viewpoint and makes Charles out to be an idiot who thinks he's smart and thinks that his privilege will protect him.
*nod nod* I don't really see any other way to read Charles sending Raven off with Erik at the end, with "...yeah, I promised you a lot of things, didn't I. Sorry!" Even he realizes how totally flawed his treatment of her was. He never even saw her, and Erik did.
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Date: 2011-06-09 08:11 am (UTC)Loved it! Am largely in agreement with Abigail Nussbaum's review, except that I think the heroes of the movie are Erik and Mystique, and that the movie (absent metatextual expectations that Charles is the good guy because of all the other canon) validates Erik's viewpoint and makes Charles out to be an idiot who thinks he's smart and thinks that his privilege will protect him.
*nod nod* I don't really see any other way to read Charles sending Raven off with Erik at the end, with "...yeah, I promised you a lot of things, didn't I. Sorry!" Even he realizes how totally flawed his treatment of her was. He never even saw her, and Erik did.