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Charles conversation with himself

posted 8 years ago by cleverfox
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When future Charles is counseling his younger self that he needs to open his mind, feel the pain of others and learn to embrace it; and in doing so it will make him more powerful than he ever imagined. It's the greatest gift we have - to bear their pain without breaking. And by doing so, he offers up the most human of powers: hope.

Does that scene sound just a bit religious? I mean Christ allowed sinners lean on him he gave sight to the blind, he brought Lazarous back from the dead. No matter how badly he was laughed at, no matter how badly he was treated - he still gave humanity hope.

[–] TheSolarSailor 8 years ago

It could or couldn't be. It depends on what you as a viewer want to bring in to it. I'll just say that hope and religion and not exclusive to one another. Hope is something important for people to have, regardless of whether one has religion or not. Without hope, one may as well lay down and die.

It's an awesome scene!

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[–] DerrickFilmDude 8 years ago

It's the best written scene in the film.

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[–] cleverfox 8 years ago

You know what? Just realized the importance of the statement as well!

I do wonder why Magneto, after telling "well, it's difficult" then why not include the JFK info. Unless thar was have a funnier scene in 1973 Xavier's home.

[–] kylewilliamson-73516 8 years ago

My favorite scene. Very powerful. And for your question, it's subjective depending upon ones interpretation

[–] TheDarkKnightMatter 8 years ago

One of the best scenes along with the ending when he saw everyone teaching and the students in the future...or present time.

[–] q_leo_rahman 8 years ago

It was a pretty awesome scene, showing the young and old Xaviers talking together and one helping the other out.

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[–] Pumpyjones 8 years ago

Well, it was filmed in a way that made it look as though they were standing in front of a stained glass window, so I'd say you're not far off with the religious theme, since the photography certainly used religious imagery.

I mean, Charles - with his long hair, beard and blue eyes - also looked quite like the medieval version of Jesus, leaning over, forehead pressed against his crippled, older self, like he was giving him a benediction, like Jesus blessing the injured.

So, yes. Absolutely.

[–] tbwhitefang 8 years ago

I feel like it's impossible for a human leader or hero figure to be purely good and compassionate without invoking some Christ themes, because he was the first character of that type.

It's a good fit in this case, because despite all the dark stuff in Charles' past we learn about in the comics (his stepbrother, his son, the exiled evil part of his mind...), he has the patience and compassion of a modern-day saint.

Telepaths with the power to casually read human minds tend to go only go two ways- they become misanthropically jaded over all the awful perverted things they detect as seen with Metal Gear's Psycho Mantis or DC's Manchester Black, or they become extremely empathetic like Charles. They'll either be very good or very evil, with nothing in between.

[–] LukeLovesFilm28 8 years ago

No. But I would hope that would feel like a religious experience to anyone who can see themselves in the future to gain wisdom.

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