 | Feared and loathed by a world of conformity, X-Men entertainingly presents the struggle of frightened, lonely "mutant" individuals who possess superior abilities to find comfort and happiness with others of their kind.
While certainly not an especially academic movie... which pehaps is an unfairly elitist and conformist judgment... X-Men does quite well what it sets out to do: depict the "good cop/bad cop" struggle between the two mutant groups that each espouse opposing tactical philosophies regarding how to treat the outside world.
The Brotherhood of Mutants, led by Ian McKellen as Magneto, endorses the notion that mankind is fundamentally sadistic and corrupt, and should be severely opposed, if not destroyed; at the other pole are the X-Men, led by Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, who endorses the notion that mankind's apprehension towards mutants is based on incomplete and erroneous interpretation of the mutant population's agenda, and who work to appeal to mankind's logical, higher nature.
I think Objectivists will enjoy this movie, simply because the themes of this movie likely resonate with the same life issues that those attracted to Objectivism have faced all their lives.
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