One of the clearest parables about this is that of the prodigal son, found in the Gospel of Luke. As Professor Xavier says at one point, ‘Just because someone stumbles, loses their way, doesn’t mean they are lost forever.’ We see characters deeply remorseful over the consequences of their actions when they finally realise what they have done.Ī prominent theme of hope plays throughout this movie, as well as the belief that no one is too far gone everyone deserves a second chance to change their ways and make amends. There is also a strong sense of cause and effect in this film: that our actions have real consequences, and this means we each have a great responsibility every time we make a decision, no matter how small. X-Men have always stood in for the outcasts, the refuse and the unwanted who feel like they've got nowhere else to go. The X-Men series has always worn its allegorical nature on its sleeve it’s about people who are different, no matter what the context. Getting them to work together will take all Wolverine's powers of persuasion. Erik is not the easiest man to talk to for a variety of reasons that will delight conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, back at Xavier's Institute, Charles is a broken man with few hints of the Professor he may (or may not?) become. Like concentration camp doctors in WWII, Trask is perfectly happy to ‘experiment’ on mutants to perfect his machine. Bolivar Trask a scientist who has developed mutant-killing machines that will keep the US safe from future enemies. The Vietnam War has just ended and no one wants to go through another ordeal like that. Once Wolverine wakes up in the past he has his work cut out for him. His mission: find the young Charles Xavier, reunite him with a young Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto and stop young Mystique before she ruins things for everyone. The test for that question is a madly ambitious tale of choice and redemption, ushered briskly across space and time as 2023 Wolverine’s consciousness is zapped into his 1973 body. You know you’re in sure hands as soon as Patrick Stewart intones the themes (faith, destiny, hope) over shots of a stormy 2023 apocalypse, where mutant-killing robot Sentinels have set Prof Xavier a poser: ‘Is the future truly set?’ X-Men: Days of Future Past sees the characters from the X-Men film trilogy joining forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in an epic battle that must change the past, to save the future.
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