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Posted by: David Bunch

Here is an excellent commentary on X Men 3. It is especially intriguing to see what Hollywood has done with the part of the Christ figure:

Jean Grey comes back after having given her life for her friends. But she comes back not better, but worse, murderous and kinda demonic. What is the film saying here? She ends up killing two of the very people she died saving in X2. This narrative choice really messes with the whole Christ-figure parallel.

I talked to a 12 year old kid from church who has seen the movie three times (I guess since it's X3 he thought he should see it three times!), and he went on about the great action in the film. I'm thinking he had no awareness of the issues raised in the above referenced link.