I thought the end result of the movie was a somewhat disheartening, 'Man, NOBODY'S a good guy anymore.'
When you come right down to it, what all three sides wanted was control over mutantdom. The Worthington/government faction wanted to eradicate them altogether, (the split second between designing this voluntary cure and its conversion into a weapon was a tad ominous,) the Magneto faction wanted to destroy anyone-- mutant, human, or otherwise-- who didn't follow his party line, up to and including murdering a mutant child whose only crimes had been imprisonment and exploitation and a talent Magneto found inconvenient, and even the Professor wasn't above playing God and blocking off powers he found inconvenient.
There's a case to be made that he directly caused the entire Phoenix fiasco; if he hadn't blocked off the majority of her abilities, she might have learned to control them. By creating the split personality, he made it impossible for her to do so. And he should have known better then that.
...Of course, if the intended message is that trusting those in positions of power or authority is always a mistake, this is a good time, politically, to emphasize that...
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Date: 2006-06-04 03:42 am (UTC)When you come right down to it, what all three sides wanted was control over mutantdom. The Worthington/government faction wanted to eradicate them altogether, (the split second between designing this voluntary cure and its conversion into a weapon was a tad ominous,) the Magneto faction wanted to destroy anyone-- mutant, human, or otherwise-- who didn't follow his party line, up to and including murdering a mutant child whose only crimes had been imprisonment and exploitation and a talent Magneto found inconvenient, and even the Professor wasn't above playing God and blocking off powers he found inconvenient.
There's a case to be made that he directly caused the entire Phoenix fiasco; if he hadn't blocked off the majority of her abilities, she might have learned to control them. By creating the split personality, he made it impossible for her to do so. And he should have known better then that.
...Of course, if the intended message is that trusting those in positions of power or authority is always a mistake, this is a good time, politically, to emphasize that...