X2: X-Men United

After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.

Mystique has the ability to change into anyone or anything. When asked why she doesn’t just look like a normal person, she says she doesn’t think she should need to. Yet when trying to attract the attention of another man, she is willing to change into whatever kind of woman he wants. Do you think these two actions are contradictory?