prompt 11

The main characters of X2 are the mutants. Due to high technology, there are many mutants in the world. Unlike humans, these mutants have special powers. The first mutant we can see in the movie is Nightcrawler, who has the ability to teleport. There are several other mutants who are X-men; Wolverine, Jean, Storm etc. They all have extraordinary powers which help them fight against the anti-mutant human, Stryker. Stryker injects drugs to mutants to control them by using Professor X’s ability. I think there are two arguments related with the body in this movie. First, high technology empowers the mutants’ bodies with extraordinary power and this is directly related to violence. The movie focuses on these X-men’s powers. It shows their special ability by using many cinematic languages. The focus of almost every scene is related to their power, such as the three blades from Wolverine’s hands, the ice for Bobby(Iceman) and fire for Pyro. They use this power to fight with Stryker and human military. This make their power directly related to violence. The second argument is that the body can be controlled by someone else. Stryker uses drugs or his son to control the mutants’ body. The light of the movie also supports this argument. It’s almost dark when they fight with their power. Then, it gets brighter when the movie is approaching to the peaceful end. The background is interesting as well. Alkali Lake is where Stryker tried to kill the mutants. Inside of his building, it’s dark and filled with violence. However, the outside of the building is beautiful nature. This means that outside of violence is peaceful. This contrast makes the violence more strong which also make the arguments more strong.