X-Men 4

I confess.  Alice and I do not follow the "X-Men Universe" and we weren't really too sure about the characters that we saw in this fourth X-Men movie which was, technically, a "prequel" to other X-Men movies.  We liked this movie very much and especially like the unique "handicaps" that the mutants had and how they dealt with them.  Though the movie was violent at times, it's message was one of care and concern in how these young characters learned to support and lean on each other.  Added to this was the scenario of the Cuban Missle Crisis.  Alice commented that both the Russians and Americans were acting the exact same way in how they were responding to this crisis.  There was no underlying evil intent on either side, it seemed.  That was quite refreshing.  We found it unusual that we could enjoy this movie even though we didn't know what these characters were capable of doing and how they became so-called super heroes.  Ultimately, it was not a movie about super powers but about dealing with being different.  It is definitely worth seeing.