MAGNETO'S FATHER-THE POINT BETWEEN ANGER AND SERENITYMagneto's father is a character of great significance to the plot, so brilliantly developed by Bryan Singer, Sheldon Turner and Tom DeSanto. It is an Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller film, but what really makes it unique is the touch of history, we shall never forget. Magneto's super power comes out of X-Treme suffering and loss, the loss of his father and mother. This short, black and white scene, in which we learn what happened to Magneto's parents, suddenly becomes a major drive in the entire X-Men story. It helps us to understand Magneto's character as the villain and clarifies the rivalry between him and his best friend, Professor Charles Xavier. Is it a rivalry or a dilemma? Killing will not bring you peace my friend , as Professor Charles Xavier says to Magneto in X-Men First Class (2011), magnificently directed by Matthew Vaughn. The rivalry puts us on the horns of a dilemma; Can Magneto forgive what happened to him and his family? Perhaps, the only ones who could answer this question are his father and mother and the millions of souls, lost in that horrible period of human history. Mr. Lensherr, Magneto's father, was introduced in X-MEN (2000), directed by Bryan Singer. For the first time we are allowed into Magneto's head. It is a troubled realm of memories where we find out how he was torn away from his parents and discovered his X-Power. The same sequence of memories continues in X-Men First Class (2011) and reveals to us how his mother Edie Lensherr was brutally killed by Sebastian Shaw. Magneto is driven by an enormous desire to avenge his mother's murder and he succeeds, but this is not the solution to his problem. He needs to find the point between anger and serenity as Professor Charles Xavier advises him to do in X-Men First Class (2011).29.06.2011Georg Nikoloffhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2537743/ Show less «