-Just watched: Matthew Vaughn's X-men First Class (2011) starring James McAvoy, Micheal Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence. the IMDb link can be found here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270798/?ref_=nv_sr_4

-Finally the X-men origin story we've all been waiting for. This was a solid movie chronicling the beginning of Xavier and Erik's friendship (AKA Professor X and Magneto). This movie was very entertaining and it was neat to see the mutants in another time period. The special effects have also come along way since the first X-men movie in 2001. The fighting scenes were very cool and the dialogue was well-scripted. You got what you ask for in this superhero movie. My favorite scene was when Magneto killed Shaw by forcing the Nazi coin into his brain. Great movie. 7/10 stars.

-X-men movies however hold little wait from an evolutionary aspect. For starters, most mutations are deleterious rather than beneficial. Almost every single on of the mutants possess an ability that helps rather than harms them. But first, I will address a character that is not scientifically accurate, which is odd considering his name is Darwin. His mutation allows him to adapt to any circumstance that he needs, ie he can grow gills to breathe under water. His adaptions are somewhat reminiscent of "survival of the fittest" which is not a Darwinian idea. The whole idea of mutants is actually a Lamarckian idea. The ability for an individual to develop mutations beneficial to them, the classic giraffe growing his neck to reach branches idea. We find this to be false because giraffes with long necks had better fitness than those with shorter necks and were able to survive. Another constraint of natural selection is gene variation. If the gene for say changing skin color like Mystique is not present in the population, it cannot pop up randomly. Unfortunately or fortunately, we will not see a Magneto-like mutant in our population. So no world domination due to mutants in the future.