I don't think this is the impression I was supposed to walk away with...

So, in X-Men: First Class, Magneto:

1.  Chokes 2 women. (With some torture mixed in with one of them.)
2.  Has a bad habit of torturi people.
3.  Has a go at being a mass murderer.
4.  Possibly sexes up his buddy's possibly underaged sister.  (I prefer to think they stopped at makeouts.)

And yet, still manages to be less of a cretin than Xavier.

Although, it basically goes like this:

CHARLES:  Hi there!  I think it's fun to invade minds and am an arrogant twit.  The biggest problem in my life is that my sister doesn't understand that I do my best to destroy her self-esteem and try to make her be ashamed of herself for her own good.

ERIC:  Concentration camp.  Mother murdered in front of me as incentive to move a coin with my mind.  Probably brainwashed and tortured for years by the guy who killed my mother.  Naturally, this balanced out my genocidal tendencies enough for the audience to sympathize with me.  Wait, what's wrong with blue skin and scales?

HANK:  OMG blue skin and big feet are fugly!  Raven, HDU not hate yourself the way I hate myself?

(Almost) ALL THE MUTANTS WHO ARE WHITE BOYS:  WE ARE GOOD GUYS!

ALL THE MUTANTS WHO AREN'T WHITE BOYS:  We are bad guys, or will join The Evil by the end!

THE ONE BLACK GUY:  Except me!  I will Die Tragically to help the white boys realize the gravity and danger of being a good mutant when there are evil mutants and prejudiced humans out there.

RAVEN:  Bro, I'm dumping you for your boyfriend.  Also, Hank, blue is almost as good a color on you as it is on me.  BTW, I'm changing my number, jerk.

SHAW:  ...I see I'll hve to amp up the camp to eleventy tobe able to do this.

MOIRA:  Dangit, I thought I was auditioning for Covert Affairs.

EMMA:  Hey, at least no one just up and forgot about you.
 

I may have judged characters entirely based on how they treated Raven.  Just so you know.

Also, it's apparently mid-October.  Time to ditch everything else for gothic and horror (and poser) stuff.