His name is Nightcrawler. He is a teleporter, German by background, mutant by birth, ugly by appearance, and a bona fide Christian in a comic book movie. During the course of the movie, he adds the Lord’s Prayer in a moment of desperation, he provides the words to the 23rd Psalm when they mourn the loss of one of their own, and he comes across as a creature of peculiar powers that is truly trying to put together his faith with his strange appearance.
The only really odd bits were the scars he gave himself as reminders of his sins. They had to do with angel signs or something.
Nightcrawler’s faith comes across in the comic books as well. There is some recollection far back in my mind of his becoming an ordained minister after some kind of evil befell the X-men and broke up the team.
But it X-men 2, it wasn’t over the top. The character of Nightcrawler is, but the portrayal of the faith wasn’t. There really seemed to be a subtext of this creature who was different by no choice of his own trying to live life, trying to understand by the power of his faith. At one point, the mutant is under the power of the bad guys, and he doesn’t get what he has done. He retreats to a church. When confronted by members of the X-men, he wonders out loud if he is being tested, looking to the crucifix placed in easy access.
I found their treatment of my faith to be respectful, compared to some movies I have seen.
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