The problem is that humans assume that all mutants are evil whereas most are just normal people living with powers. Professor Charles Xavier founds a school to teach mutants how to harness their powers for good. The oldest members fight against the evil mutants as a force known as the X-Men. So the X-men are a group of good mutants struggling to save humanity from the darker of their kind. This material could very easily be destroyed and all the little fan boys around the world would cry a little mutant tear.
Singer is a god.
His style and vision is infused with the story and characters to bring us a damn good film full of action and fan boy geekdom while still appealing to the everyman. God this film rocks. Fast paced and well written it re-defines the comic book genre. Not since Tim Burton s new vision of the Batman world have I been as blown away by a comic book film. Most films just talk down to the audience or make it tongue in cheek.