The subtitle informs us we're in Mississippi in the not too distant future. The not too distant future? Really? We've already established that this is a fictional universe where mutants are a thing. It is completely unnecessary to also set this in the near future. Any differences between reality and the movie we're already explained away by this being a universe where mutant exists so it should really just be present day. Gee, could I be any more nitpicky? Just you wait.
Rogue (Anna Paquin) is hanging out in her bedroom with some schmuck of a guy talking about all her big travel plans for after high school. Then, when she goes to kiss the boy, she nearly kills the poor schmuck. Naturally she freaks out and this all happens over some nice diegetic piano music. This scene does a good job of demonstrating how fucking terrifying it would be to just wake up with dangerous mutant powers.
A little weird we get Rogue (7th billed!) before the likes of Professor X, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm or any of the mutants people actually care about, but this makes perfect sense when you think about it. Rogue acts as a nice audience surrogate. She's just a typical teenage girl and then shit gets real and she's thrust into this unfamiliar world of being a mutant. This shit is new to her too. The bit about wanting to go on adventures is a nice touch too, because she's going to get to do that now and that's pretty fucking awesome.
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