Let’s talk about Logan

This is not a review. It’s just that… Logan is surprisingly way better than anyone even expected” kinda film.  I can’t help but talk about to any person with ears. You have to understand, I wasn’t blown away by The Wolverine so I didn’t really set my expectations too high for James Mangold’s second attempt. Silver Samurai was weird AF but we got some pretty “Logan in Japan” imagery from the comics. Logan had to fight an uphill battle.

Logan trailer black and whiteAnd then the first few images were released of a grisly old looking Logan and I looked at this movie differently. A while later a few more images and posters were being released and I barely recognized this movie. The rumors were that the new Wolverine movie would adapt the Old Man Logan story and go down into comic awesomeness. That’s partly true. Logan is barely a comic book movie. There’s plenty of Wolverine stabbing and slashing throughout the movie but there’s little to no resemblance to any other X-film that’s come before.


Did I mention the stabbing and slashing? Who can forget seeing the first red band trailer and being treated to this dear gift that keeps on giving. My gosh this movie had me squirming in my seat at a LOT of the brutality in this movie. We’ve seen Wolverine be a bit unhinged and go all stabby on chumps in other movies but this movie does something decidedly different. Something I hadn’t even realized was missing. The cuts. The guts. The blood. Please tell me I’m not the only one who had a WTF moment the first time they saw fresh claw marks on someone’s face. Or knee. Or elbow. Let’s not forget about the gut shots. Or just how natural conversation sounded between the characters when they’re not inhibited by a PG-13 rating.

Logan

Professor X. I love you, man. 

Jeezus this movie is brutal. I was mildly concerned when I saw parents ushering their 6 year old kids into the theater with them but by the end I was generally wondering what was going through those kids’ heads. This was hardly a heroic comic book movie. This was hardly a comic book movie at all. And just when they get it juuuuust right we have the gut punch that Jackman is done with the character. Patrick Stewart is leaving the X-men behind too. 

Fuck.

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2 thoughts on “Let’s talk about Logan

  1. Given that the action scenes are fabulous, as usual. However: how come doesn’t anyone allows themselves to feel at least some righteous indignation? Can’t we just leave our younger generations with at least a vague illusion of evil being defeated by good? Why is it that we want to destroy everything? Why can’t movie producers show some respect for the genius of the creators of the heroes we grew up with? Damn you bastards!!!! Superheroes are not gloomy or sad or even die. Legends are forever. How do you dare to set yourselves as gods who decide who lives and who dies among the superheroes that brought so much happiness to millions of us? Shame on all of you who want to leave in our hearts a sour feeling of gloom and darkness. You may want to kill my generation and the ones before mine; but, don’t take away the right to happiness of your generation just because you want to destroy and destroy. The X-men were an institution. If your souls are full of hatred and disillusionment, at least allow others to sustain the illusion of something that should always be there: HOPE!!! Not only are Charles Xavier and Logan dead, what we have witnessed is the death of creativity and respect for the true spirit of comic books. I wonder what or who will they kill next. May-haps Captain America will die in a car crash or one of Batman’s contraptions will malfunction and he will be left in a coma falling from a Gotham skyscraper. Hell, why don’t we just make a movie in which nuclear war has erupted and thus, all superheroes die at once. That way we can all worship “Evil’s Might” as corrupted politicians, criminals and all sorts of evil bastards can rule the Earth. Great idea!!! How creative!!! Right???????

  2. By far my favorite character and now my favorite movie! Since my wife and I had a few children our nights out have transformed. We are always trying to save a few dollars so our new thing is movie and a happy hour. Info on what’s playing is readily available and we get our happy hour info from https://USAHappyHour.com. Enjoy!

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