Logan LOGAN - User Review and Reactions Thread (Spoilers)

[Binker]

Logan was awesome, brutal, and really sad.
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Please don't make it canon.

 

[Leo Zelinsky]

I hate Wolverine and I had a tear in my eye at the end. Damn great movie. So meta the X-MEN died for nothing

 

[DeadStroke]

8/10 for me.

One of the best I've seen this year after Get Out.

I do fear that this film won't age well for me. Not something I'm quick to re-watch again like X-2 and DOFP.

 

[Infinity9999x]

Still processing the film, but overall I thought it was very powerful. It's not without flaws, and I felt the same as some others have pointed out. The mid section does drag a bit, and I would have preferred to see some villains that had a bit more of a personal resonance with Logan, but that aside, it was still a damn fine film. The violence was brutal, and everyone brought their A game acting wise.

I hope the film does well, because it will only help enforce what I think will save Superhero films from going the way of the western (ironically). It further proves that "superhero" or "comic book" isn't a genre. Comic book films can be ANY genre (and they should be). They should explore and use other genre's to tell their story. It will serve the characters, and it will save them from ever hitting "genre fatigue" because they'll constantly be different.

 

[Skrilla31]

I just got back from it, though it was okay. Nothing game changing.

Best movie starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine but that isn't saying much.

 

[Infinity9999x]

I just got back from it, though it was okay. Nothing game changing.

Best movie starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine but that isn't saying much.

I think it's game changing in that we haven't seen a superhero film like this before. We've certainly seen films like this before (it's essentially a western), but we haven't seen a superhero film do this. Regardless of what someone thinks of the film, that's a fact.

And I wouldn't be that harsh on Jackman's tenure. If you're referring to his solos, sure, but he's been in X2 and DOFP, both films commonly regarded as some of the best in the comic film catalog. And for good reason.

 

[inomilan]

9/10 for me! Probably tied with DOFP as my favorite, if not more. The emotions were just too real for me, I teared up! This film will really make you feel the berserker rage. Logan and X-23 were awesome. I'm definitely going to miss Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart. It's the end of an era but they ended it with a bang. Brilliant film.

Oh and

Spoiler

no post-credits scene

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

Somewhere between a 9 and 9.5 still trying to decide. But damn that was good. Vying for the top X-film spot with Deadpool. Fox should stick with R-rated films for sure.

There are certainly just a few things I would have done differently. But seriously great movie through and through. X-23 was amazing. She is in my top few X-Men film characters now hands down.

I really feel like they should have made Eden a Magneto founded sanctuary. Would've fit so perfectly. Particularly after Erik redeemed himself at the end of Apocalypse. But, w/e it didn't happen. What're ye gonna do?

 

[Ivan Drago]

This movie was so good. Completely walked out loving it. I read pretty much every damn spoiler before I even saw the movie, and I was still gripping my armrest during certain scenes.

I need time to process this movie before I write a full review, but I loved it.

And my biggest fear about the movie, X-24, worked so well for me. His first scene generated a big WTF reaction for me, in a good way.

 

[Ivan Drago]

8/10 for me.

One of the best I've seen this year after Get Out.

I do fear that this film won't age well for me. Not something I'm quick to re-watch again like X-2 and DOFP.

I like X2, but the movie hasn't aged amazingly well. Still good, but Logan is on a completely different level.

The funny thing is just the first scene in Logan with the berserker rage, makes the Wolverine mansion scene in X2 look so tame in comparison.

 

[Darepool]

Certainly aged better then this banana...

 

[SAUspartan]

10/10!

It was amazing.

 

[titansupes]

I'm not sure what score I'd give it. But it's damn high. There are flaws, mainly in the second act. Still not sure how I feel about X-24. I get the theme of it, but I'm not sure if they got everything out of it they could have and the whole evil clone thing is just naturally a bit hokey.

 

[Compi716]

Excellent, EXCELLENT movie! Not only one of he all time great comic book movies, but just an all-around GREAT movie!

 

[OutOfBoose]

There are great things in this film and the first half is mostly great, except for super-mawkish montage of the nurse (did she edit it herself on the phone, so the video switches between the footage and her rant? lol). After certain events the film is out of steam, out of ideas, out of good characters. It's wonderfully photographed. One of the best-looking CBMs out there for me. Stylish. Acting is superb. But music failed to convey emotions. The film fails to establish father-daughter relationship between Logan and Laura and the final scene somehow feels unearned...

 

[Ivan Drago]

There are great things in this film and the first half is mostly great, except for super-mawkish montage of the nurse (did she edit it herself on the phone, so the video switches between the footage and her rant? lol). After certain events the film is out of steam, out of ideas, out of good characters. It's wonderfully photographed. One of the best-looking CBMs out there for me. Stylish. Acting is superb. But music failed to convey emotions. The film fails to establish father-daughter relationship between Logan and Laura and the final scene somehow feels unearned...

The phone exposition scene was actually one of the nitpicks I had with the movie. But really it doesn't bother much, because the good stuff distracted me from that. Pretty much every movie has plot conveniences, even something great like TDK.

I will disagree with the fact the father-daughter relationship feels unearned. While they only spend a short time together, both Laura and Logan are aware of their relationship with each other.

 

[BlackFox]

Great to see everyones reactions now that the film is released for all, be it good or bad. Hyped all over to see it again today.

 

[OutOfBoose]

The phone exposition scene was actually one of the nitpicks I had with the movie. But really it doesn't bother much, because the good stuff distracted me from that. Pretty much every movie has plot conveniences, even something great like TDK.

It was BvS-kind of e-mail exposition. Only this time they tried to make you feel for poor little kids, throwing facts of cruelty in your face. It's supposed to make you feel something, but it doesn't. And it makes it even more annoying. And it goes on and on and on... I don't remember anything like that in TDK.

I will disagree with the fact the father-daughter relationship feels unearned. While they only spend a short time together, both Laura and Logan are aware of their relationship with each other.

Maybe I have much better examples in front of my eyes. Aliens (Special Edition). The Last of Us. I just didn't feel it in case of Logan. It's really hard for me to bring arguments, because I saw the film only once and don't have a copy to go through.

 

[Smilodon]

It’s hard to properly discuss this film right now, if only because the emotional toll of the film takes awhile to properly resonate with you. I didn’t understand what early reviews meant by this film not needing a post-credits sequence because people will need to collect themselves after the film, but I understand it now. When remembering what stood out to you the most, (mostly sad moments) but even stuff you didn’t like – with distance and context, you come to realize the strength and weight of those moments within the overall narrative and the tremendous climax.

Spoiler

I almost feel bad for future CBMs that will come and try to tout their “character driven” or “dramatic” or “human” films, because it will almost certainly fall short of what we have seen in Logan. This is a film with tremendous ambition and an uncompromising vision from James Mangold and Hugh Jackman – with blood chilling violence and arguably even more painful emotional violence. These characters, for all of their comic book-y powers, have never been portrayed before with such emotional truth and humanity. The minor character beats that we see - Laura and the horses, Charles and his garden, Logan and his reading glasses, are all great, and when we get to moments such as Logan whispering, “It wasn’t me” after X-24’s attack or the conversation with the Munson’s – gut-wrenching. The violence is great, it is very apparent that Hugh and Jim are thinking of the fans, but what makes it even more special is that it has stakes and consequences. Logan, for all of his bitterness and cynicism, is still an X-Man deep down, costume and healing factor be damned - and he will do his best to protect those around him.

One of the most astounding things about the film is the acting – Hugh and Patrick dig down so deep that it makes me wonder what other filmmakers were even doing in the other films with the material they gave them. Hell, I almost feel bad for James McAvoy. How do you top that? You give three stellar performances as Charles, and then Sir Pat comes back with that?

Hugh also reaches perfection as the old Logan. This is just a transformative performance. It’s like those actors who have to portray older characters with prosthetics and stuff, only in Hugh’s case, he’s still gotta be jacked and in great physical condition. But the strain of his age is palpable.

Boyd Holdbrook and Richard E. Grant did both great in their supporting roles. I almost wished Zander got more screentime, if only because I enjoy Richard E. Grant so much. But he fulfilled his role. The Reavers being nameless grunts didn’t bother me one bit, that’s exactly what they’re supposed to be. The only difference now is that the grunts are menacing because they’re cyborgs and people actually die in this film.

Then there’s the one we’ve all been waiting for – Dafne Keen. There’s so many great actors cast in CBMs these days that I feel like it’s hard to distinguish between the good performances and the great ones. (There are a few bad ones here and there, but for the most part, every CBM has good casting and performances). But Dafne is a revelation. Not only is she able to fulfill Jim’s physical criteria such as being bilingual and having tumbling skills, but also is wonderfully emotive with her silent scenes. And when she does speak, every line matters. A year after Ryan Reynolds fulfilled his destiny with Deadpool, I believe we may have watched Dafne fulfill her god**** destiny to be this character. Dafne completes the circle that Hugh began and the Wolverine lives on.

There’s so much more to talk about, but I’ll just leave it at this. This film is transcendent in that it exceeds its comic book brethren and doesn’t have to be judged on some sort of comic book curve. Maybe it’s not a gamechanger, because other films won’t ever go down this path probably. But Logan, like The Dark Knight, melds decades of the source material and distills it into something definitive and meaningful. Logan, in its own bold, brutal and beautiful way, tells us that love and family can and will find a way, and isn’t that what the X-Men were always about? I’m inclined to think so.

10/10

 

[StormC]

I have a hard time comparing this to TDK. TDK was an intensely paced film with constant plot twists and tension. This was a slow burn character-driven piece.

It won't crack my top five superhero films, but it was certainly a great capper to Jackman and Stewart's legacy to the franchise.

9.

 

[Roose Bolton]

I thought it was a god damned masterpiece.

10/10

 

[darthhalen]

Man.....I'm seriously in the minority on this movie. Really don't understand how everything thinks this is THE definitive Wolverine on film. I couldn't disagree more! He's old...his powers are not functioning right(yet again) and the movie is bleak as hell. It truly is just a western disguised as a Wolverine movie. Hope my opinion changes but right now I don't understand the enthusiasm.

 

[BoredGuy]

Man.....I'm seriously in the minority on this movie. Really don't understand how everything thinks this is THE definitive Wolverine on film. I couldn't disagree more! He's old...his powers are not functioning right(yet again) and the movie is bleak as hell. It truly is just a western disguised as a Wolverine movie. Hope my opinion changes but right now I don't understand the enthusiasm.

Well, TDK was a crime thriller pretending to be a Batman movie
So it seems that approach works for a lot of people

 

[Weather Witch]

Man.....I'm seriously in the minority on this movie. Really don't understand how everything thinks this is THE definitive Wolverine on film. I couldn't disagree more! He's old...his powers are not functioning right(yet again) and the movie is bleak as hell. It truly is just a western disguised as a Wolverine movie. Hope my opinion changes but right now I don't understand the enthusiasm.

I think more than anything it is that they go deeper with the character. It goes beyond him being the cool mysterious guy and the movie gives him more depth and essentially makes him more human.

 

[-JKR-]

Man.....I'm seriously in the minority on this movie. Really don't understand how everything thinks this is THE definitive Wolverine on film. I couldn't disagree more! He's old...his powers are not functioning right(yet again) and the movie is bleak as hell. It truly is just a western disguised as a Wolverine movie. Hope my opinion changes but right now I don't understand the enthusiasm.

Lots of Wolverine stories I've read are basically westerns, in which you'll find him sipping beer in a bar in some distant small town on the countryside, and someone asks him for help.

Wolverine is pretty much that Lone Ranger who comes into town and wants to be left alone, but in the end ends up helping the people around him, as much as he is the Frankenstein monster, causing havoc wherever he goes.

So yeah, it can't really get more ultimate Wolverine than this. Unless for you 'ultimate' comes down to his suit and his (intact) powers.