Logan vs. The Dark Knight

[The Overlord]

I have heard some critics compare Logan to the Dark Knight, saying that Logan would be the Marvel version of the Dark Knight.

How does Logan compare to the Dark Knight?

 

[TeeKay]

TDK is better. Not even a contest.

 

[The Joker]

Both spectacular movies, but TDK is still the king in my book.

 

[DACrowe]

My two favorite comic book movies ever. Both elevate the genre and push it in new directions. Sadly, few save for Mangold seemed to take the right lessons from Dark Knight. Hopefully, Logan will not lead to a bunch of arbitrarily gory and R-rated movies, much like the "dark" superhero and spy movies that followed TDK.

Anyway, my vote is still for The Dark Knight. One of the finest films ever made.

 

[Ivan Drago]

It's TDK. Always TDK. The best of the pack by a fair margin, and the only one that transcends the genre. Ledger is one of the GOAT performances.

Logan is great though. As of right now it's my favorite marvel movie.

By the way, shouldn't there be a poll for this? Though on second thought, what's the point, we all know TDK will win anyways.

 

[psylockolussus]

Both are overrated, though I like Logan better.

 

[OutOfBoose]

TDK is better and it's not even close.

 

[Awest66]

Gotta go with TDK.

Logan's still amazing, gonna see it again tomorrow

 

[The Batman]

This should be a poll.

 

[Batmannerism]

My two favorite comic book movies ever. Both elevate the genre and push it in new directions. Sadly, few save for Mangold seemed to take the right lessons from Dark Knight. Hopefully, Logan will not lead to a bunch of arbitrarily gory and R-rated movies, much like the "dark" superhero and spy movies that followed TDK.

Anyway, my vote is still for The Dark Knight. One of the finest films ever made.

Very much on the same page.

For me,TDK is the better film but only just:

- I have to give SirPatStew the edge over Michael Caine, and that's saying a lot, a for a really tragic and moving performance

- TDK has not just the best portrayal of the Joker, but the best villain in a cbm by a huge margin. Logan's villains are fine, but nothing special, and nowhere close to Ledger's Joker.

- Nolan creates a sense of the epic, which was probably the opposite of what Mangold was going for, in what was essentially a tragic X-Men road movie.

- The ending of TDK has both tragedy and triumph, and we walk away uplifted as well as feeling the hero's pain. Logan is a different kind of story, but I still felt they needed a little more connection between Logan and Laura, to walk away feeling good about his sacrifice. I feel like either he needed to acknowledge her earlier (before he was literally dying) or the death scene itself needed to last a bit longer, maybe even if he'd got them to Canada before expiring ? Who knows.

On that note, I feel that Logan and Xavier needed a few more moments before Xavier died too. But that's just me.


- Logan was probably the best portrayal of a broken down superhero ever, and the most nuanced and realistic portrayal of Logan as a human being (not
realistic in terms of his powers/claws/skeleon - but realistic in that he felt like a fully fleshed out 3D real person in terms of his personality, his mental state, the range of emotions he showed.

- In terms of rewatch value, TDK has massive rewatch value, I've seen it over and over (when it came out I just about rushed back to see it again) whereas Logan is quite heartbreaking, and I don't think I could see it again for a long time.


So, my vote goes for TDK, but that does not diminish Logan's greatness and
it gives TDK a serious run for its money!

 

[Xrated48]

Logan does not even come close there are so many better CBM's than Logan. The Dark Knight is the better film in my book.

 

[BlackFox]

Logan comes close and does a few things that even TDK cant manage in the emotion stakes but Im not sure anything will ever surpass TDK but Logan doesnt sit that far behind it compared to the majority of other CBM's.

 

[Hammer!]

Dark Knight, fosho.

 

[DA_Champion]

Can a moderator add a poll?

 

[CaptainWagner]

I'll have to see Logan again, but they're both amazing, and at the peak of the CBM pile. They both have some personal bias against them I've got to put aside for objective judgement, though, what with me not being a fan of the overall Nolan and Fox takes on their respective universes.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

The Dark Knight, easily. I don't think Logan is as good as any of the trilogy.

 

[Rowsdower!]

TDK all the way. I liked Logan, but I don't think I'll need to see it again or purchase it. Conversely, I don't know how many times I've watch TDK but it's a lot.

 

[Drseuss]

logan = dark knight

 

[The Overlord]

Just added a poll.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I like TDK but have always felt it was overrated. There's a ton of stuff in it I just don't give a **** about, and the supposed political commentary is blunted by in the end making no commentary what so ever since it's STILL a super hero movie and the main character is assumed to never be tempted again by the power he is given in the film. I also feel a real emotional remove from the "personal" tragedy that Bruce goes through in the film. I didn't care what happened to Rachel since I didn't care about her or the relationship from the first film. Also... Yeah, put me in the group that says the film is at it's best and most engaging in it's sequences handling the Joker. Ledger is a magnetic presence, larger than life as the Joker. That's a double edged sword because for me when he's gone the film is a lot less dynamic. Finally, the end piece with Two Face still feels tacked on, or at least unnecessary. TDK has some spectacular scenes and set pieces and in terms of action, say the various chase scenes and the action against the SWAT team, ect. is really great stuff. It certainly has those super hero action elements over LOGAN. As a show piece for what could be done with taking a super hero story seriously could accomplish in the modern era as well as setting a standard for what one would want out of a Batman in live action it's phenomenal. It's production design, costuming and SFX are all well worth praising. I may think it's overrated, but it is one of the great super hero films.

With LOGAN... I just felt more engaged by every single thing as compared to TDK. This is maybe an unfair advantage since, time travel reboot shenanigans or not, we are seeing what is played as a culmination of close to twenty years of these two characters in film. Good films or bad as someone that has seen them in all their appearances there is a strong connection to them. But the emotion was not just something banked by the characters simply because of familiarity. Keene, Stewart and Jackman earned every ounce of my reaction with their deft performances. This was the most heartfelt and emotionally raw super hero based film and it was both specifically about Logan and Charles and Laura but it also ranged into universal subjects like aging, regret, the need to believe in greater causes, human connection when all seems lost... It hit the mark for me. Also while it may have not had quite the spectacle of previous appearances by Wolverine, it made up for that with the raw nature of it's violence which fit the character to a T.

I guess the real thing that puts LOGAN over the top from TDK for me was that when I left TDK I felt good. I felt I had seen a really well done Batman movie. When I left LOGAN I was in pieces just a bit. Pieces. LOGAN to me as a fanboy made me think about my life in general.

 

[titansupes]

TDK, but I love me some Logan.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Logan is great and all, but The Dark Knight is a masterpiece

 

[OutOfBoose]

There's quite a number of CBMs between TDK and Logan for me.

 

[Roose Bolton]

TDKR

 

[DarthSkywalker]

There's quite a number of CBMs between TDK and Logan for me.

Which ones? Logan is in my top 4 with Scott Pilgrim, TDK, and Begins.