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Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Just got back from it and absolutely loved it. It was almost more of a Mad Max/The Wrestler/Walk the Line mashup than a superhero movie to me.

Hugh Jackman is as good as expected but Patrick Stewart stole the show for me. His portrayal of Xavier really hit close to home because he reminded me so much of my dad in his last year before he passed. Losing his memory and being unable to take care of himself. The dinner scene where he was just enjoying the company of others to where Logan took him to his bed was a little rough to watch for me.

Weakest part of the movie to me was the villains but that's really not the point of the movie though.

One thing I might have missed?
The villain with the metal hand. Did his hand factor into anything at all? Other than "Hey I'm kinda like Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget?"

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Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I haven't seen an X-Men movie since First Class. Will that matter at all?

Not at all. I think they only referenced the very first X-Men movie in this.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2017 01:09

Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Gnome de plume posted:

Wait, you guys got a Deadpool short with your showing? gently caress, we didn't get anything like that, just a trailer for what is inexplicably another Fast & Furious movie. Still, pretty good movie: intensely violent while at the same incredibly depressing because everyone's old and sad and everything's gone to poo poo.

I saw the Deadpool teaser prior to the Logan IMAX. It's not showing in the regular 2D? Regardless if so it isn't that great.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2017 06:39

Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Servaetes posted:

So the mention of Essex Corp in Apocalypse just never came to any point, did it? And I watched the movie pretty intently but what exactly happened to the rest of the X-Men? I know at some point they were talking about Xavier having a similar event in the past that killed people, was that it?

Well they say the Westchester incident and that's where the X Mansion is so I'm guessing Xavier killed a ton of mutants. Also guessing that's why they're in the middle of nowhere Mexico so if he has a similar incident less people will get killed.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2017 08:22

Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

DrVenkman posted:

It also explains why Logan is trying to get them a boat. He wants to keep them isolated.

My only real complaint is that it ends with the wrong Johnny Cash song. I know it got used in the trailer, but come on, 'Hurt' was a perfect song to use.

I'm not so sure. We all had our heart strings pulled real tight at the end. Song they chose felt a little more uplifting....like a celebration. Both could have worked really well. I'm sure there were arguments on which to use.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2017 10:13

Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Ape Agitator posted:

Really my only criticism of the movie is that they have an opportunity to escalate something for a change of pace and squander it. . Logan takes the green juice and I thought they were going to supercharge him but it was basically the same as in the desert. I would have liked a feeling like he hulked out rather than just caught his breath and then became killable. It was unfortunately same-y when it could have been amazing. At least the kids added some variation.. Other than that, fantastic movie from start to finish. I probably like it more than X2, my previous favorite X-Men movie.

I've never read the comics but was that the berserker rage I've read about a few times?

# ¿ Mar 4, 2017 11:51

Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

I can't think of a movie that affected me like this since Shawshank Redemption. This is an amazing movie.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2017 12:55

Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Residency Evil posted:

Saw it yesterday. Great movie. I've seen all of the X-Men movie except for Deadpool and Apocalypse, but it's been a while. Did I miss anything by not watching Apocalypse? How does Logan fit in with the others, timeline wise?

Apocalypse has it's moments but it's not that great. You're not missing anything.

But how have you not watched Deadpool?

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 20:45

Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

DrVenkman posted:

It kind of speaks to the approach that Mangold takes as well. You can put it all together: At some point everyone had their limbs intact until they hosed around and genetically engineered killing machines. There's no real reason to elaborate on it beyond that. Same as the 'Westchester incident'. I mean the only real information you get is from a line on the radio. There's a lot of information that just happens in the peripheral.

This was a great movie. Like I said it's like Wolverine in a The Wrestler kinda take.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 21:19

Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Postorder Trollet89 posted:

Well deserved.
Hugh Jackman got nominated for an Oscar with Les Miserables, and lost to Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln (no surprise there since he was pretty much unbeatable). What Jackman brought for Logan was the best preformance of his career, it was intense and emotional from start to finish. I'd be shocked if this didn't atleast earn him another nomination. Same goes for Patrick Stewart and Dafne Keen, hell the acting from the three main characters was fantastic across the board.

Quoted and yes. Jackman and Stewart absolutely killed it. If this movie doesn't get a best actor and supporting actor nod then I don't know what is wrong with this world.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 22:16

Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Vinny the Shark posted:

Saw it today. This movie was loving great.

What made this so great was that this hardly felt like a superhero movie. No battle to save the world, no city in peril, no outrageous origin story - just a story about a broken, pathetic man finally finding a purpose in his final days. The movie certainly doesn't pull any punches. Seeing Logan as a washed up loser is really not surprising, but I didn't think I would get hit so hard seeing Xavier the way he was. He was such a wise old mentor to his students, with quite possibly the most powerful mind in the world. Now he's a senile, helpless old man, his mighty powers he once saved many lives with is now a dangerous liability. Not only that, but we find out that he killed the students he loved at Westchester not because of an evil villain's influence or as an act of self preservation of some kind, but because he simply lost control of his powers. Professor X was always one of my favorite characters in comic book lore, and seeing him like this was really tough for me personally. Watching him tell the casino patrons "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" hit me hard. I was glad, however, that he was briefly able to gain just enough control of his powers to guide the loose horses back to safety on the highway and he found a measure of happiness at that family's house before he died.

I also loved that this movie granted excellent closure for both Jackman's Wolverine and Stewart's Professor X. There's really no question about their fates, and there was no post credits scene hinting at bringing either of them back in some way. It's somewhat rare for a comic book movie to offer that kind of finality.

Alright, with that out of the way, there's a little nitpicky detail I wanted to ask about- In the scene when Logan is having trouble staying awake driving the vehicle, Laura eventually convinces him to lay down and sleep while she takes over driving. In the next moment, Logan wakes up and Laura is shouting at him from atop the mountain at the border of Canada. Did Laura drive all that way on her own? How far away were they? I was under the impression they were a few hundred miles away. Did she not have to stop for gas? Maybe I missed something, but I thought that was a bit sketchy.

For a brief moment I thought he was that doctor. I'm glad he never showed up.

Great review dude. My thoughts exactly.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2017 11:07

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Fistboy: Oct 24, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

3 days later after seeing this movie. Can't stop thinking about it. This movie set the bar really high for comic book movies.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2017 11:25

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