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nope,i was one of the first to see it,see my first post.i left out giving a review on it because i didn't really like it. an i generaly love all the superhero films.
Movies LOGAN v.2 (Dragonlord's Review)
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fair enough but I went through a few pages and didn't see anyone reply to your first post so it still seems a little like inviting a fight by coming back to again state how bad it was.
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actually i was responding to someone else who didn't like it.
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Will see. Thanks.
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And oh, after watching X-Men Apocalypse on HBO this morning, I needed this review badly. That movie, even though pretty universally disliked, was still overrated. It was a steaming pile of crap. the actors couldn't even keep a straight face it was so bad. My gawd.
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At least give me the hotel scene. At least tell me that that scene was clever and well-executed.
As for the "boring" designation, I have a hard time imagining someone being bored. Not liking it or not liking certain creative decisions, ok, but boring? Do you generally like action/superhero stuff and Logan is an exception or do you generally find it difficult to connect with/be interested in action/superhero stuff? Your AV leads me to think it's the former but I'm curious to gauge your position.
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I've added a few more things on my spoiler thoughts segment of my review
As I said above, some parts of Logan's 2nd half eerily reminded of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
1. The bad guys unleash a genetically modified soulless, killing-machine mutant. In Origins, it was Weapon XI a.k.a. super sucky Deadpool. In Logan, it was the Wolverine clone.
2. Wolverine stays with a family in their farm and the family ends up being killed by the bad guys. In Origins, the Hudsons took Wolverine in and got bullet holes for their troubles. In Logan, Eric La Salle's family invites Wolverine to their home and got a shish kebab'd in the process.
3. Mutant children are being hunted and rounded up by the bad guys. In Origins and Logan, all the mutant kids managed to escape in the end with some using their powers in the process.
Though Logan is not based on Old Man Logan comic book (not even loosely based), there is still a quasi homage to it when it's revealed that Professor X, not Wolverine, killed the X-Men when he suffered one of his seizures.
It's strongly hinted that Charles did something awful to the X-Men and fans will be slowly dreading the reveal during the first hour. But when it's finally revealed that Charles killed them and he finally knows what he did for the first time, that scene was just heartbreaking.
Wolverine can't bear to end Xavier's suffering but he also can't take the risk of Xavier having an episode and killing a lot of people, so he tries to buy that Sunseeker yacht where Charles wills spend his remaining days in the middle of the ocean and away from civilization. Wolverine, who is also slowly and painfully dying due to Adamantium poisoning, will kill himself with the Adamantium bullet after Xavier dies.
There's a twisted but brilliant logic to using X-24 as the final opponent. In some ways, X-24 is Wolverine's darker ego, the uncontrollable berserker animal that he has been struggling to control for all his life and Wolverine's last battle is with himself. In a poetic fashion, Wolverine gets his wish of killing himself in the end through his clone's hands.
The question of where did all the mutants go are answered when it's revealed that Transigen's Zander Rice (Richard E. Grant) genetically modified the crops to suppress the mutant gene and that's why there's no new mutants born. As for the existing mutants, Transigen hunted them down (with the help of Caliban), experimented on them and eventually killed them.
A weakened Logan using a gun to kill Zander Rice and disable Pierce was a surprising move but a nice touch in practicality.
Seeing Wolverine so pathetic at the beginning was sad and amusing at the same time. And Wolverine jumping in front of a bullet to save his limousine from being damaged was funny.
One perplexing question and possible plot hole that bugged me was why didn't the Reavers try to kill X-23 on the spot and instead tried their hardest to capture her. They're just going to kill her when they get back to their headquarters, why not kill her right there and then. Same goes for the mutant children at the end. Why bother capturing them (and risking getting killed themselves) when you're just going to kill the kids back home.
Having the Reavers try to kill the mutant kids at the end instead of trying to capture them would have been much better as it would have raised the stakes and tension even more.
so that was the 50k was for.
I need to watch it again lol
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i just couldn't connect with the whole film,dragon compares it to unforgiven,but for superheroes. i didn't like that one either. I've not liked any of the wolverine stand alone films,which kills me to say when you think about the source material.
the first 3 x-men films i loved and could never understand why the last stand got so much flak.
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What did you love about the first three? Did you find some of that missing from LOGAN?
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i wish i could explain it. there just seemed to be something missing from wolverine between the 2 franchises.
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I once saw a movie where I had the entire theatre to myself. There was this scary trailer and it freaked me out so bad that I had to change my seat from dead center to the very back do I could have the wall at my back (that way I could see the demon/zombie/puppet/clown coming I guess....You lucky bastard. I love being the only one in the cinema
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X-Men Origins....I've added a few more things on my spoiler thoughts segment of my review
As I said above, some parts of Logan's 2nd half eerily reminded of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
1. The bad guys unleash a genetically modified soulless, killing-machine mutant. In Origins, it was Weapon XI a.k.a. super sucky Deadpool. In Logan, it was the Wolverine clone.
2. Wolverine stays with a family in their farm and the family ends up being killed by the bad guys. In Origins, the Hudsons took Wolverine in and got bullet holes for their troubles. In Logan, Eric La Salle's family invites Wolverine to their home and got a shish kebab'd in the process.
3. Mutant children are being hunted and rounded up by the bad guys. In Origins and Logan, all the mutant kids managed to escape in the end with some using their powers in the process.
Though Logan is not based on Old Man Logan comic book (not even loosely based), there is still a quasi homage to it when it's revealed that Professor X, not Wolverine, killed the X-Men when he suffered one of his seizures.
It's strongly hinted that Charles did something awful to the X-Men and fans will be slowly dreading the reveal during the first hour. But when it's finally revealed that Charles killed them and he finally knows what he did for the first time, that scene was just heartbreaking.
Wolverine can't bear to end Xavier's suffering but he also can't take the risk of Xavier having an episode and killing a lot of people, so he tries to buy that Sunseeker yacht where Charles wills spend his remaining days in the middle of the ocean and away from civilization. Wolverine, who is also slowly and painfully dying due to Adamantium poisoning, will kill himself with the Adamantium bullet after Xavier dies.
There's a twisted but brilliant logic to using X-24 as the final opponent. In some ways, X-24 is Wolverine's darker ego, the uncontrollable berserker animal that he has been struggling to control for all his life and Wolverine's last battle is with himself. In a poetic fashion, Wolverine gets his wish of killing himself in the end through his clone's hands.
The question of where did all the mutants go are answered when it's revealed that Transigen's Zander Rice (Richard E. Grant) genetically modified the crops to suppress the mutant gene and that's why there's no new mutants born. As for the existing mutants, Transigen hunted them down (with the help of Caliban), experimented on them and eventually killed them.
A weakened Logan using a gun to kill Zander Rice and disable Pierce was a surprising move but a nice touch in practicality.
Seeing Wolverine so pathetic at the beginning was sad and amusing at the same time. And Wolverine jumping in front of a bullet to save his limousine from being damaged was funny.
One perplexing question and possible plot hole that bugged me was why didn't the Reavers try to kill X-23 on the spot and instead tried their hardest to capture her. They're just going to kill her when they get back to their headquarters, why not kill her right there and then. Same goes for the mutant children at the end. Why bother capturing them (and risking getting killed themselves) when you're just going to kill the kids back home.
Having the Reavers try to kill the mutant kids at the end instead of trying to capture them would have been much better as it would have raised the stakes and tension even more.
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You lucky bastard. I love being the only one in the cinema
I have been the only on before. Just this time, I was not with all those people there. They all with they boys, or beau, and I was sitting their with my chicken fingers and ice tea.
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Sabretooth, imo.
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It really is terrible. Bryan Singer is an odd director to say the least. One year he can make great movies like Usual Suspects, X2, X Men DOFP, and then turn around and make complete dog shit like Apocalypse or Jack the giantslayer. Superman Returns was pretty weak also, though I don't hate it.
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I saw it and it was alright . I liked the kid better silent and Professor Xaviers constant "Laura!!" got old pretty quick
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Sabretooth was in both franchises.
