Logan

Logan is hands down the best comic book movie in existence. I never read “Old Man Logan” that it’s based on, so I don’t mean it’s the most accurate or true to the source material (though I believe it mostly is). What I mean is this movie wins across the board. The casting is great: obviously Jackman has made Wolverine his own, and it’s hard to see anyone else in that role. Patrick Stewart as Xavier is always good. But Dafne Keen as Laura absolutely kills it in this movie. In fact it’s absurd they didn’t immediately give her an X-23 spinoff movie after the success of this (one of the highest grossing R rated films of all time). She steals the show. The cinematography is great, in fact at some point they released a black and white cut because it looked so good. The VFX are as good as any X-men movie, and because of its grounded and gritty storytelling it’s not a mess of CGI. It almost feels like the Cohen Brothers made an X-men movie. This was one of the first 4k UHD movies I bought because it’s a must own. It looks and sounds fantastic.

Movie Review (Non Spoiler) (9.5/10) Masterpiece Director and Writer: James Mangold Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keene, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant Plot: It's 2029, and mutants no longer roam the Earth as most of them have been wiped from existence. Logan finds himself working as a limo driver to support his mutant friends - a dementia stricken Professor Xavier and Caliban. However, their lives are turned over when a mysterious little girl as well as the trouble that she brings enter into their lives... This is the "Dark Knight" dramatic entry of the X-Men universe and it's not only one of the best super hero movies of all time - "Logan" also happens to be one of the best movies of the year. Finally, Wolverine is given his dark, gritty no holds barred action movie with plenty of bloody violence and vulgar language that he deserves. However, the violence and strong language never feel forced, but serve the greater story and emotional drama of the characters and themes involved in this movie. This movie stands apart from other X-Men movies with Wolverine, because this Wolverine is such a defeated, downtrodden, down-on-his-luck underdog as he so desperately tries to make amends for his past sins and to help his last remaining closest friends as well as Laura aka X-23. Hugh Jackman delivers a powerful performance as he displays sadness for his friends, and incredible berserker rage for his enemies. His parental guidance and development of his relationship with Laura are also believable and the driving force of this movie. I have never seen Keene in another movie before but her performance as a badass child killer is a sight to behold as she dispatches her enemies with such ferocity as well as shows her vulnerability as a mutant child finding her place in this crazy world. Stewart also shows different shades as a sick Professor Xavier who is struggling to hold onto his sanity and delivers a poignant performance. I also found myself caring for Merchant's Caliban as he cares for Xavier and Logan and Merchant makes an obscure character into one the audience cares for. My only gripe with the movie is that they never really delve into the facts of how Xavier hurt his friends in the past before his mind fell apart, but this is a small gripe when considering the greater scope and drama of this film. You don't need to watch the other X-Men movies to enjoy this film, but if you do enter this movie after watching all the other movies that came before, the drama that unfolds for Logan and Xavier will leave you emotionally destroyed and caring for these characters. A tour de force and I also recommend watching this movie in IMAX if your local theatre offers it as the images are more striking and the sounds are more blood curdling. 

A bleak, violent, mature and very welcome film. Logan has been a central character in the X-Men franchise since its inception and it seems entirely proper to give him his own send-off. The film begins in 2029 and Logan, considerably aged, is making a living as a driver while living with a badly deteriorating Professor and Caliban, who is capable of tracking other mutants. It is an ability that is largely no longer needed - virtually all mutants have been "phased out", to put it mildly. Logan is persuaded, with his usual cooperativeness, to help a young mutant named Laura escape to "Eden", a location in North Dakota and near the Canadian border. But the biomedical firm who genetically engineered her wants her back and Logan becomes trapped in a gruesome struggle less for himself than for Laura. The writing is sound, grounded and quite lean. It paints a post-apocalyptic (for mutants, anyway) future but wisely backs away from making it wildly advanced technologically. (The film will probably age well.) As mentioned, there is a significant amount of violence but it makes complete sense: Logan is nothing if not a born soldier and this is a battle for survival. The acting completely nails it - no one comes off stale, least of all Hugh Jackman who really runs a gamut of emotions here. The direction is smart, mixing fast-paced action sequences with slower, more dramatic scenes seamlessly. And much of the photography - desert, Badlands - is both beautiful and haunting. Overall, when the pieces come together, the film is a tragedy with a thread of hope still there but the hero of so many movies no longer.

El envío fue rápido y en excelentes condiciones. Esta versión es la mejor disponible. El libro de fotos cuenta con unas imágenes muy buenas, desafortunadamente el formato tan compacto hace que sea difícil poder abrirlo adecuadamente. La película es muy buena, se aleja mucho del cine de super héroes y parece más un "western". Las actuaciones de Hugh Jackman y Patrick Stewart son las mejores que han dado con estos personajes. Los niños actores todos tienen actuaciones decentes y en el caso de Dafne Keen es excepcional. Esta película se coloca inmediatamente como una de las mejores del género. La versión Noir, es entretenida de ver, en especial si eres de los que disfruta el cine viejo (Clint Eastwood y similares) pero para un fan casual no aporta realmente nada.

良い品物でした。

sans parler du film en lui même, j'y reviendrai après, la version noir est blanc est absolument géniale. Je pensais que ça servirait à rien, pour tester j'ai vu le film 2 fois d'affilé, la 1ere en couleur, la 2nd en noir et blanc pour comparer facilement. Et bien la claque ! ca donne un air beaucoup dramatique au film ce qui est exactement ce qu'il lui fallait. Les couleurs sont travaillées spécialement pour ce mode, ça n'a rien à voir avec juste désactiver les couleurs sur la TV... pour ceux qui se posait la question. Il est même adapté au mode HDR pour les TV équipées. Le DTS HD 7.1 est malheureusement réservé à la VO, comme d'habitude, nous on a que le DTS 5.1, ya pire, mais ya mieux. Pour le film en lui même, c'est particulier. Pour ce qui ne l'on pas vu, il vaut mieux avoir vu la 1ere trilogie X-men pour mieux comprendre les persos, mais sinon c'est un futur alternatif indépendant de tous les autres films donc ce n'est pas indispensable tant que vous connaissez un minimum le personnage de wolverine. Mon seul regret est qu'il n'y ai aucune explication au "mal" qui ronge le héro (est-ce une maladie ? est-ce une technologie pour lui voler ses pouvoirs ? pourquoi est-ce qu'il est vieux alors qu'il est censé etre immortel ?, bref aucune réponse, il faut voir le film tel quel et imaginer, profiter, réfléchir, sans chercher un avant ou un après, une fin poétique pour le plus violent des anti-héros de l'histoire. Un grand merci à Hugh Jackman, meme s'il ne lira jamais ces lignes, pour tous les efforts qu'il a fait pour que ce film soit ce qu'il est : un diamant brut.

Another movie for the popular Wolverine character from X Men comics. And one that will be Hugh Jackman's last appearance in the role. This is very loosely based on a comic story for Wolverine called 'old Man Logan.' In the near future, no mutants have been born for a long time. Logan is looking after an ailing Professor X, in a hideout near Mexico. The latter's abilities are getting out of control at times. With only fellow mutant Caliban to help him with this, Logan is getting by working as a chauffeur. He's also gotten old. He needs reading glasses. Healing is now a slow and painful process. And he's developed such a foul mouth that Deadpool would probably tell him off for it. But when a young girl with special abilities crosses his path, with evil men in hot pursuit, this might be his one last chance at doing the right thing... This is a movie that was never going to aim to be a 12a certificate, and is all the better for it because of that. It finally allows the movie version of the character to cut loose in fight scenes. As is demonstrated in the opening few minutes. It tries and succeeds to be a more realistic action movie than most. Characters do feel the full force of injuries. And there's a great moment where a car obeys the laws of physics as they are rather than movie based ones. It's also hugely entertaining as a road movie, as the three main characters do bicker and do produce a fair of humour in the process of their journey. But it's also a great character story first and foremost, with Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman really making the most of great material that allows them to show so much of their two roles, weary men who still try to do the right thing. It is perhaps a few minutes overlong, there being one little diversion that is slightly extraneous. But that's only a minor complaint. Because this is a movie that does it's best to show all the strengths of it's lead character. Finally giving him the solo story he deserves. He definitely goes out on a high, in what is a very memorable watch. There are no extra scenes during the end credits. The dvd has the following language and subtitle options: [It says English only on the box but I have checked the dvd and they are:] Languages: English. Russian. Ukrainian. Subtitles: English. Russian. Estonian. Latvian. Lithuanian. Ukrainian. The disc goes straight to the main menu when loaded, with no ads or trailers. Extras are: A commentary from the director. This has English or Russian subtitles if required. Deleted scenes. Six of these, which can be watched individually or all in a row. With or without director commentary. All are no more than a minute to ninety seconds long. All are pretty good and worth a look.

Did we need another X-Men movie? In fact did we need another Wolverine movie? Well the result is there for all to see, with Logan not only showing itself to be undoubtedly the best Wolverine venture by far, but arguably the best X-Men picture as well. If, as expected (and surely to god it's hoped so), this is the last we see of the grumpy metal clawed superhero, then what a fitting and triumphant bow out it is. James Mangold, the director, has managed to create an adult superhero movie without it really being a superhero pic, for he has created a film noir Western that happens to be about a superhero. Mangold's love of noir and Westerns bursts from the screen, which for those who follow those wonderful stands of cinema, will come as no surprise having seen with notice his Copland and 3:10 To Yuma redux. There's a perpetual grimness to the narrative that belies the quite often stunning surrounding locales, heavy themes such as men out of time - with destinies written (cue a deft comic book movie within a comic book chunk of metaphysics) - surrogates, mental illness, human ignorance, and on it goes, the narrative strong on intelligence as much as it is in wrought emotion. Western fans will also be buoyed by the part that the 1953 classic Western Shane has to play in things, considerably so as its importance narratively, orally and visually is mightily strong. Logan's Run! Ah yes, well being "adult" is all well and good, but is Logan thrilling? Do we get pumped up Wolverine action, blood brains, splatter and mucho muscle flexing and pained roars of anger? Oh yes! Action from the off is never far away, and wonderfully staged and choreographed it is. Lots of memorable set-pieces, while also some cleverly constructed sequences such as Xavier's mind seizures hold court and enthral. Yet the kicker with all that is we are clued in to the emotional baggage that the side-burn sporting protag carries with him. With each fight we sense the bigger picture, even as we watch in awe the emergence of Laura (ironic film noir name right there as it happens) - and her part in this very "human" story - the thrills and spills are propelled by a meaningful but battered heart. Tech credits are superb. Acting honours go to Jackman, who after giving 17 years of his life to the character, gives it his all and this multi faceted performance, in a perfect world, deserves Oscar recognition. Patrick Stewart, also, is immense, playing the nonagenarian Charles Xavier with such class, gracefulness and storming emotion that one can only admire. Film debutante Dafne Keen as Laura is utterly engrossing, quite a debut indeed, whilst Stephen Merchant as albino mutant tracker Caliban is effective to the point we hanker for more. Although the villains fronted by Boyd Holbrook (rote henchman leader) and Richard E. Grant (smarmy scientist git) just about pass muster, there's nothing to damage the piece. Cinematography (John Mathieson) is "A" grade, the filters set on neo-noir, with the splendid film noir black and white version a fillip for the heart of noir lovers. All that is left is for the sound mix to boom and the director to steer with heart, brain and soul, without doubt both come up trumps. One of 2017s best films, a genre splicer that ticks all the boxes of great film making. 10/10