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Hugh Jackman is one of the iconic performers of our age. He has pretty much mastered every aspect of film/stage/musicals, plus he is a nice guy and still married to the woman he loves. Always interesting to see what he is up to next.
@@alexhayden219 Yes, Jackman was clearly the leading man of those movies, don't know what the guy is talking about. I still remember when the first one came out in theaters. Seeing those claws come out for the first time in the bar scene. Crazy it's been so long.
@@sup9542 At the time, I was honestly a bit disappointed by how much of a main character Wolverine was, but Jackman was great and owned that role and just about every role since. So glad Dougray Scott was grounded by Tom Cruise.
The paycut part was knowing that the movie wouldn’t sell as much tickets when compared to PG-13 movies. Given that he gets residuals for box office numbers and movie sales, he wouldn’t make as much for an R rated movie. To date, there has only been one rated R movie that had passed the one billion mark. Which was the Joker movie. Reason why movie companies have been making way more PG-13 movies since Nolan’s Dark Knight.
Finding out for the first time from this video that Hugh took a pay cut just for the R rating gives me so much love and respect for him. That R rating is what Wolverine NEEDED for the longest time in a film to see him like we truly imagine he would be in the comics and for a final send off. It’s what Wolverine and Hugh deserved
Reminder that Logan didn’t get a Best Picture nomination, but Black Panther did. Just in case anyone out there still thinks the Oscars have any credibility left.
Unpopular opinion: Black Panther was only praised so highly because it was a black superhero film. It was definitely a lack luster movie with bad CGI effects.
Hugh's role as Wolverine showed us all the significance of a guy who actually gives a shit about his character. Hands down he carried the franchise and Logan is a gem.
I'm so happy he ended the characters arc with this film, he was the best in the movies (and I did honestly like some of the movies and characters) and its fitting the best actor ended it with the best film.
@@Minnesota_Central First class was great but just look at the box office sales for what happens to xmen movies with no Hugh Jackman in them (i know he made a cameo but that hardly counts). Logan 100% best xmen movie ever, because the setting itself is kind of ridiculous and somewhat dated in its allegories and so its quite hard to translate it well onto the big screen, especially when the MCU is a much more flexible universe to work with.
Rogue: "Does it hurt, when they come out?" Logan: "Every time." That one little exchange in the first X-men movie was rather innocuous, but it established right away that Jackman understood Wolverine's character perfectly. He portrayed the role exactly like Wolverine was in the comics, and his performances actually transcended the material in the instances when the movies themselves were outright stinkers. You're exactly right that he carried the franchise to the end, and that says a lot about Jackman's talent as a performer.
@@Vihara2 lol I literally just looked up box office for all the xmen movies! Dead pool, Dark Pheonix, and apocalypse are all at the top of the list!!! Last i checked jackman is in none of those... Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about! Logan best xmen movie? Yeah sure buddy....with someone who has this much misinformation their opinion ain't worth jacksh** to me or anyone else who takes box office or rotten tomatoes seriously.
I actually had the pleasure of meeting the writer of the movie. When he talked about how he got signed on to do Logan, he said he actually was not a fan of the series. That he felt it never dealt with real conflicts or feel like it had something profound to say. He said that his only condition for agreeing to be apart of it was if he could write the complete opposite of what X-Men had been. He talked about how he wrote a draft and if they didn’t like it, they’d part ways. Well…they did like it and the rest was history. He’s actually a really nice guy too.
hmm i would love to see his script for other movies too, would have made them better, as an addition , but still would want the "something profound to say" part as xmen usually goes through it
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 ya "the guy"... u r so thick u dont even know the name of "the guy" that u apparently had a conversation with..i bet u write L and R on your shoes..well someone else must write that for u since u would find that a little confusing ..probably "the guy" since he's a writer, right? lmao
It still makes me jaw drop when I heard that the prophecy from Wolverine that "“I see you on your back, there’s blood everywhere. You’re holding your own heart in your hand. It’s not beating.” And how they ended this one was a spin on that...heart being his daughter but thought it was nice extra twist that only added to a great movie.
@@flintybraz1there isn’t a reachable bout it tho? Bro got impaled chest ripped open and his daughter (his heart) holding his hand as he dies pretty simple if you ask me
@@cortezwilliams5390 If he had the breathless body of Jean Grey on his chest as he was dying, I could see it being a cool spin on the prophecy. The little girl who wasn't his daughter and wasn't dead was _nothing_ like the prophecy.
This film is the perfect send-off for the hero's journey, Logan is scarred, old, and bitter but he has a compelling arc, this is all we wanted for Luke Skywalker.
No it really isn't. Essentially the entire story is telling white males that the only way they can succeed in life is to hand the reigns to minorities. The movie is anti-white propaganda.
When she turns the cross on his grave into an "X", there wasn't a dry eye in the theater I saw this in. That should tell you the emotional investment the audience had in the character and Jackman's portrayal of him.
I appreciate the casting of these X-Men movies from 1999 to 2017. It was a great 20 years to grow up with this specific series and see it end gracefully.
I had a baby daughter learning to talk when I saw this movie in theaters. When Laura called a dying Logan “Daddy”, my attempt at a stony face was immediately undone
Lil fact almost everybody misses: at one point one character explains that the mutant cure has been blended into everyday goods (food, candies, alcohol, tylenol,etc) that's why there are less and less mutants and is one of the reason why Logan is losing is regenerating abilities.
Do people really miss that? I thought it was pretty obvious to anyone who paid attention, the fact that it was one of the mysteries established in the film causes me to believe people would be looking out for an answer.
@@noone8418 Maybe it's because I love the films and characters a little too much I was just being eagle eyed and trying to soak in as much info as possible while watching it, there's definitely instances where I'll have missed details in films I was less invested in
The movie had me from start to finish. But when she turned the cross over on his grave, which meant both the “x” for x-men but also, and more importantly, laying down his burden, I was floored. I didn’t think Hollywood had anything that a smart left in it.
Yup pretty much magneto besides Logan is my favorite of the whole X men story funny the exact same thing can be said about char aznable of MS gundam of the UC timeline him and magneto are very similar in a way I love the resemblance And Logan was definitely the end of the franchise for me just as char’s counter attack is where the gundam series ended for me
he was a man who survived the holocaust as a Nazi experiment, and desperately tried everything he could to stop a second genocide from happening in his lifetime; he watched as Hitler rose to power peacefully and the only way he was taken down was through force, he saw all this as a child and as an adult seeing the early signs of it all happening again, rather then waiting for the genocide to start again he took action, the same kind of action it took to stop Germany.
His 'methods' were big violent spectacles and attempted assassinations in major American cities which only hastened things like mutant registration and elimination because people (rightly) were terrified of what he and his followers were capable of. His prophecy was self-fulfilling because he never broke the cycle of violence and hate, as the old saying goes, "anger is an acid that does more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
Kinda like the unibomber. His methods were totally abhorrent and detached (possibly due to being an unwitting test subject for MK Ultra). But his thesis was decades ahead of what everyone just accepts today.
I always thought the same. He called it because he already experienced it. First it’s identification, then segregation, then relocation, and finally extermination. It’s even sadder when you realize he became the thing he hated. He saw mutants as the Superior Race. I’ll never forget that scene where he’s talking to Pyro and tells him “you’re a God among insects”.
The bottom line is people who only judge by award nominations and trophies have no clue on what good movie making is. They treat us like we are stupid but still try to manipulate our opinions. They can't deny which movie makes money versus the ones that are declared successes that don't. They are the ones going the way of the 'dodo'. When they run out of other people's money we can go back to movies that people like versus a small group of elites that say what is good and what isn't.
@@Dbusdriver71 We have found out just how uncritical the average consumer of content has become. If Rotten Tomatoes says it's good, it's good. As long as movies and television shows are made for very small segments of society or the lowest common denominator, we will get turds, covered in sprinkles, and told that it is great. I have become a fan of old films and TV shows as of late.
@@thomasbolman375 I have been around ever since the 'old films and TV shows as of late' were first released; very early 70's anyway. We have to wait until 'they' run out of other people's money before we can get back to quality entertainment. IF a 'professional' tells me how good the movie is and its top notch, I will wait for Amazon Prime to rent it but IF no one tells me anything good about it I will usually take a chance and go and see it. I agree with you to a point.
Yeah, a cinematic equivalent of the Maduro diet. That said, this movie was great. Alongside having a good grounded story that had as much emotion as grit, it was bloody awesome with all the buildup and payoff to each action scene.
The line that sticks with me more than you can imagine, when Logan’s dying he says, “So this is wha it feels like.” Which literally brought me to tears because of the weight it made me feel that Logan is experiencing what everyone he’s loved has, he’s all that’s left, and his suffering is finally over.
That was a powerful scene. Many an old person has died like that, not something dramatic or with words of wisdom on their dying breath. Just the last remaining thoughts about a fantasy that, to the dying, was uplifting.
Totally agree, I also get angry when that nice farm family get slaughtered and when Logan dies I just wait for him to do the usual last minute pop back up.
I gave Logan a 10/10 when I first watched it and my rating has not changed this was the Wolverine I wanted a R rated story about Logan and they delivered this is hands down Jackmans best performance! He really became the character in every sense of the word. Literally a live adaptation of the comic book character
And now Hugh Jackman and Wolverine will join another R rated Super Hero franchise in Dead Pool 3! Jackman and Reynolds on the screen again! Looking forward to it.
No they are just bringing back Wolverine for a cash grab expected better from Reynolds and Jackman. Deadpool appeared at the end of this and disturbed the grave in 1 cut so they will probably make that some spin on it.
@@1stAid The way they are talking about the script for Dead Pool 3 sounds like it will take place before the events of Logan. Much like X-Men Days of future Past. Hopefully DP3 is a great film without wrecking canon set by Logan.
@@morty215fightclubbringyour7 exactly, Hugh Jackman is not a great actor, but he's invested in what he enjoys and he was the perfect wolverine. i doubt he will ever get any other big memorable role.
Guarantee we never see a movie with a dying Captain Marvel coming to terms with failing powers and her mortality. How do you conclude a character arc when the arc is nonexistent?
Patrick Stewart's performance in this film is nothing short of astonishing. You really see how a high-calibre actor can lift a movie to classic status.
Patrick Stewart's performance of a dementia riddled feeble old man wasn't an amazing display of acting. It's really just who Patrick Stewart is now. :D
When we refer to someone by their character name (Captain Picard, The Professor) before their real world name (Leo Dicaprio, Tom Cruise)... that's how good they are.
@@Mr.Batsu12 was just about to say that^^. Honestly though, he is a true actor. No bs hyped actor, a real theatrical actor, who can talk about cabbage in his British accent and we would think it was the most important thing in the world.
He's just a brilliant british theater actor. Of course most of these shitty mainstream hollywood directors don't know what real acting is or how to use a proper actor. They are all about blowing shit up, keeping up the tempo with endless meaningless chasing scenes, choosing fancy lighting for young actresses in sexy outfits or trying to handle convoluted pretentious storylines.
@@pst5345 I agree. While I think Patrick Stewart (the man) is a pathetic pussy he's still an amazing actor. I love some of the character's he's portrayed in the past.
@@hazardeur Yeap. The person who will eventually inherit the mantle, in a decade or so will have enormous shoes to fill after this film. Also, they should heavily invest on the excellent Dafne Keen - she is of the age to be a proper X23 and perhaps spearhead XMen into MCU - the right way.
@@hazardeur Indeed. It payed off in giving us the best movie of the whole X-men franchise. It also paved the way for movies like Deadpool, showing that a gritty R rating can work with a comic book film if it's done right. Even with the MCU seeming to incorporate mutants now (with Pietro showing up in WandaVision) I hope they leave Logan out of it. He's had his run and ended it in a spectacular fashion. Unlike Arnold's Terminator or even Stalon's Rambo, he went out on top in an eXtraordinary way while delivering the property's best film. We should keep it that way.
@@tutuadefolalu3661 i agree with all of this. But at the same time, do we just, *not* use the character of Wolverine anymore? As the Mutants get more and more involved with MCU Wolverine's name is bound to come up at some point. Maybe not in a story but def irl. Is Wolverine now just sacred?
I believe in the coming years the ole of Wolverine will become like the Joker. One of those career defining, iconic roles that actors and fans treat kind of like a holy relic.
@@Kappy12121 Yeah....because Neil working on it too is such a good thing....Last of us 2 was shit in the story department thanks to him, so I have no hope for a good HBO show with him being included in it's production.
@@chillax319 im halfway through the second game, isnt that shitty of a story to me, or anyone i know who actually played it. only my friends who decided to watch videos on it hate on it that way. idk though maybe by the end of the story ill feel the same way as you ill have to find out myself.
@@Kappy12121 Story had potential but was ruined for me via cheapest of the shots possible. As Abby you help people, pet doggies and the like, as Ellie you are forced to murdefeck absolutely everything and everyone. Not to mention that whole schtick with pregnant woman being send outside from the clearly lively and full of capable people settlement....not to mention that she was a doctor to boot.
@@chillax319 It still amazes me how many people missed the entire point of the story and hate on TLOU2. While I think TLOU1 did its side characters far more justice, the path TLOU2 took - while bittersweet - is one of the best written games of the last decade. People got too angry about 'that one thing' and threw the entire narrative out the window, despite 'that one thing' being the entire reason Ellie's soul is saved in the end. Not all stories have happy endings. No one wanted to see 'that thing' happen, not even fans of the second game, but it's a credible turn of events given the ending of TLOU1 and I respect the shit out of them for sticking to their guns. The outcry and misinterpretations from those without any empathy are the reason mature stories get thrown out the window in favor of run-of-the-mill, effortless phone-in stories we get from other "major developers".
Gotta respect Hugh Jackman dedication. Especially for this movie where he fought for the R rating and the script with the director. The fact Hugh took that massive pay cut shows he cared more about the film being good, than getting a fat check to phone in. All involved in Logan did a fantastic job and deserve the praise👍
The cowboy movie that was used “Western Shane” was not from Fox, but Paramount! Fox owned Butch Cassidy/and some John Wayne movies and prob executives wanted that more than “a not known movie that they didn’t own” but they paid the license to feature the film and it paid off in the end
I finally watched this a few days ago. It was hard to watch… because it captures the declines of Professor X and Wolverine so well. It was a gut-wrenched. Great movie!
Just watched it myself for the very first time ever, and yes it is a real gut punch of a movie. But utterly brilliant - one of the best ever I'd say, of any genre.
There are 3 movies that ever made me shed tears. - Gran Torino - Rogue One (when Carry Fisher appeared at the end in a young version, because i had gotten the news of her death just minutes before entering the cinema) - Logan.
I don't think its selfless. Its the self that can't turn away, won't turn away, is in pain but cannot delegate it away - the love is too great. Recently when my Mum was dying in hospital and in a coma I was told it was time to see her to say goodbye. I felt I had no choice, that everything in my life that is me came together so there was no escape. Every single hug from her, every positive value I have, they came together and I HAD TO GO TO HER. Even though I didn't want to I knew I would never be able to live with myself if I didn't. That isn't selflessness. Its the opposite. I like to think for caregivers etc its one word. Love.
@@s.akhileshwarmuruganathan8539 I hear you.. the lengths some people are willing to go speaks volumes. It just felt more than a typical superhero movie and really deserved an Oscar nomination.
I've said it once and I'll say it again. They need to make a Ninja Turtles in this gritty rated R style. It would hit so hard, similar to the first one.
One of the best things about Logan's success is how you always hear stories of people that meet Jackman, and they all say he's basically the nicest guy ever. Glad that a good person has had so much success.
Could be real, could be made up, but I served with a guy in the army who said he ran into Hugh and when the actor said, "would you like an autograph?", the guy said, "I'd rather buy you a drink". It's a fun memory of mine.
The first of the team that would be the X-Men, yes, not the first mutant. He's been around since the 1800s or 1700s in the movies' canon, and they had established that he'd been present in every major American conflict starting with the Civil War. That's really tragic, though. Being someone who can't die, who recluses themselves from making bonds because they'll eventually have to see their friends die and wouldn't be able to give himself the rest, either from their passing, or from all the accumulated mistakes of centuries living.
@@cheeseburger12 Agree. I thought that was a good line for the video but technically incorrect. The X-Men were a team for a decade while Wolverine was slumming around with Alpha Flight.
Good quote but sadly inaccurate. Well, I suppose it might be accurate for the movies. In the comics Xavier's first student was Jean Grey (Marvel Girl / Phoenix), sort of, though she didn't attend the school yet. The first X-Man was actually Cyclops. Sadly, since the end of the 80's, no writer has done him justice with the possible brief exception of a few stories preceding him, essentially, becoming a bad guy. The "bad guy" part kind of sucked. In the comics it wasy Cyclops who taught most of the X-Men hand to hand combat, not Worlverine since Logan isn't a very good teacher. Wolverine only gave a few pointers to Storm and Kitty Pryde. Kitty only because she'd been possessed by an ancient ninja ghost and left with fighting abilities she didn't really understand (It was the 80's, things were weird). For some reason Cyclops went from being the stoic leader, tactical genius, and general rock around which the X-Men had been built to some kind of emo crybaby. Made no sense. I do admit I did really like them having him start a relationship with Emma Frost. That was good.
LOL no the 'first time' is when after 36 years as a tea-totter, a Limey takes you out for a dinner and say 'ahh common, just try a sip', and you wake up 5 weeks later as an English teacher in Bangkok.
Dafne Keen's performance in this really is top notch, considering she was consistently keeping up with two world class actors in career defining roles at the absolute top of their game.
she was amazing :) her work in logan made me a fan right away. and seeing her as lyra in his dark materials (some of the few books ive actually read) is just a dream come true.
I just Hollywood doesn't get their mitts on her. I want her to be able to grow up smart and free thinking, not an ideologue and regressive mouthpiece. She was truly phenomenal and talented in the movie just by looking at the first half. To me, like in pro wrestling, one of the hardest things to get across is facial expressions and body language without a voice accompanying it. She did so well in that department that I believed what I was watching whole heartily.
Hard disagree, you can’t put a 7-10 year old girl next to a raging Hugh Jackman and expect them both to do the ‘angry and violent’ routine. Keen was doomed in this script. Felt silly.
@@thomaskilroy3199 except her face is edgier and scarier, making her look more like an animal than hugh ever will. Plus her first fight scene in this movie was better than any fight scene Hugh Jackman has ever done in the x men franchise. I'm sorry but eventhough hugh played wolverine's part very well, he wasn't able to do justice to wolverine's incredible martial arts skills. Infact, not hugh but the Hollywood did a shitty job at that. Logan in the movies fights like mindless raging hacker and slasher with no combat skills what so ever.
The CGI in this movie was fucking amazing as well. When he comes across his clone in the house just after the clone has killed Xavier... I genuinely thought they'd done the editing trick of getting Jackman to do the scene twice, and then just overlaying the two takes... but it was a stuntman with a CGI head.
Probably works because they had an actual reference (Jackman himself). Most CGI looks like shit (or will do) because the non-grounded designs make them look horribly standout-ish and cartoony. This will age well because it's not an Endgame or Dark World level CGI cluster fuck. It's a simple shot with duplicated movements using Jackman as a real life reference instead of a Far From Home style scene of hundreds of Spiderman piling on top of Peter.
@@kadiriolanipekun6486 moreso comparing a single scene from FFH than the whole thing. Said scene being the one that a shitton of Spidermen jump onto Peter and it was all CGI.
"IT'S THE WOLVERINE" This sums up that fight to me. The old man is sprinting like an athlete and the mercs know death is coming. This is my favourite super hero movie; I'm not crying, you're crying.
Exactly, seeing him sprinting through as the merc yells that with the music that mixes a sort of rising horror and unstoppable threat made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Funny thing: Yukio says he dies holding his own heart, as it fails to beat. Logan dies with Laura in his hand as she cries and he finally meets the death he's been longing to meet
I think he did that on his gap year after high school before enrolling in the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). czcams.com/video/yj46BWpxFcA/video.html
The "so this is what it feels like" line Logan says... makes me feel like it has 2 meanings. 1) this is how it feels to be a father 2) this is how it feels to finally die (cause he was always so used to healing) 😢😭😭😭😭😭
Yeah that's why the MCU is at it's current state (not good) because the 2 of them has retired their roles with respect... And Disney is afraid to offend anyone with the last one... Like the communist and twitter grovelling pussies they are...
@@MintyFreshTurds come on, broken in a sense that with his healing diminished he is coming closer and closer to normal humans, ages and weakens, and something as mundane as presbyopia is applying to him too now.
Never before commented on a video of yours but the respect you paid to this actor's performance choice & execution compelled me to thank you for the recognition given.
you mean are doing this days ? cus that's basically what they been doing since the 90's, obviously with some exceptions that i don't want to mention cus it brings me traumas from the past
@@adolfogarzachaires394 I'd say more like trying to do. Not been doing, because just about all their attempts besides the dark knight have failed terribly, and haven't been able to even come close to Logan. This movie is honestly just a slap in DC's (and Zach Snyder's) faces.
Honestly funny, my two favourite characters, Dinobot and Wolverine, both had a similar end. Logan has been "alone" for a lot of his life, while Dinobot struggled with his own morals and whether he could find a perfect outcome to any situation, as he always lost something important due to his actions: his respect from either sides after betraying both as well as his honor through every bad deed he has done. Then, both get pulled into action despite at first not wanting to, to then both horribly injure themselves in their last stands that they find peace in their wounds after seeing their goals achieved and the people they could protect safe as well as seeing that they were in fact loved by the ones surrounding him, and i love that both kept their respect even in death. Some may still not regard it as much as i do, but writing is a pure form of art, as shown by characters like these two.
At the time when this movie came out, my father was slowly slipping away from dementia. I got to see it every day. And I am telling you now, Patrick Stewart’s portrayal of somebody at the same stage as my father was ABSOLUTELY on the money. It was incredibly, brilliantly authentic. So much so that I was upset in the theatre watching it. He was that good. Totally recognisable. To this day I cannot believe how he captured it. Sad as it was, I salute him for how brilliant he was.
Saddest part was when clone Logan killed Prof X after the professor gave a very beautiful heart felt speech and you realize that Logan never got to hear it.
@@FXIIBeaver They can be. Musical scores and stings are a perfect example. But there's subtle manipulation, and blatant. Films need to try to be less blatant.
@@notacompleteidiot...1285 I haven't seen the movie, so I can't say, but I've noticed this with a lot of Hollywood films, especially Disney films. Scenes that are supposed to be sad just make me mad instead. Even when a character has to die, they overdo it with dramatic music, and loud crying with closeups. It reminds me of news reporters that visit devastated areas and zoom in on people crying, or interview a grieving family and poke them with questions that make them cry.
It's kind of crazy to think that when the x men started I was 10 and now seeing this series grow up as I've grown is pretty humbling. Thank you Hugh Jackman for an awesome childhood and trips to the movies and for birthing the comic book hero genre. It all started with Xmen.
Xavier saving the horses on the highway, the farmhouse dinner scene, Logan passing his younger self on the stairs and desperately saying "it wasn't me" to the dying Xavier. I've seen some dark movies but this was possibly the heaviest film I've ever seen.
"Logan" is one of those movies that is so good, and so emotionally hard-hitting, that I have a hard time watching it more than once. It's also difficult to say goodbye to two characters - adapted by two actors who perfectly embodied them - in such a heart-wrenching and visceral way. Logan is also a commentary on mortality and aging in general, which is something that we can all relate to. Therein lies one of the more painful realizations - the fact that mortality and aging are what forced Jackman and Stewart to give up their respective roles and Wolverine and Professor X. That's what makes "Logan" more than just a movie.
@@zukanyed8633 The comment is great for sure. Yet the word ''underrated'' is pretty overrated... It's just a good comment that has been written not so long ago - how can it possible be underrated???
Right, except that I don't think Jackman or Stewart were ''forced'' to leave the roles. I think High made the decision consciously cause nothing should go on forever and it was a good time to end it on a sad but beatiful note. He still has other physically and emotionally demanding roles. He's still there, alive and well. Patrick plays Picard and in good shape for his age... I think more (or THE most) painful and hard-hitting thing would be the realization of our own aging and mortality... By imagining ourselves and our loved ones in this situation... As you said, we all can relate to it.
This movie made me bawl my eyes out so hard, it effected me for a couple of days. Like damn, they hit me hard in the heart and feelings. Beautiful send off for Logan.
I was shocked at how different this movie was to the rest of X-men franchise when it came out. Have to say I completely agree its a best one in the series.
Agreed and as an avid reader of X-men comics when I was younger his character was always handed a bit differently and in a more believable fashion considering the universe. When old man logan was released it was a holy-shit moment that hasn't been repeated in comic history for much the same reasons this movie will live on as a classic from an otherwise entertaining but bland series.
I'd love to see a X-23 movie with Daphne Keen reprising the role. But I'm also fine if it never happens, because Disney now owns the character and they would probably fuck it up, unfortunately.
"Not many actors get to say goodbye to their most iconic role in a way that feels so dramatically and emotionally complete (...) A different actor might have stuck around for a couple more movies (...)" *COUGH* Schwarzenegger *COUGH* COUGH*
They are both movies that I cant believe exist. They are far to good and different than anything else in the genre, it surprises me that executives okd them.
Tell me why this video made me tear up. Such a fucking good movie! What a brilliant performance by such an talented actor. Hugh Jackman really breathed life to The Wolverine
This movie should have garnered Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor nominations along with the Best Adapted screenplay nomination which it rightly deserved. It was probably the best superhero film of 2017 as well.
Which is funny because none of them were created AS comic book movies. Logan was a western taking inspiration from Cormac McCarthy movies. Joker was a homage to The King of Comedy and Taxi Driver with Batman elements. The Dark Knight was a heist film inspired by Heat and others also with Batman elements. Point is, the best comic book movies tend to be the ones that break formula.
I gotta say, as a fan of Wolverine and Hugh Jackman, as sad as I was to see him die I actually felt pride at seeing him go out like a true hero. In his struggles, he found something greater than ever he expected.
Endgame is a solid 6 or 7/10, it’s full of plot holes and has pretty ugly cgi in some cases. Logan is a masterpiece made by people, not a conference room
My dad didn't allow me to watch this gem, something about the wolverine/x-men movies is how I gaged when someone was wounded, MAN DOES SCENES PHYSICALLY HURTED
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Your a very good writer.
Thank you so much for reviewing this awesome movie.
Can we get a retrospective of the Pirates of the Caribbean films?
I'm not surprised Logan's bones were injured, it must be hard work carrying an entire franchise
Even adamantium can't hold that strain.
@Jack Strawb The first two were "Logan & Friends."
Hugh Jackman is one of the iconic performers of our age. He has pretty much mastered every aspect of film/stage/musicals, plus he is a nice guy and still married to the woman he loves. Always interesting to see what he is up to next.
@@alexhayden219 Yes, Jackman was clearly the leading man of those movies, don't know what the guy is talking about. I still remember when the first one came out in theaters. Seeing those claws come out for the first time in the bar scene. Crazy it's been so long.
@@sup9542 At the time, I was honestly a bit disappointed by how much of a main character Wolverine was, but Jackman was great and owned that role and just about every role since. So glad Dougray Scott was grounded by Tom Cruise.
This is what Luke Skywalker deserved. I believe. This level of respect.
what
@@NourHan he’s saying this should have been how Luke Skywalker went out, with the same respect as Wolverine.
Agreed
Damn right.
Not to shill for the old EU, but....
Didn’t know Hugh Jackman took a pay cut on Logan to make it R rated. Absolute god tier move
OmegaChad
A movie with the Wolverine in it should be R-rated by default.
+10 Respect
The paycut part was knowing that the movie wouldn’t sell as much tickets when compared to PG-13 movies. Given that he gets residuals for box office numbers and movie sales, he wouldn’t make as much for an R rated movie. To date, there has only been one rated R movie that had passed the one billion mark. Which was the Joker movie. Reason why movie companies have been making way more PG-13 movies since Nolan’s Dark Knight.
Finding out for the first time from this video that Hugh took a pay cut just for the R rating gives me so much love and respect for him.
That R rating is what Wolverine NEEDED for the longest time in a film to see him like we truly imagine he would be in the comics and for a final send off. It’s what Wolverine and Hugh deserved
a send-off that lasted 7 years lol
Reminder that Logan didn’t get a Best Picture nomination, but Black Panther did. Just in case anyone out there still thinks the Oscars have any credibility left.
Black people
It’s all about narratives
@@riboh3324 Black Panther was definitely ok. But was in no way worth all the praise it received
Unpopular opinion: Black Panther was only praised so highly because it was a black superhero film. It was definitely a lack luster movie with bad CGI effects.
Yeah that's some horse shit
Hugh's role as Wolverine showed us all the significance of a guy who actually gives a shit about his character.
Hands down he carried the franchise and Logan is a gem.
I'm so happy he ended the characters arc with this film, he was the best in the movies (and I did honestly like some of the movies and characters) and its fitting the best actor ended it with the best film.
Funny seeing as First Class was the best xmen movie made. Logan is extremely overrated.
@@Minnesota_Central First class was great but just look at the box office sales for what happens to xmen movies with no Hugh Jackman in them (i know he made a cameo but that hardly counts). Logan 100% best xmen movie ever, because the setting itself is kind of ridiculous and somewhat dated in its allegories and so its quite hard to translate it well onto the big screen, especially when the MCU is a much more flexible universe to work with.
Rogue: "Does it hurt, when they come out?"
Logan: "Every time."
That one little exchange in the first X-men movie was rather innocuous, but it established right away that Jackman understood Wolverine's character perfectly. He portrayed the role exactly like Wolverine was in the comics, and his performances actually transcended the material in the instances when the movies themselves were outright stinkers. You're exactly right that he carried the franchise to the end, and that says a lot about Jackman's talent as a performer.
@@Vihara2 lol I literally just looked up box office for all the xmen movies!
Dead pool, Dark Pheonix, and apocalypse are all at the top of the list!!! Last i checked jackman is in none of those... Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about!
Logan best xmen movie? Yeah sure buddy....with someone who has this much misinformation their opinion ain't worth jacksh** to me or anyone else who takes box office or rotten tomatoes seriously.
I actually had the pleasure of meeting the writer of the movie.
When he talked about how he got signed on to do Logan, he said he actually was not a fan of the series. That he felt it never dealt with real conflicts or feel like it had something profound to say. He said that his only condition for agreeing to be apart of it was if he could write the complete opposite of what X-Men had been. He talked about how he wrote a draft and if they didn’t like it, they’d part ways.
Well…they did like it and the rest was history.
He’s actually a really nice guy too.
why dont u mention his name? or maybe dude didnt have a name and u were played..
hmm i would love to see his script for other movies too, would have made them better, as an addition , but still would want the "something profound to say" part as xmen usually goes through it
@@dubiousdistinction6500 Yeah I just imagined that I met the guy who wrote this movie.
Sure Jan.
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 ya "the guy"... u r so thick u dont even know the name of "the guy" that u apparently had a conversation with..i bet u write L and R on your shoes..well someone else must write that for u since u would find that a little confusing ..probably "the guy" since he's a writer, right? lmao
And now people Are sh1tting on the writers
It still makes me jaw drop when I heard that the prophecy from Wolverine that "“I see you on your back, there’s blood everywhere. You’re holding your own heart in your hand. It’s not beating.” And how they ended this one was a spin on that...heart being his daughter but thought it was nice extra twist that only added to a great movie.
That is a ridiculous reach
@@flintybraz1 for stupid people yes
@@flintybraz1there isn’t a reachable bout it tho? Bro got impaled chest ripped open and his daughter (his heart) holding his hand as he dies pretty simple if you ask me
@@cortezwilliams5390 If he had the breathless body of Jean Grey on his chest as he was dying, I could see it being a cool spin on the prophecy.
The little girl who wasn't his daughter and wasn't dead was _nothing_ like the prophecy.
It’s not a reach at all.
This film is the perfect send-off for the hero's journey, Logan is scarred, old, and bitter but he has a compelling arc, this is all we wanted for Luke Skywalker.
Couldn't agree more.
EXACTLY!
No it really isn't. Essentially the entire story is telling white males that the only way they can succeed in life is to hand the reigns to minorities. The movie is anti-white propaganda.
Fuck!I never though of this that way, never could put my finger on how to describe what I wanted for Luke.
@@Imperium83 weak bait
When she turns the cross on his grave into an "X", there wasn't a dry eye in the theater I saw this in. That should tell you the emotional investment the audience had in the character and Jackman's portrayal of him.
I kept wanting, waiting for him to come out of that grave.
And when he didn’t.... damn my allergies are acting up again just thinking about it
Canadian here allergies were in full force it was like a funeral march when cedits were rolling lots napkins being thrown in the trash bin.
I wish I got to see this in theatres
@@Conquistador76 same
I was glad that he was put out of his misery.
We will see him again just you wait, making this movie and review irrelevant.
I appreciate the casting of these X-Men movies from 1999 to 2017. It was a great 20 years to grow up with this specific series and see it end gracefully.
This movie actually brought a tear to my haggard old dead eyes.
Me2
I had a baby daughter learning to talk when I saw this movie in theaters. When Laura called a dying Logan “Daddy”, my attempt at a stony face was immediately undone
I was on the verge of tears. That was emotionally wrecking.
I was on a date, hard as f*ck not not cry like a baby
That hit me in the feels with the force of a God damn freight train
baby
My cousin too. He really struggled during the credits
Lil fact almost everybody misses: at one point one character explains that the mutant cure has been blended into everyday goods (food, candies, alcohol, tylenol,etc) that's why there are less and less mutants and is one of the reason why Logan is losing is regenerating abilities.
Do people really miss that? I thought it was pretty obvious to anyone who paid attention, the fact that it was one of the mysteries established in the film causes me to believe people would be looking out for an answer.
Lots looked right past that.
Exactly like how they're destroying mens' testosterone
@@noone8418 Maybe it's because I love the films and characters a little too much I was just being eagle eyed and trying to soak in as much info as possible while watching it, there's definitely instances where I'll have missed details in films I was less invested in
I was about to comment this.
I would argue Logan is not the perfect X-Men movie but a perfect film. Absolutely masterful piece of art.
That makes absolutely no sense.
@@Dade-xo9xt 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The movie had me from start to finish. But when she turned the cross over on his grave, which meant both the “x” for x-men but also, and more importantly, laying down his burden, I was floored. I didn’t think Hollywood had anything that a smart left in it.
Can we all just agree. Magneto was right. Maybe his methods weren’t, but he called what was going to happen.
Yup pretty much magneto besides Logan is my favorite of the whole X men story funny the exact same thing can be said about char aznable of MS gundam of the UC timeline him and magneto are very similar in a way I love the resemblance And Logan was definitely the end of the franchise for me just as char’s counter attack is where the gundam series ended for me
he was a man who survived the holocaust as a Nazi experiment, and desperately tried everything he could to stop a second genocide from happening in his lifetime; he watched as Hitler rose to power peacefully and the only way he was taken down was through force, he saw all this as a child and as an adult seeing the early signs of it all happening again, rather then waiting for the genocide to start again he took action, the same kind of action it took to stop Germany.
His 'methods' were big violent spectacles and attempted assassinations in major American cities which only hastened things like mutant registration and elimination because people (rightly) were terrified of what he and his followers were capable of. His prophecy was self-fulfilling because he never broke the cycle of violence and hate, as the old saying goes, "anger is an acid that does more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
Kinda like the unibomber. His methods were totally abhorrent and detached (possibly due to being an unwitting test subject for MK Ultra). But his thesis was decades ahead of what everyone just accepts today.
I always thought the same. He called it because he already experienced it. First it’s identification, then segregation, then relocation, and finally extermination. It’s even sadder when you realize he became the thing he hated. He saw mutants as the Superior Race. I’ll never forget that scene where he’s talking to Pyro and tells him “you’re a God among insects”.
The only shocking thing about Logan was that it shocked people with how good it is. We hunger for good stories. Too bad Hollywood has us on a diet.
The bottom line is people who only judge by award nominations and trophies have no clue on what good movie making is. They treat us like we are stupid but still try to manipulate our opinions. They can't deny which movie makes money versus the ones that are declared successes that don't. They are the ones going the way of the 'dodo'. When they run out of other people's money we can go back to movies that people like versus a small group of elites that say what is good and what isn't.
@@Dbusdriver71 We have found out just how uncritical the average consumer of content has become. If Rotten Tomatoes says it's good, it's good. As long as movies and television shows are made for very small segments of society or the lowest common denominator, we will get turds, covered in sprinkles, and told that it is great. I have become a fan of old films and TV shows as of late.
@@thomasbolman375 I have been around ever since the 'old films and TV shows as of late' were first released; very early 70's anyway. We have to wait until 'they' run out of other people's money before we can get back to quality entertainment. IF a 'professional' tells me how good the movie is and its top notch, I will wait for Amazon Prime to rent it but IF no one tells me anything good about it I will usually take a chance and go and see it. I agree with you to a point.
One of the best movies ever. And probably the best marvel movie ever although it’s close for me with infinity war and winter soldier and Spider-Man 2
Yeah, a cinematic equivalent of the Maduro diet. That said, this movie was great. Alongside having a good grounded story that had as much emotion as grit, it was bloody awesome with all the buildup and payoff to each action scene.
Still makes me cry and still one of the saddest superhero movies I could ever remember watching
The line that sticks with me more than you can imagine, when Logan’s dying he says, “So this is wha it feels like.” Which literally brought me to tears because of the weight it made me feel that Logan is experiencing what everyone he’s loved has, he’s all that’s left, and his suffering is finally over.
“The only thing worse than a fool,
is a fool who thinks himself wise”
~Critical Drinker, 2019
As Socrates said “I am wise because I know that I know nothing” (sorry for the rough translation)
@Neon Thunderbird interesting theory, care to discuss?
who's the bigger fool , the fool or the fool who follows him.
Y
"I'm smart enough to know I'm dumb."
Richard Feynman
The scene with Professor X dying talking about that boat they wanted was just so f*cking sad. Just something simple and relateble.
That was a powerful scene. Many an old person has died like that, not something dramatic or with words of wisdom on their dying breath. Just the last remaining thoughts about a fantasy that, to the dying, was uplifting.
sunseeker
Totally agree, I also get angry when that nice farm family get slaughtered and when Logan dies I just wait for him to do the usual last minute pop back up.
relatable*
The whole movie made me depressed af.
But it still was a great movie experience.
I gave Logan a 10/10 when I first watched it and my rating has not changed this was the Wolverine I wanted a R rated story about Logan and they delivered this is hands down Jackmans best performance! He really became the character in every sense of the word. Literally a live adaptation of the comic book character
And now Hugh Jackman and Wolverine will join another R rated Super Hero franchise in Dead Pool 3! Jackman and Reynolds on the screen again! Looking forward to it.
No they are just bringing back Wolverine for a cash grab expected better from Reynolds and Jackman. Deadpool appeared at the end of this and disturbed the grave in 1 cut so they will probably make that some spin on it.
@@toocool691 yep
i want him to take a break but still want to see the claws one more time
Honestly wish they had just let "Logan" be the conclusion to Jackman's Wolverine
@@1stAid The way they are talking about the script for Dead Pool 3 sounds like it will take place before the events of Logan. Much like X-Men Days of future Past. Hopefully DP3 is a great film without wrecking canon set by Logan.
Hugh Jackman is a beast as Wolverine.
@Top Lobster haha nice
Well we had 20 years to develop the role and he's an okay actor
@@morty215fightclubbringyour7 exactly, Hugh Jackman is not a great actor, but he's invested in what he enjoys and he was the perfect wolverine. i doubt he will ever get any other big memorable role.
I thought Beast was Frazier...
is as much of a beast as wolverine***
you're 10 so I don't expect much
Guarantee we never see a movie with a dying Captain Marvel coming to terms with failing powers and her mortality.
How do you conclude a character arc when the arc is nonexistent?
You don't talk about it.
You cancel it.
I would rather rewatch Wolverine origins then re-watch Captain Marvel at least that movie is entertaining
I wish i could like this comment more than once... I'd give you +10 for the avatar, another +10 for the handle and a final +10 for truth.
@Kryptoskillet also victor creed is a much better villain than the one in Captain Marvel that I can’t remember the name of
When Caliban unclips those grenades and says "beware of the light." That was a good line
One of the best superhero films ever made. So much so that it doesn't feel like a superhero film. It's gritty, emotional, heartfelt. It's perfect.
Patrick Stewart's performance in this film is nothing short of astonishing. You really see how a high-calibre actor can lift a movie to classic status.
Patrick Stewart's performance of a dementia riddled feeble old man wasn't an amazing display of acting. It's really just who Patrick Stewart is now. :D
When we refer to someone by their character name (Captain Picard, The Professor) before their real world name (Leo Dicaprio, Tom Cruise)... that's how good they are.
@@Mr.Batsu12 was just about to say that^^.
Honestly though, he is a true actor. No bs hyped actor, a real theatrical actor, who can talk about cabbage in his British accent and we would think it was the most important thing in the world.
He's just a brilliant british theater actor. Of course most of these shitty mainstream hollywood directors don't know what real acting is or how to use a proper actor.
They are all about blowing shit up, keeping up the tempo with endless meaningless chasing scenes, choosing fancy lighting for young actresses in sexy outfits or trying to handle convoluted pretentious storylines.
@@pst5345 I agree. While I think Patrick Stewart (the man) is a pathetic pussy he's still an amazing actor. I love some of the character's he's portrayed in the past.
Never knew Hugh was so involved in the creative decisions of the movie, and sacrificed his own pay too! Already had respect for the guy but damn
he sacrificed some money but invested in his legacy. As I am sure he already has plenty of money, that was a wise move.
@@hazardeur Yeap. The person who will eventually inherit the mantle, in a decade or so will have enormous shoes to fill after this film. Also, they should heavily invest on the excellent Dafne Keen - she is of the age to be a proper X23 and perhaps spearhead XMen into MCU - the right way.
@@hazardeur Indeed. It payed off in giving us the best movie of the whole X-men franchise. It also paved the way for movies like Deadpool, showing that a gritty R rating can work with a comic book film if it's done right. Even with the MCU seeming to incorporate mutants now (with Pietro showing up in WandaVision) I hope they leave Logan out of it. He's had his run and ended it in a spectacular fashion. Unlike Arnold's Terminator or even Stalon's Rambo, he went out on top in an eXtraordinary way while delivering the property's best film. We should keep it that way.
Man of focus
@@tutuadefolalu3661 i agree with all of this. But at the same time, do we just, *not* use the character of Wolverine anymore? As the Mutants get more and more involved with MCU Wolverine's name is bound to come up at some point. Maybe not in a story but def irl. Is Wolverine now just sacred?
I believe in the coming years the ole of Wolverine will become like the Joker. One of those career defining, iconic roles that actors and fans treat kind of like a holy relic.
Logan was a fantastic film. That end scene with Laura always brings me to tears. It's just so well done.
Logan is basically the true The Last Of Us adaptation we'll likely never get.
we're getting an HBO show sooooo hopefully its done right. pretty sure i heard the head of naughty dog is going to be working on it too.
@@Kappy12121 Yeah....because Neil working on it too is such a good thing....Last of us 2 was shit in the story department thanks to him, so I have no hope for a good HBO show with him being included in it's production.
@@chillax319 im halfway through the second game, isnt that shitty of a story to me, or anyone i know who actually played it. only my friends who decided to watch videos on it hate on it that way. idk though maybe by the end of the story ill feel the same way as you ill have to find out myself.
@@Kappy12121 Story had potential but was ruined for me via cheapest of the shots possible. As Abby you help people, pet doggies and the like, as Ellie you are forced to murdefeck absolutely everything and everyone. Not to mention that whole schtick with pregnant woman being send outside from the clearly lively and full of capable people settlement....not to mention that she was a doctor to boot.
@@chillax319 It still amazes me how many people missed the entire point of the story and hate on TLOU2. While I think TLOU1 did its side characters far more justice, the path TLOU2 took - while bittersweet - is one of the best written games of the last decade. People got too angry about 'that one thing' and threw the entire narrative out the window, despite 'that one thing' being the entire reason Ellie's soul is saved in the end. Not all stories have happy endings. No one wanted to see 'that thing' happen, not even fans of the second game, but it's a credible turn of events given the ending of TLOU1 and I respect the shit out of them for sticking to their guns. The outcry and misinterpretations from those without any empathy are the reason mature stories get thrown out the window in favor of run-of-the-mill, effortless phone-in stories we get from other "major developers".
Gotta respect Hugh Jackman dedication. Especially for this movie where he fought for the R rating and the script with the director. The fact Hugh took that massive pay cut shows he cared more about the film being good, than getting a fat check to phone in. All involved in Logan did a fantastic job and deserve the praise👍
Truuuuth!!!
Facts
The cowboy movie that was used “Western Shane” was not from Fox, but Paramount! Fox owned Butch Cassidy/and some John Wayne movies and prob executives wanted that more than “a not known movie that they didn’t own” but they paid the license to feature the film and it paid off in the end
Hear, hear. It's a fantastic film
You have to realise he’s also able to do that because he can afford it.
I finally watched this a few days ago.
It was hard to watch…
because it captures the declines of Professor X and Wolverine so well.
It was a gut-wrenched.
Great movie!
Just watched it myself for the very first time ever, and yes it is a real gut punch of a movie. But utterly brilliant - one of the best ever I'd say, of any genre.
There are 3 movies that ever made me shed tears.
- Gran Torino
- Rogue One (when Carry Fisher appeared at the end in a young version, because i had gotten the news of her death just minutes before entering the cinema)
- Logan.
You‘re weak
Yeah that scene where Charles Xavier dies was tough
Rogue One was fcken PERFECT
For me I would say Interstellar😅
@@amanpotdarYeah that was the greatest Disney star wars movie ever. In my opinion it is as good as ep5
That scene where Logan carried Professor X upstairs meant so much. It was grounded in the reality of being a selfless caregiver.
I started to cry in that scene. It's because my father does the same for my grandfather. It hit hard for me
I don't think its selfless. Its the self that can't turn away, won't turn away, is in pain but cannot delegate it away - the love is too great. Recently when my Mum was dying in hospital and in a coma I was told it was time to see her to say goodbye. I felt I had no choice, that everything in my life that is me came together so there was no escape. Every single hug from her, every positive value I have, they came together and I HAD TO GO TO HER. Even though I didn't want to I knew I would never be able to live with myself if I didn't.
That isn't selflessness. Its the opposite. I like to think for caregivers etc its one word. Love.
@@RichardTLDR The opposite of selfless would be selfish. Logan was very selfless towards the end of the film.
I laughed.
@@s.akhileshwarmuruganathan8539 I hear you.. the lengths some people are willing to go speaks volumes. It just felt more than a typical superhero movie and really deserved an Oscar nomination.
When she called Logan "Daddy" that broke me.😭
Every-time :'-(
“I saw you die Logan, I saw you die holding your heart in your hand”
Didn't mauler said this movie Wasn't good?
Amongst others. Carrying Charles into the bathroom. Burying Charles. F%ck man!
@@dongxx I don’t know who that is, but I’m pretty sure he’s wrong
It wasn't just one of the best Comic Book movies, but one of the best movies of the last 10 years.
I've said it once and I'll say it again. They need to make a Ninja Turtles in this gritty rated R style. It would hit so hard, similar to the first one.
Sounds like the last Ronin but in a alternative universe
So the second cartoon?
Consider yourself lucky. There's a new game in the making that goes in that direction
One of the best things about Logan's success is how you always hear stories of people that meet Jackman, and they all say he's basically the nicest guy ever. Glad that a good person has had so much success.
Could be real, could be made up, but I served with a guy in the army who said he ran into Hugh and when the actor said, "would you like an autograph?", the guy said, "I'd rather buy you a drink". It's a fun memory of mine.
Good thing a good man made it in the land of rabid dogs and filthy rats
Makes me very happy. And Logan is one of the best movies ever
Dr Perry Cox firmly disagree
I knew the actor who played the general in the awful Origins movie. He said Jackman was a real sweetheart.
*correction* ; “There’s always an evil corporation looking to exploit children.” -Disney logo-
Probably they did it as a joke-ish thingy
Netflix too
(Hollywood sign)
Why wouldn't there be? Children are easy targets.
When you see even a drunk critic guy praising a comic book superhero film then you gotta know that it's a friggin' masterpiece
This film is masterful. For my money, it's the perfect ending for the character.
The saddest thing in this film is that Professor X died thinking that Logan had killed him
Logan reaches him before he dies and says that it wasn’t him
@@AustinoM yeah I was gonna say that
@@glassofwater281 I don't drink you enough.
@@AustinoM you should
The funniest scene is Logan attacking the truck after Xavier's death.
"The last of the X-men to fall, just as he was the first to rise."
Me: Best quote of 2021 (so far)
❤️😍😭
But....he wasn't really the first to rise was he?
The first of the team that would be the X-Men, yes, not the first mutant. He's been around since the 1800s or 1700s in the movies' canon, and they had established that he'd been present in every major American conflict starting with the Civil War.
That's really tragic, though. Being someone who can't die, who recluses themselves from making bonds because they'll eventually have to see their friends die and wouldn't be able to give himself the rest, either from their passing, or from all the accumulated mistakes of centuries living.
@@cheeseburger12 Agree. I thought that was a good line for the video but technically incorrect. The X-Men were a team for a decade while Wolverine was slumming around with Alpha Flight.
Good quote but sadly inaccurate. Well, I suppose it might be accurate for the movies. In the comics Xavier's first student was Jean Grey (Marvel Girl / Phoenix), sort of, though she didn't attend the school yet. The first X-Man was actually Cyclops. Sadly, since the end of the 80's, no writer has done him justice with the possible brief exception of a few stories preceding him, essentially, becoming a bad guy. The "bad guy" part kind of sucked. In the comics it wasy Cyclops who taught most of the X-Men hand to hand combat, not Worlverine since Logan isn't a very good teacher. Wolverine only gave a few pointers to Storm and Kitty Pryde. Kitty only because she'd been possessed by an ancient ninja ghost and left with fighting abilities she didn't really understand (It was the 80's, things were weird).
For some reason Cyclops went from being the stoic leader, tactical genius, and general rock around which the X-Men had been built to some kind of emo crybaby. Made no sense. I do admit I did really like them having him start a relationship with Emma Frost. That was good.
Knowing several people that suffered from dementia, this movie hits me hard every time. I applaud everyone that made this happen.
DEFINATELY the best X-men movie ever made, by a giant margin
When you're getting drunk for the first time: "So, this is what it feels like."
Those goggles they passed out to 6-8th graders that “simulated” drunkenness were bullshit lol
LOL no the 'first time' is when after 36 years as a tea-totter, a Limey takes you out for a dinner and say 'ahh common, just try a sip', and you wake up 5 weeks later as an English teacher in Bangkok.
Wait till he get a hangover: “so this is what feels - AAAH, MY HEAD!”
Btw did anyone see Lenny, I can’t find him
@@scrillthebeast2066 LENNY!
Dafne Keen's performance in this really is top notch, considering she was consistently keeping up with two world class actors in career defining roles at the absolute top of their game.
she was amazing :) her work in logan made me a fan right away. and seeing her as lyra in his dark materials (some of the few books ive actually read) is just a dream come true.
I just Hollywood doesn't get their mitts on her. I want her to be able to grow up smart and free thinking, not an ideologue and regressive mouthpiece.
She was truly phenomenal and talented in the movie just by looking at the first half. To me, like in pro wrestling, one of the hardest things to get across is facial expressions and body language without a voice accompanying it. She did so well in that department that I believed what I was watching whole heartily.
I've never seen a little girl look so scary when she gets her murder face on.
Hard disagree, you can’t put a 7-10 year old girl next to a raging Hugh Jackman and expect them both to do the ‘angry and violent’ routine.
Keen was doomed in this script. Felt silly.
@@thomaskilroy3199 except her face is edgier and scarier, making her look more like an animal than hugh ever will. Plus her first fight scene in this movie was better than any fight scene Hugh Jackman has ever done in the x men franchise. I'm sorry but eventhough hugh played wolverine's part very well, he wasn't able to do justice to wolverine's incredible martial arts skills. Infact, not hugh but the Hollywood did a shitty job at that. Logan in the movies fights like mindless raging hacker and slasher with no combat skills what so ever.
Its nice to have a story with heart, depth and purpose, rather than CGI, explosions and one liners.
Logan is basically The Unforgiven mixed with The Last of Us and Kick Ass 1. Fantastic movie.
The CGI in this movie was fucking amazing as well.
When he comes across his clone in the house just after the clone has killed Xavier... I genuinely thought they'd done the editing trick of getting Jackman to do the scene twice, and then just overlaying the two takes... but it was a stuntman with a CGI head.
Yeah they actually used CGI properly, best when you hardly notice it. The scene with the clones was actually amazing!
F
Probably works because they had an actual reference (Jackman himself). Most CGI looks like shit (or will do) because the non-grounded designs make them look horribly standout-ish and cartoony. This will age well because it's not an Endgame or Dark World level CGI cluster fuck. It's a simple shot with duplicated movements using Jackman as a real life reference instead of a Far From Home style scene of hundreds of Spiderman piling on top of Peter.
@@lorddrayvon1426 how you comparing Far from home and Logan when they are completely different movies
@@kadiriolanipekun6486 moreso comparing a single scene from FFH than the whole thing. Said scene being the one that a shitton of Spidermen jump onto Peter and it was all CGI.
"IT'S THE WOLVERINE"
This sums up that fight to me. The old man is sprinting like an athlete and the mercs know death is coming. This is my favourite super hero movie; I'm not crying, you're crying.
Exactly, seeing him sprinting through as the merc yells that with the music that mixes a sort of rising horror and unstoppable threat made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
I teared up for a second or 2 in the theaters, my girl was bawling or however it's called. Amazing film.
Fully agreed, biggest payoff restoring his former glory and restoring the meaning of "The Wolverine"
Funny thing: Yukio says he dies holding his own heart, as it fails to beat. Logan dies with Laura in his hand as she cries and he finally meets the death he's been longing to meet
Yep I cried
This was probably the best superhero movies I've ever seen and one of the best movies I've watched in a while
I just watched this movie again. That little girl going frenzy mode is great. She pulled off an important role very well.
Hugh Jackman is such a good guy. A former P.E teacher turned actor. He’s still such a relatable man.
I think he did that on his gap year after high school before enrolling in the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA).
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@@MarceloVeronezzi That video is a classic, poor Rollo just trying to do his job :P
Hugh is very talented. He can sing, dance, act.
The "so this is what it feels like" line Logan says... makes me feel like it has 2 meanings.
1) this is how it feels to be a father
2) this is how it feels to finally die (cause he was always so used to healing)
😢😭😭😭😭😭
Yeah, that line was so impactful! And when Laura called him daddy, it was enough to make a grown man cry!
Everytime I watch it I cry, it just hits deep.
@@brandonmshrock also there is 3) he means how it feels to love and be loved by someone, and to finally have a loving family
Stop, you're going to make me cry 😢
Or all of them. Thanks for making me cry again after last time rewatched Logan 😭😭😭
The best X-Men if not hero movie ever made indeed, perfect in every way for me.
Hugh Jackman, Robert Downey Jr., and Ryan Reynolds in my opinion, were the ones who carried a Marvel Franchise.
Don't forget Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man.
daredevil the tv show anybody
Yeah that's why the MCU is at it's current state (not good) because the 2 of them has retired their roles with respect... And Disney is afraid to offend anyone with the last one... Like the communist and twitter grovelling pussies they are...
@@mridul3215 It's Sony.
Well, they were the leaders but there are plenty of other capable actors as well. Plus, isn't Hugh'Logan tecnically DC?)))
It was a nice touch that Logan needed glasses for reading to show just how broken he had become.
It was a good, solid touch that "spoke little, but said a lot".
100%
Nearly everyone will need reading glasses as they age, I don't know if I would call aging broken.
Its because he'd just heal his eye injuries if they ever appeared, which basically means that he never needed glasses.
@@MintyFreshTurds come on, broken in a sense that with his healing diminished he is coming closer and closer to normal humans, ages and weakens, and something as mundane as presbyopia is applying to him too now.
I love the fact that Jackman didn't know that a wolverine was an actual animal, and based his charecter off of a wolf.
@@v-2010 find anything?
I mean to be honest, comic Wolverine is often pretty wolf-like as well, so it wasn’t a bad interpretation.
To be fair us Aussies have enough dangerous animals to worry about without learning about new ones 😀
Never before commented on a video of yours but the respect you paid to this actor's performance choice & execution compelled me to thank you for the recognition given.
You are great! Thank you for your usual insight into these movies. NEVER STOP!
Logan was grounded, gritty and handled some really dark themes. It was the kind of movie DC wishes they'd make these days
At least they did it with Joker. New batman seems cool too. Guess we will see.
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you mean are doing this days ?
cus that's basically what they been doing since the 90's, obviously with some exceptions that i don't want to mention cus it brings me traumas from the past
@@adolfogarzachaires394 I'd say more like trying to do. Not been doing, because just about all their attempts besides the dark knight have failed terribly, and haven't been able to even come close to Logan. This movie is honestly just a slap in DC's (and Zach Snyder's) faces.
@@adolfogarzachaires394 it's basically just marvel doing DC better than DC does DC 😂
No one will EVER be a better Wolverine than Jackman. He IS Logan, accept no substitutions!
Michael Cera is the only Wolverine...
Could you imagine the Rock becoming the new wolverine. I would watch it for the laughs.
Until someone better does come along, which won't be hard. Hugh sucked
Or Peter Dinklage lol
Even attempting to cast someone else as Wolverine after this movie is disrespectful AF. No more Wolverine movies needed.
The only MCU tearjerker - Logan's daughter, Laura was superb
Honestly funny, my two favourite characters, Dinobot and Wolverine, both had a similar end. Logan has been "alone" for a lot of his life, while Dinobot struggled with his own morals and whether he could find a perfect outcome to any situation, as he always lost something important due to his actions: his respect from either sides after betraying both as well as his honor through every bad deed he has done. Then, both get pulled into action despite at first not wanting to, to then both horribly injure themselves in their last stands that they find peace in their wounds after seeing their goals achieved and the people they could protect safe as well as seeing that they were in fact loved by the ones surrounding him, and i love that both kept their respect even in death. Some may still not regard it as much as i do, but writing is a pure form of art, as shown by characters like these two.
At the time when this movie came out, my father was slowly slipping away from dementia. I got to see it every day. And I am telling you now, Patrick Stewart’s portrayal of somebody at the same stage as my father was ABSOLUTELY on the money. It was incredibly, brilliantly authentic. So much so that I was upset in the theatre watching it. He was that good. Totally recognisable. To this day I cannot believe how he captured it. Sad as it was, I salute him for how brilliant he was.
Sorry to hear about your father.
I lost my grandfather to dementia, Sir Patrick Stewart did perfect job. Sorry for your father.
I lost my dad to Alzheimer’s. I agree about his performance.
Reminds me of my papa who is currently going through Alzheimers
Hope you're doing well
Saddest part was when clone Logan killed Prof X after the professor gave a very beautiful heart felt speech and you realize that Logan never got to hear it.
Man when I first saw that scene, I damn near cried.
Personally, I found it manipulative. It was clearly made to squeeze tears out of the audience.
@@notacompleteidiot...1285 with that logic all movies are manipulation.
@@FXIIBeaver
They can be. Musical scores and stings are a perfect example.
But there's subtle manipulation, and blatant. Films need to try to be less blatant.
@@notacompleteidiot...1285 I haven't seen the movie, so I can't say, but I've noticed this with a lot of Hollywood films, especially Disney films. Scenes that are supposed to be sad just make me mad instead. Even when a character has to die, they overdo it with dramatic music, and loud crying with closeups. It reminds me of news reporters that visit devastated areas and zoom in on people crying, or interview a grieving family and poke them with questions that make them cry.
The revelation of Xavier killing everyone he cared about during a seizure is pretty shocking
It's kind of crazy to think that when the x men started I was 10 and now seeing this series grow up as I've grown is pretty humbling. Thank you Hugh Jackman for an awesome childhood and trips to the movies and for birthing the comic book hero genre. It all started with Xmen.
Xavier saving the horses on the highway, the farmhouse dinner scene, Logan passing his younger self on the stairs and desperately saying "it wasn't me" to the dying Xavier. I've seen some dark movies but this was possibly the heaviest film I've ever seen.
You haven't watched Hereditary then...
@@mtncolella Ugh, yeah it was disturbing but Logan resonates on a meaningful level.
@@Jim-Mc The Road
Agreed, probably one of my favorite movies to come back to and occasionally rewatch.
Logan my 2nd favorite comic book movie. Just behind the Dark Knight
I’m kinda disappointed he didn’t say his iconic:
*”I’m the best at what I do... but what I do, Isn’t very nice”*
I thought he said that in the Origins movie.
@@Colin_ I don’t remember if he did but I mean in this movie
@@TheElevenFirst that would be mighty COOL if he did!
I read this in Borat's voice , dont regret nothing
@@TheElevenFirst that's a way of showing that he isn't the best anymore, that he's a carcass of what used to be
"Logan" is one of those movies that is so good, and so emotionally hard-hitting, that I have a hard time watching it more than once.
It's also difficult to say goodbye to two characters - adapted by two actors who perfectly embodied them - in such a heart-wrenching and visceral way.
Logan is also a commentary on mortality and aging in general, which is something that we can all relate to. Therein lies one of the more painful realizations - the fact that mortality and aging are what forced Jackman and Stewart to give up their respective roles and Wolverine and Professor X. That's what makes "Logan" more than just a movie.
What a great comment! Underrated.
@@zukanyed8633 The comment is great for sure. Yet the word ''underrated'' is pretty overrated... It's just a good comment that has been written not so long ago - how can it possible be underrated???
Right, except that I don't think Jackman or Stewart were ''forced'' to leave the roles. I think High made the decision consciously cause nothing should go on forever and it was a good time to end it on a sad but beatiful note. He still has other physically and emotionally demanding roles. He's still there, alive and well. Patrick plays Picard and in good shape for his age... I think more (or THE most) painful and hard-hitting thing would be the realization of our own aging and mortality... By imagining ourselves and our loved ones in this situation... As you said, we all can relate to it.
The fact that this film had the balls to kill them both off shows how truly special it was.
@Yevgeniya Leshchenko Patrick PLAYED Picard back in the 80s..... dont mention that shit show they made recently 🤮
This movie made me bawl my eyes out so hard, it effected me for a couple of days. Like damn, they hit me hard in the heart and feelings. Beautiful send off for Logan.
I waited almost 20 years for the moment where he takes the serum and goes into the Berserker Mode for 5 mins
was well worth the wait!
As a Wolverine fan since the 80's, this was a 10/10 for me. Even the Johnny Cash song at the end credits was perfect.
The Johnny Cash song "Hurt" (NIN cover) was used in the trailer and it was awesome.
I was shocked at how different this movie was to the rest of X-men franchise when it came out. Have to say I completely agree its a best one in the series.
I don't see it as "an x-men movie", it's just a great movie with comic book origins
Didn't the same director do the other 2 Wolvie movies?
Agreed and as an avid reader of X-men comics when I was younger his character was always handed a bit differently and in a more believable fashion considering the universe. When old man logan was released it was a holy-shit moment that hasn't been repeated in comic history for much the same reasons this movie will live on as a classic from an otherwise entertaining but bland series.
I'd love to see a X-23 movie with Daphne Keen reprising the role. But I'm also fine if it never happens, because Disney now owns the character and they would probably fuck it up, unfortunately.
It's a shame really if they didn't use her more. She's an incredible character and could've been the next Wolverine continuing Jackman
5 years later and this film is still my favorite cbm movie of all time
Seeing Xavier so frail and confused pushed me to tears. He reminded of my grandpa in his final days.
I'm so sorry that he passed away and that happened, he's resting in peace now
"Not many actors get to say goodbye to their most iconic role in a way that feels so dramatically and emotionally complete (...) A different actor might have stuck around for a couple more movies (...)" *COUGH* Schwarzenegger *COUGH* COUGH*
Stallone, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Lee Curtis
Should've stopped at t2...
@@revolverswitch Nah, They would have been fine with writing. None of them needed the money
Shit, man.... Picard
Can't wait to pirate the next Terminator movie just to see what bullshit excuse they will have to keep old Arnie
"The first to rise.
The last to fall."
Great description.
Logan is one of the few modern movies where I walked away thinking "that was phenomenal"
Archaeologists 500 years later dig up an adamantium skeleton that makes them question the nature of their reality.
Lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!!!!!
I'd love to see the conspiracy theories that would result. "Ancient Borg skeleton found in Canada! President Picard implements massive coverup!"
Logan and Joker 2019 are a lot like one another. They both are gems that stand out compared to the failing cinematic universe that they come from.
They are both movies that I cant believe exist. They are far to good and different than anything else in the genre, it surprises me that executives okd them.
@@dylanmahaffey8920 add unbreakable and dark Knight to that list 👍
Don't forget Spiderman 2
There aren't any movies that are great because of their comics heritage but there are a select few that are great despite it.
Tell me why this video made me tear up. Such a fucking good movie! What a brilliant performance by such an talented actor. Hugh Jackman really breathed life to The Wolverine
I remember seeing this in the cinema on opening night... Was absolutely amazing!
This movie should have garnered Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor nominations along with the Best Adapted screenplay nomination which it rightly deserved. It was probably the best superhero film of 2017 as well.
Wasn't woke enough, you know that.
Personally feel like it’s in the top 3 best superhero films of all time!
Yeah you're not supposed to feel emotional for old white men.
Lol no, 2 hours of Wolverine stabbing people in the face 🥱
What about Best Soundtrack too? The choice of music in this movie was also very, very good.
Logan, Joker, and The Dark Knight to me are the greatest live-action comic book movies ever made
Which is funny because none of them were created AS comic book movies. Logan was a western taking inspiration from Cormac McCarthy movies. Joker was a homage to The King of Comedy and Taxi Driver with Batman elements. The Dark Knight was a heist film inspired by Heat and others also with Batman elements. Point is, the best comic book movies tend to be the ones that break formula.
i would count Alita among them (and i didnt even expect to like it xD)
I thought i was the only one who felt this way
Incredible film, if you don't cry, you're not human....
I gotta say, as a fan of Wolverine and Hugh Jackman, as sad as I was to see him die I actually felt pride at seeing him go out like a true hero. In his struggles, he found something greater than ever he expected.
"Logan" was the X-Men's "Endgame."
No movie in that universe after that movie exists in my eyes, and never will. They need to move on. It's done.
Well so far no movie has taken place after Logan in the timeline.
But I agree. Dark Phoenix doesn't exist.
Endgame is a solid 6 or 7/10, it’s full of plot holes and has pretty ugly cgi in some cases. Logan is a masterpiece made by people, not a conference room
Ummm Deadpool might have something to say about that....
End game sucked.
More like Infinity war. Endgame was a terrible movie and they ruined every good build up they made for it.
My dad didn't allow me to watch this gem, something about the wolverine/x-men movies is how I gaged when someone was wounded, MAN DOES SCENES PHYSICALLY HURTED
Logan was terrible and not fit for such a movie series. It was so bad that I have give up on the X-men movies.
Thank you Drinker for the one of a kind sober and so relevant review...as usual.
Winning!
Tony stark and Wolverine ...2 characters played by actors who come close to real life comics. I don't have anything else to say.
Micheal keaton as batman🙂
Also Reynolds and Dead Pool
A bit controversial opinion but Tobey Maguire as Spiderman
Don’t forget the one that stands above the rest. Christopher Reeve as Superman
@@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 No