Logan (James Mangold, March 3 2017) Movie • Page 7

The director just said no post credit scene in a Reddit AMA

 

holy shit

 

The hype is real

 

Got tickets for Thursday night. Can't wait.

 

Just bought mine too!

 

Love that it's getting good early reviews also. Hopefully this will be the Wolverine movie we've been waiting for.

 

Yep. I have a good feeling about it. Haven't cared much for the Wolverine movies, but I've always like Hugh Jackman as the character.

 

Likewise. Thought the second one was okay, but still not the greatest. This one is going to be a great way to start off the month of March. A lot of ones I want to see come out.

 

This is looking at $170 million+ worldwide for the first weekend

 

1996 looks the best and should be his only look.

 

Rewatched Origins and The Wolverine this past week in preparation for the first good Wolverine film. Not that you need to watch those or anything else beforehand, of course, but since this will be his last hurrah, I really wanted to revisit where he's come from.

This was my first time watching Origins since it was in theaters, and man, it's a very unique brand of bad. It reminds me a lot of the Star Wars prequels: It's a poorly constructed prequel with terrible CGI and green screen sprinkled throughout, as well as a lot of awkward attempts at answering questions nobody asked about the previously released films that ultimately just complicate everything. Aspects of the film really do have potential, like the war montage, the family Logan meets, the Ryan Reynolds performance (which wasn't a far cry from him in Deadpool, in spite of being given crap), and most significantly, Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth. Honestly, one of the biggest bummers of the X-Men franchise is that Schreiber never got a chance to revisit his role in a good film; part of me would love some Exiles/Age of Apocalypse-time film, just so he could get another go, even without Jackman.

I've talked about The Wolverine a ton in this thread, but each time I've seen it, I've been reminded both of how much the best moments work and how much the worst moments (which aren't just in the third act, y'all) hurt. One of the two biggest takeaways I had this time around was that, when the movie allowed Jackman to be more charming, he really nailed it. Him confronting the hunter at the beginning was awesome. My other takeaway, which I also got from rereading the Claremont/Miller mini, was that this source material desperately needs an adaptation helmed by a woman of Japanese descent. As much as I love the idea of Logan in Japan, the nuance of that relationship deserves to be explored by someone who gets it. Plus, I really want the story to explore Mariko's perspective in regards to Logan, her father (grandfather in the film), and her place in her culture; instead, she tends to be more of a motivational prop than anything.

After watching both films, I really feel like Logan is gonna feel like a realization of what was attempted in those two films. Again, seeing them totally won't be necessary, but just from trailers and reviews, I can already see pieces of Origins and The Wolverine in there. As a huge fan of the character, I'm so excited to see this unfold.

 

Oh, gosh...



My older brother has a visceral hatred of bone claws for the character in general, just because this story unfolded during his formative years as a comic book reader. lol.

 

Noseless II is great haha.

 

Loving the character, going back and looking at that graph it was hard to pick the best one because they all look rather goofy lol. Now I know why in the movies he just wears jeans.

 

Dear god, you are right!

Yep! The War credits, deadpool and Schreiber were always the things I liked about this movie, but could never bring myself to watch it again due to the other 120 mins........

 

This sentence-review tells me everything I need to know.

 

YES! Going to see it after work tomorrow.

 

I haven't enjoyed a comic book movie this much since TDK. This rocked.

The second act is SO good

 

I really like the idea of a black and white version of Logan. Still gotta get Mad Max: Fury Road Black & Chrome.

 

Love this concept.

 

got tickets to see this at 7

so stoked rn

 

Seeing this in a couple hours. I've tried to ignore any reviews to go in relatively blind.