Review of Logan (2017) by Fadeblack — 08 Mar 2017

Just seen it, and hard to know what to think. It was freakin epic, tough as nails, badass movie, a proper Wolverine movie if there ever was one. It made use of its somewhat slower, character study pace fantastically, and if this is the end, it was a hell of a sendoff to one of the best fictional characters ever created.

What left me very confused though...is that this was the actual end. Logan is immortal, he can not die. Yes, I am the last person to demand that film sticks to source material, and yes I fully appreciate the "connected but also stand alone" nature of these films, but still. Beside his claws, the one known, certain thing about Logan is that he can not be killed. And the fact that they didn't really explain what killed him did not sit well with me. Some unnamed sickness and a stick through his stomach. It just seems that if they were going to do the seeming impossible...there should have been a clear reason for it provided.

The cross-into-X moment at the end, and the faith religious references were a welcomed sight though. Logan has struggled with religious questions far more than the movie ever depicted, so at least a hint of that was appreciated. The movie definitely moved me a lot, and there's no doubt that overall it was a great send off. But the question of how exactly he died is not sitting too well with me right now.