Review of Logan (2017) by Jdiaz — 12 Mar 2017
"Logan is The Dark Knight of the mutant-filled X-franchise".
"Explicit violence and salty language (...) adds a bit of much-needed fizz to the Wolverine sub-franchise.".
"Every frame feels perfectly rendered and absolutely necessary to the narrative trajectory.".
"Perhaps the best X-Men movie yet.".
"This is honestly one of the best comic book movies of all time.".
My turn, poopyheads.
Calling Logan the best X-Men movie because it's gritty and dark is like saying Revenge of the Sith is the best Star Wars movie because it's the most 'darkest'.
Logan is the worst movie I have seen in a long time. The senseless violence, the flat characters, and the painfully slow pacing take it in that path, and the utter and excruciating lack of plot set that in stone. I am absolutely astounded that this is getting good reviews, I honestly thought it would wither and die like Green Lantern or Fantastic Four(2015). Given the (the following words hurt my hands as I write them) 'critical acclaim' this movie is receiving, let me substantiate my review.
Plot: All through the movie people are dying and things are happening. But what is the purpose of it all? Good storytelling does not consist in throwing events into someone's face, good storytelling is making those events matter. All through the movie right until the end I kept asking myself two questions: 'So what?' and 'Why do I care?' And those two questions are the whole basis of good stories. Is it that hard to ask for a movie with characters I can care about? A compelling plot that at lease makes sense? To my dismay, I have read several reviews comparing this with Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy and I cannot in any way comprehend how people can insult Christopher Nolan to such a degree.
Violence: Clearly inspired by Deadpool, this movie features waterfalls of blood. Senseless violence that is neither fun nor necessary. The Passion of Christ, Se7en, and most Scorsese and Tarantino movies are good examples of a good way to employ violence in movies. This is a great example of a terrible way.
Characters: The only real character in the whole movie is Professor X, everybody else is flat and devoid of real purpose.
Pacing: Stupidly long and extremely poorly paced.
I do not recommend this movie to anyone.
This review of Logan (2017) was written by Jdiaz on 12 Mar 2017.
Logan has generally received very positive reviews.
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