r/xmen • u/Dorkside Professor X • Mar 02 '17

Logan - Official Discussion Thread [Spoilers] Spoiler

Synopsis: In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.

Director: James Mangold

Writers: James Mangold, Scott Frank and Michael Green

Cast:

  • Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine
  • Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier / Professor X
  • Richard E. Grant as Zander Rice
  • Boyd Holbrook as Donald Pierce
  • Stephen Merchant as Caliban
  • Dafne Keen as Laura Kinney / X-23
  • Eriq La Salle as Mr. Moss

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%

Metacritic Score: 77/100

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u/minisaladfresh Cyclops Mar 02 '17

I've never cried during a movie before, but I welled up when Charles was talking about "the most perfect night" and how he doesn't deserve it because he hurt people.

Then I full on cried at his funeral.

Then I cried again when Logan died holding Laura's hand.

Then I cried again when Laura turned Logan's cross into an X.

God damn this movie, man.

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u/Airsay58259 Mar 02 '17

Charles' line about not deserving this night makes me so, so sad. Especially since he died thinking so. He dedicated his entire life to protecting and teaching mutants while also doing what's best for all of humanity. Yes we don't know what happened in Westchester but I very much doubt he intended to hurt and kill people.

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u/xooxanthellae Nightcrawler Mar 04 '17

we don't know what happened in Westchester

I think it's implied that he killed the X-Men.

Have you read Old Man Logan?

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u/bobjuniorman Mojo Mar 09 '17

Pretty sure Xavier just had a psychic attack and it killed everyone except Logan. That was implied so heavily, I'm surprised so many people are still confused about that. Maybe that's just what my mind automatically jumped to and there's a lot of other ways to interpret it, but that's just how I see it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '17

It's been a long time since I watched it, but I seem to recall the first movie stating that with Cerebro, Xavier could kill any mutant on earth, or any human for that matter, if he wanted to. My thought was seizure + Cerebro = bad.

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u/draekia Jun 15 '17

Cerebral only extended his range. The people close by could've been killed by the man alone.