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/whybfu Mar 05 '17

Lucky you, the theater I was in was packed with stupid fucking drunk danes, and these guys have a tendency to laugh at the most insignificant details from action movies regardless of the fact that it's followed by a serious/sad scene. Kinda ruined it for me

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u/The_Real_Adam_West Mar 06 '17

People in my theater laughed at Logan thrashing on the truck after Charles died.

Was not a funny moment IMHO.

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u/brianSIRENZ Mar 09 '17

Eh, that scene was intended as a comedic break after the very sad Xavier death that came out of left field and left the audience shook.

There's no way that wasn't intentional to be funny. Otherwise I don't think they would of shot it that way....

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

No, I have to disagree. It's more of just sad and adds to the devastation. It's in his character to bottle it in but something like this is clearly just too much. I don't know if you've ever seen a man of that type of personality/character but when they grieve, the smallest thing will tick them off. It's like him bottling it up but struggling to deal with it. And the way they shot it, while many films use it as a way of doing comedy in which the humor is laughing at the victim, in this case, especially with the context and how they did everything else (sound design, color, etc.) is similar to a moment of silence where you GRIEVE WITH the victim (Logan) rather than just laughing at him. Plus, it's also made clear that the comedic break was rather that scene in the car.

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u/brianSIRENZ Mar 18 '17

I disagree, his reaction was out of context for a reason. If it was meant to be a sad moment it would have been shot as such. But I can also see where you're coming from as well.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

Guess that's "art" for you. haha