Review: LOGAN. More than the end of a hero.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The end of an era, this is without a doubt a film that reflects the other side of the coin about a hero. A film that focuses on how Wolverine is living his last days in a world where mutants no longer exist.
Years have passed and the mutants are in decline. Logan, weak and tired, lives apart from everyone until he accepts a last mission of Charles Xavier: to protect a special young woman, named Laura Kinney but known as X-23, the last hope of the mutant race.
LOGAN is a film that presents us with a world where mutants have almost completely disappeared; Here we find a Logan already retired from heroic life, where the only thing he wants to buy a yacht to go live in peace.
The film presents a version of Logan that shows his violent, alcoholic and aggressive side. Taking as reference the comic "Old Man Logan" they show us that the endings of the heroes do not always have to be good. This is a heartbreaking, violent and emotional film, full of pain, absences and contractions that can be realistically witnessed. Logan and Charles are the only living mutants which makes them carry the memory of their friend and a whole race.
For those who played The Las Of Us, you will find many similarities between both works, since they present two people trying to survive in an ostil world, where the strongest survive. Joel and Logan have the task of taking a girl, who is the hope to save their species, to a certain part of the country but what they did not expect was to develop so much affection for them being able to adopt the role of parents and protect them no matter what happens.
Professor Charles plays a very important role in the film, he is the lighthouse that reminds Logan of the person he once was. On the other hand, it is the link that manages to unite Logan and Laura. The latter being an essential part of the film, since almost everything revolves around it, managing to sympathize in some way with the character.
This is, so far, the definitive movie of a specific hero. It manages to transmit every moment of the film, it is made for a larger audience and it shows it from the first minutes, making it clear that it is not just a movie about a hero but it tries to tell a story that goes far beyond heroism. This is the farewell of the mutant most loved by many and he does it in style.
I enjoyed Logan, but somehow, I didn't love the movie. I am not sure if it felt a bit depressing to me or something like that, but still... I got to know the X-Men characters through Hugh Jackman as the Wolverine, so I am anyway grateful to him for that. But all in all, I feel as if I have had "enough" of the X-Men series soon. Just watched the most recent movie (Dark Phoenix). It was way better than expected, but still, not a highlight I will remember for a long time!
By the way, really glad to see you post here in the community!
Many of us met the X-men through Hugh Jackman, including myself. Yes, there are times when you get to feel the depressingness of the film but you know how to take it, a great farewell, in my opinion, for both the character and Hugh.
Thanks for sharing what you think. : )