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Logan (2017)
Logan (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure
Hugh Jackman's 'X-Men' Swan Song Is Bloody, Violent, Brilliant
Critic Review by Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
Original Score: 3.5 out of 4
Full review: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-logan-movie-review-w469327
  
X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009)
X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009)
2009 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A low point for the X-Men franchise
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an awful awful film, for many reasons.
Firstly - no one really seems to be too enthusiastic about what they're doing. Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, and Danny Huston do the best with the piss-poor script, but everyone else just seems to be going through the motions.

Secondly - the characters. This movie contains not one, but two fan favourite X-Men characters, making their big screen debut, just to be thrown under the bus. Gambit for starters, is a shadow of the character he is in the comic - Taylor Kitsch just being himself, whilst getting one very brief action scene that hardly shows off his powers.
The other character is of course Deadpool - Ryan Reynolds is entertaining enough throughout the opening scene - but when we're introduced to the proper Deadpool near the climax of the film... Words truly fail me, it's just embarrassing.

Thirdly - what the hell on Earth is going on with the CGI in this movie? This is the fourth X-Men film and the effects are worse than ever. Wolverines claws look like a child had just drawn over the film.

It's just terrible from start to finish. The fact that the following X-Men Origins: Magneto got cancelled almost immediately after this was released is a example of just how much of a misstep this film was.

There are a few positives though - the opening montage of Logan fighting in different wars throughout history was pretty cool, Liev Schreiber is a welcome addition as Sabretooth after Tyler Mane in the original X-Men movie, and the best thing about this film? The adaption of Deadpool was so abysmal that Ryan Reynolds took it upon himself to eventually get a proper Deadpool movie rolling.

Final thought - please don't let Will.I.Am near anymore movie sets, thanks.
  
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Jessalyn Joy (118 KP) created a poll

Jul 16, 2017  
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What is your favorite movie series?

The Godfather
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Jurassic Park

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Despicable Me
Harry Potter

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Transformers

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X-Men
The Bourne series

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Pirates of the Caribbean
Toy Story
The Lion King
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X-Men (2000)
X-Men (2000)
2000 | Action, Sci-Fi
X-Men: first cast
Xmen follows Logan, a violent mutant without a past, eventually being forced back on the road he meets Rogue, a mutant with an unknown power that accidentally killed her boyfriend.
Attacked on the road and rescued by storm & Cyclops, the two quickly (for the plots sake) meet the X-Men, and after 50 no's and a yes, Wolverine reluctantly agrees to be an X-Men.
But with heroes come villains including, Magneto, toad, Sabretooth & mystique (because the studio couldn't afford more characters then either?)


A good movie at the time, which still holds up quite well today, decent graphics, acceptable action scenes and an easy to follow plot with some cheesy jokes.

Starring Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ian Mckellen, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Ray Park & Tyler Mane.
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Logan (2017) in Movies

Jan 7, 2018  
Logan (2017)
Logan (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure
R Rated at last and quite bloody (0 more)
Very simple plot (2 more)
Where does this fit in with the series?
A little over hyped
A good send off
This is an enjoyable brutal action film. Quite bloody and violent now it has an R rating. The action scenes are good but the plot is very basic. My biggest problem is where does this fit in the franchise? Seems to have nothing to do with the latest X-Men films? Also can't help but think this won't be the last X-Men film.
  
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Sarah (7800 KP) Jan 7, 2018

Considering how bad some of the more recent X-Men films have been, not sure if it's a good thing that it doesn't fit in with them?

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Dean (6927 KP) Jan 7, 2018

Just an odd way to end it more of a stand alone film. I prefer some of the more recent ones, especially first class.