X-Men or not X-Men

Rating: 6/10 (4 March 2017)

After seeing this movie I found myself myself torn between 2 views: (1) On the one hand the movie was good and kept me engaged throughout (2) On the other, I felt the X-Men / Wolverine story was ripped up and thrown away; basically this was not an X-Men / Wolverine movie.
If I look at the movie purely on its own merits, the movie is very good. The movie builds its characters well, fight sequences are great and acting is good.
If I look at the movie as a Marvel/X-Men movie, it left me feeling cold, although its still better then the previous Wolverine movie (not difficult)
The Wolverine and X-Men movies have always had a basic problem and have always failed to produce a story line woven into the X-Men comic/cartoon history. They have always deviated from the core story lines, no doubt the film makers thought that this would improve the film experience, however, they have always fallen short of the mark.
So yes Logan is a good movie but should be kept as a separate movie from the Marvel/Wolverine franchise and viewed strictly as a spin off