Logan as a whole

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2017)

Logan sets a new bar for what super hero movies should strive to be. As a movie that has established its characters through other media forms and other marvel related movies, it gives a fresh take on the immortal wolverine showing him as much more of a broken man at the end of his days. It drives home the point that Logan is just a man and has great character development throughout the story for many of the characters that does not leave too many unanswered questions. The camera work in Logan was amazing as it followed every action scene rather than relying on too many jump cuts, and really made the characters the focal point on the screen most the time really focusing on what is really important, the transitions were smooth and nothing jarring as they would switch between scene to scene. Dafne Keen did not have much of any dialog throughout the first part of the movie, but as soon as she was given lines she delivered every part perfectly making the viewer really listen to what she was saying and feeling the impact of the words said, the ending lines that she was recited from "Shane" was a perfect endpoint the Logan as a character and really helped push the impact of her as a new prominent force in the MCU. The CGI was minimal at best as they did not rely heavily on it and much of the movie felt very organic and nothing really pulled you out of the experience, It was a very good take on what I would call a "Modern Western" as it felt very much like a Clint Eastwood movie. All in all it was a really refreshing superhero movie and movie as a whole with its gritty violence and flowing camera work, I hope to see James Mangold produce many more films as this was the perfect end to the immortal wolverines legacy.