An Honest Review

Rating: 8/10 (10 March 2017)

Just got back from watching Logan, and well was a little let down. let me go through some pro's and cons.
-Pros Realistically depicted Alzheimer's. I think this is the first film that actually researched Alzheimer's and instead of the old movie trope of "Old person thinks it's 1970", they really did nail down what living with an Alzheimer's patient is like. (4th generation alzheimer's patient here, I know that disease too well)
An amazing storyline that really investigates what it would probably be like to be a superhuman that is getting old and their powers are failing them. They treat the powers in the movie as just a part of the mutant's body rather than a mystical mutation. It is heartbreaking to watch our hero's mutant conditions be kind of like another feature of growing old (such as heart conditions or failing organs). It makes the movie extremely realistic even though we are talking fake mutants.
More on that, it is a movie about mutants that feels real, again as if their super powers aren't just a mutation, but a mutation that just like any body organ will begin to fail as one gets older
The acting was UNBELIEVABLE. If you didn't tear up at some of the scenes, you probably have no soul. Also the acting made these characters feel real. They could be your grandparents or old uncle or really I think everyone can relate to watching someone deteoriate as age takes away their lives.
The direction was also amazing along with the script. This is not a superhero movie at all, this is an examination of life, love, pain, triumph, and mortality.
CONS
Really not that many. My main complaint was that the second act kind of was too long and slow paced. I mean I went out and had a cigarette, came back and asked my sister what I missed and she basically said "Nothing". The movie could have used much better editing because really, there was a good 20-30 minutes of scenes that did nothing but enhance the examination of life theme. However by the time we got to those scenes, it was pretty much fully established. Better editing (maybe to get it down to 2 hours instead of 2:20, would have tighened up the movie and made the script pop out more.
Some of the characters had barely any character development outside of Logan's, Xavier's, and mini Logan. Quite often, it seemed like they just introduced characters that appeared to be important only to just kill them 5 min later. Plus, a lot of the villains backstories / development were rushed and disconnected from the film. At times, it almost felt like there was more to these characters that ended up on the cutting room floor.
However, this is a movie that will be crippled by it's release time (right after the Oscars) because it IS AN Oscar caliber movie. But history proves that come next years Oscars, this will be a forgotten movie. And it shouldn't. It should be nominated for at least a best supporting actor with Stewart, and one for the actress that played Laura, along with make-up / cinematogroph / best original script (or adapted script really), and even maybe best actor for Jackman.
In short TLDR, this is a fantastic movie that really isn't a "superhero" movie. It completely stands out (similar to The Dark Knight as far as quality goes), but also stands out as a grim, poignant look at becoming older and standing by helpless as your body begins to fall apart.
8/10 although really I'd rate it closer to a 7.5/10 due to some of the pacing issues and lack of development of the minor characters.