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frostfire
03-09-2017, 13:25
If you find a downer movie therapeutic or enjoy Western classics like True Grit, Unforgiven, or Shane, give Logan a shot.
I saw Logan (several times) and it's a well-made, profound Western. It lingers long after the credit rolls. It has more in common with Johnny Cash songs and The Wrestler than other x-men movies. A solid tale about broken, flawed men thrust in a quest that just might offer redemption. Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart dig deep to their craft.
Never seen so many grown men with allergy symptoms :D So you may want to leave the misses and gf's at home for this one ;)
If you find a downer movie therapeutic or enjoy Western classics like True Grit, Unforgiven, or Shane, give Logan a shot.
I saw Logan (several times) and it's a well-made, profound Western. It lingers long after the credit rolls. It has more in common with Johnny Cash songs and The Wrestler than other x-men movies. A solid tale about broken, flawed men thrust in a quest that just might offer redemption. Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart dig deep to their craft.
Never seen so many grown men with allergy symptoms :D So you may want to leave the misses and gf's at home for this one ;)
I thought it was really good, and very different from the rest of the X-Men movies. I loved Patrick Stewart's rendition of a senile, Alzheimer's stricken Charles Xavier. Hugh Jackman killed it as well. Even if you have never seen any of the other XMen movies, it's worth seeing.
Is this appropriate for kids? Little man wants me to take him. he's 12.
frostfire
03-09-2017, 16:51
Is this appropriate for kids? Little man wants me to take him. he's 12.
absofrigginlutely not.
Unless he grew up in ISIS country and see beheadings everyday I suppose...
absofrigginlutely not.
Unless he grew up in ISIS country and see beheadings everyday I suppose...
allrighty then....that pretty much answers that question. He's prone to being a bit of a scaredy-cat. His sister is the hard-ass; him? not so much.
Is this appropriate for kids? Little man wants me to take him. he's 12.
Oh no. It's rated R for a reason.
GratefulCitizen
03-12-2017, 17:20
Saw a video where the timeleline/life is broken down for the cinematic version of the Wolverine character.
Because of the character's role in Days of Future Past, he experiences 2 timelines.
IIRC, the character had about 290 years of life lived, most of it filled with violence.
Had to experience the deaths of countless friends/family, some more than once, and some by his own hand.
Jackman did an outstanding job.
His portrayal of weariness in Logan was remarkable.