[ZariusTwo]

I've just come back from seeing it

It's a pretty good movie...not the "Dark Knight level masterpiece" all the overexaggerative types on RT, Youtube, and Cubed in particular are calling it, but it's a sound enough time-filler with some interesting takes on a few things.

Spoiler:

First off, while that first half of the film with Logan, Laura and Xavier is a joy to watch...the problem lies in the fact you've seen virtually all of the best bits in the trailers and tv spots, so if you haven't seen them...avoid them. The bits I did'nt see explored in those spots were stuff I really wanted to see a lot more of. More of Xavier struggling in the giant mental shed they'd created for him and suffering with his powers and seizures, all of which really don't play as big a part in shaping his character after we're reintroduced to him in this state...and after a nifty sequence in the hotel siege, the magnfitude of the psychic seizers don't have a big part outside of the two scenes they're in

I wanted to see more of Wolvie haunted and getting involved in picking up all manners of characters, I wanted more of Caliban interacting with him too, they're seperated not long into the movie and never reunite, with Caliban sacrificing himself and setting off an explosion.

The second act turned out to be my favourite spot when I thought it would be a concern, I enjoyed the quiet family dinner, Logan helping out with the water pipes and scaring away the land sharks, and Xavier's confession to 'Logan' just before...damn. When you get to the final act, I really wish Charles had the chance to meet the other children, it would have reignited his dream one more time.

The 'twist' with Hugh playing an evil clone (X-24) is a good one. but again, not a lot of emphasis is placed on the hows and whys of this character, he's mainly muscle for Richard E Grant and does'nt get to do a whole lot other than deal Logan his final crushing blows, and then he's taken out by an adiantium bullet after a single gunshot fired by Laura. Logan, while certaingly on fine form for most of the third act, sort of goes out with a whimper. A simple berzerker rage and killing the clone himself would have sufficed, but...nah, "saved" just before he dies by a girl with the very thing he hates...a gun, which I guess is a thing of ironic beutey in the movie I ought to appreciate more...but I don't.