Logan Movie Review.

Synopsis:  In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X somewhere on the Mexican border. However, Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

This movie has a special place in my hart. It is more then just a movie - this is legacy. It has been 17 years since the first X-men movie came out. And ever since Logan was played by Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart played Professor X. After all those years this film seems more then a perfect ending and a grand finale for a thing that lasted for such a long time. James Mangold - the director of the movie also directed The Wolverine (2013) clearly knew how to make this one work. There was no major studio interference on Fox's part, so he did what he and Hugh Jackman wanted this last Wolverine movie to be. Logan is inspired by many great films. You can find a feel of a good old-time western in it, The Last of Us and Unforgiven (1992) vibe. 

The story is moving very quickly, starting from a good R-rated blood mess, then turning into a story of an old sick man, suffering from loss, despair and hopelessness in this world. This man is Logan, who lives near the Mexican boarder and takes care of Charles Xavier Professor X, who has gone mad. The mutants are gone, they are not born for some years and it seems like an end for their kind. One of the last mutants - Caliban (Stephen Merchant) also takes care of Professor while Logan is gone for a job to collect some money to buy a boat to escape to the sea with Charles who has become a threat for the people near him. He needs drugs to stop his seizures. 

That is so painful to watch these iconic characters rot in that place they live, that looks like a garbage storage. Disgusting how they ended up being after all those years of struggle, school for gifted children and X-men existence. The story moves when the little girl Laura (Dafne Keen) suddenly comes up, along with an army of villains. She is a mutant of a new generation raised and grown artificially in the lab by villainous Zander Rice (Richard E. Grant) and his right hand man Donald Pierce (Boyd Holbrook). Charles always did everything for the mutant race, and now in a time of despair he convinces Logan to help young mutant to survive, so she would live a new live without violence and pain. 

The biggest strength of the movie are the dialogs and the story itself. The way how characters interact with each other, also with the sense of the history of what happened before, these relationships look even more brilliant. Charles and Logan go all the way back, so they are treated like iconic ones in terms of the depth of the story around them.

The thing that I loved the most was the feel of what I was promised in the trailers. It was really amazing to see those characters again in a new way I never seen before but with the same feel that was in previous movies. I find this movie extraordinary and very memorable. It is going to be a classic superhero ending for ages. 

X2 movie review

The second part of X-men, released in 2003 and directed by Bryan Singer. The second part was better than the first and is considered as the best in the first trilogy. The distinctive point of the film was the story itself that somehow reminded me of "Days of the Future Past" 2014.

The story is about the attack of one of the most dangerous mutants on the President of the United States. This point forced the President to act and let William Stryker( Brian Cox) end this. Well done villain. He's smart and decisive, he thinks he's good which makes him even more dangerous. 

Wolverine(Hugh Jackman) plays a central role in the movie. He is perceived as the main character and everything tied with him. Trying to find answers to what he was before the memory loss, he travels by Cyclops motorcycle through the world , which is ironic, considering that they hate each other. Their love triangle with Jean Grey(Famke Janssen) plays an important role in drama. By the way X2 in addition to the superhero genre is an excellent drama.

The plot is even very good, it is confusing, but smart. Later it creates feelings of enjoyment by the thought of the creators.

I really liked the movie. I watched it many years later, when I first saw it. And I was very surprised how good it was. Great job is done by the whole crew. The film looks great, it has got a few weaknesses. For me, it was a bit too violent and intimidating. But well done action and great acting smooth out these imperfections. A special role plays the relationship between Magneto and Professor Charles Xavier. They are played by such wonderful actors as Patrick Steward and Ian McKellen. Their interaction with each other is great. 

The movie itself is just brilliant, I like the selected tone and of course the characters themselves and their development.