That moment when she says "Daddy" broke every guy in the theater. Whether or not you have kids, it's palpable how much pain was in that moment. He accepted her and she accepted him as well. Such an amazing film.
Expected Hugh Jackman and Sir Patrick Stewart to blow it out the water but when I went to see the movie I was truly blown away by Dafne Keen. She has a very bright future. Steven Merchant was also brilliant.
Just for the people that care about specificity like that, the "thing like cancer" that they sorta dance around and never name is pretty much definitely Adamantium poisoning. People graft metal onto bones all the time. My Mother just had surgery *completely replacing* a bone with metal. The reason only a mutant with an insane healing factor could survive having Adamantium bonded to their skeleton (beyond just, that a regular human would die from the scope of doing that all in one surgery) is because Adamantium is *poison*. It's not just the blades and the bullets. Since the day Logan was turned into Weapon X, 6 or 7 *decades* prior to this film, every minute of every hour of every day of every year Logan's body has been fighting heavy metal poisoning's older brother on steroids. IIRC there's a version of Logan in some Marvel multiverse thing who never gets the Adamantium, and he is functionally immortal. He might die... eventually. But it's gonna be after this civilization and probably the one after are nothing but dust and artifacts. It's the Adamantium that does that to *this* Logan.
Adamantium and genetically modified corn syrup. The stealth gene therapy to deactivate the X-gene - the thing that prevents new mutants from emerging - what does that do to existing mutants?
@@rmsgrey interesting theory on this is that a normal person has up to 70 billion cells die a day. Logan's regeneration makes his average regeneration a hell of a lot higher than that. Combine that with he has already lived twice as long as a normal person would and you could say his body has created uncountable numbers, near infinite numbers. Just like normal people can create a mutant cell here and there, Its reasonable to consider that mutants may create a 'normal' cell here and there, so in wolverines case, he may have regenerated himself out of his own power through rare creations of normal genetic cells that eventually water his power down.
@ddam1320 On the evidence we have, it could go either way - the Alzheimer's could be an entirely independent development, or it could be something Xavier's mutation would have kept from emerging. I don't know Caliban's usual power level, nor what his power level was at in Logan, well enough to tell whether he was at full strength or not (and Transigen did have the ability to boost mutant powers, so his being able to use his powers for them is pretty inconclusive anyway)
Even though a lot of people have said that this isn't a comic book movie or that it's a movie for people who don't like comic book movies, a big theme in the movie is the affirmation of the importance of comic books and those stories. At first it seems like they're dismissing or making fun of comics with Logan talking about how Laura's comics are all made up childish fantasies. But then you see how much those comics mean to the Laura and the mutant kids. The kids were treated as things all their lives. The comics taught them morality and heroes, and gave them hope. When Logan tells Xavier that Eden isn't real, Xavier tells him that it's real to Laura. And regardless of whether or not Eden ever existed, the mutant kids made it real through their belief. And throughout the movie, Logan is constantly trying to get away from the image of the heroic world saving Wolverine in the comics. But in the end, he chooses to be the hero one last time to save the kids. Proving to Laura and the kids that there was truth to the stories. The old generation of X-Men may be gone, but they've inspired a new generation to carry on their dreams. In fact, Laura is literally saved by her faith in comic books. It's also a great message of hope about future generations. Even though movie was about Logan and Xavier at the end of their lives having to deal with all their disappointments and regrets. It's also about how your children don't have to carry the burden of your regret. When you're gone, you can leave your children your greatest ideals and hopes.
I agree, to rob oneself of the full experience of any movie simply because one thinks they know a genre will forever lack substance is pure arrogance and saddening and that's a massive problem with movies now
Man it always makes me cry when I think about Charles's death scene, he probably died thinking that it's Logan who killed him because he was done putting up with him.
This movie is hard for me to rewatch. But goddamn, I really want to. I’ve only seen it twice, both times in theaters, and both times I’ve cried at the ending when Laura calls Logan “Dad..”
i’ve had it on blu-ray for a while now and I can’t bring myself to watch it again to this day it is just so sad and actually leaves a huge impact on you
@@Jackson-jd1um Same, I have it on BR and a copy of that in my hard drive, I even have the black and white version, but I can't bring myself to re-watch it after I saw it in the theaters the first time.
I'm happy Cinemawins told me about your channel, too. I'm so sorry you're dealing with a chronic illness, one that's debilitating, even. I have a different one, but am forced to stay home because I can't work like a normal person anymore. I wanted to say though, as someone who suffers from a chronic illness (gastroparesis), your channel helps me forget about all of that for a moment, and I couldn't be more grateful to you for that. Just, thank you, seriously, from the bottom of my heart.
My name, my first name, is Logan. I'm 17 years old. I was named after THE Logan, at the time of the first film. I was at the brink of destruction. This film, meant everything to me. It gave me pride in who I am & how I came to be.
Dafne Keen.... holy cow she was great in this movie. Most of the time I think movies either give kids strange dialogue or don't direct/edit the material well... But not this time. Pretty much most of the time she is great, and the few tiny moments when it seems less real its probably more because of speeding up footage or cgi replacement. Great episode Mikey. I'm ready for all the feelings again when you do an episode on one of my favorite movie experiences ... Amelie.
I got sent here from CinimaWins, and it’s totally worth it. Thanks for everything dude, and I’m glad you’re dong this full-time, even if the circumstances surrounding that transition are difficult. Instant sub.
This movie really hits close to home for me for a lot of reasons. My uncle died recently and we had to take care for the last five years or so of his life. Watching Xavier talk about cowboy movies in the same manner my father does very somber moment for me. You don't put the male fear of getting old in a summer action movie unless you're really ambitious or really talented. Taking care of family is big part of life.
Dafne Keen is the hands-down best child actor I've ever seen! The only problem I have with Disney buying Fox's assets is that she might not be able to play this role again.
I feel like having a one off performance by her elevates the status of the movie. Like how Maria Falconetti delivered probably the best performance ever then immediately retired.
I love how I always learn SO much more about these movies in these videos than I do from just watching the movies themselves! Heck, I was closer to tearing-up after this video than I was at any point in Logan!
I cried so hard at the end when I saw this movie in theaters. I didn’t really hear about the movie at all, and was just floored emotionally by the brutal and bloody movie about pain, family and anger. Will never forget when Logan says “so this is what it feels like” and the life just disappears from him. Thank you for this and all your reviews! I hope you know your hard work is worth it!
Mikey, why do you keep doing this to me? I don't have good internet at home, so I have to watch your reviews on campus. I've lost track of how many of your reviews have made me cry now.
i found your channel from a shout out on cinema wins and i just wanted to say i have been binge watching your videos for a while and i really gotta say have really loved all i have seen you. doing videos on this platform about movies may be done a lot but you have a unique and beautifully emotional way of making your videos that i really love. keep up the good work i look forward to more in the future.
They damn well better not recast Logan for the MCU when the MCU finally gets the X-Men. Logan is dead. That version of Wolverine is dead. It earned that death, and recasting him - even bringing Hugh Jackman back into the role in the MCU - would take the emotional resonance of this movie away.
Agreed,I really hope they are just like “there was this guy with metal claws...but he’s dead forever” heck they could just have Deadpool say that and it’s all good.
See, that's how I thought about the Joker after The Dark Knight.... Then Suicide Squad came out, and Jared Leto's performance... No, I still feel Joker should have stayed dead.
I think Disney is going to let the X-Men rest for a bit. They can play with the Fantastic Four for a while, and all the other newer MCU heroes. But make no mistake: when the X-Men do arrive in the MCU, Wolverine and all of them will be recast. I don't think it'll take anything away from this movie, or Hugh Jackman. After all, how many Batmen and Supermen and Spider-Men have we had?
Man, Mikey.... I hope you are doing well. I can NOT tell you how much I enjoy your content. NOBODY does reviews, recaps, explanations or like you. You make my life better with the thinking you summon within me. Appreciate you.
I'm sure my joy doesn't amount to that of which you feel, but it's brilliant to learn of you going full-time with this video series. Not only are they well thoughtout and intelligently written, but your showmanship elevates these beyond educational and informative to truly entertaining. Thank you for creating actual quality. Some suggestions for future entries: The Handmaiden Midnight in Paris The Place Beyond the Pines (and an unfortunate third act) Fooly Cooly (Anime series) In Bruges Trainspotting Perks of being a Wallflower
What i like in particular about "Logan" is how the older-wiser, yet weaker self, plays homage in contrast to the violent stronger misguided youth of his younger evil clone, the dichotomy that he was always prone to: throughout the years of torture/loss/and misery. And yet the hero prevails, after nearly 200 years of torment, to see the success of the progeny, overcoming his lifetime of pain and loss, still faithful to that end, even after surviving the demise of his ostensible Progenitor professor X, it is the greatest character arc one could maintain, to pass the torch without remorse, to the accepted daughter of their own aspirations. Most excellent channel and thoughts! Thanks for such great content my friend!
Oh damn! You used the Heart Kennedy Center Honors version of Stairway! My choir is the one doing the backing vocals, that was one of the best days of my life! Also, great review, as always
This movie was so perfectly and beautifully done...I love the realism and gritty like feel that this film gave to us...it reminds us that even underneath all those mutant powers/abilities that these characters have and possess that made humans see them as god-like in the past and inevitably fear and want to eradicate and/or control they are still just humans with everyday concerns and issues themselves that they have to live and deal with even if they are mutants..just an amazing movie.. thanks for ur breakdown and critique
Good God you NAILED it (and by the way, the deaths are STILL TOO SOON). Been a Wolverine fan since '83 when I was 12, and, from time to time, buy a dvd of "The Wolverine" just so I can burn it. This movie has EVERYTHING I wanted as a fan. It just goes to show, the ONLY person who can kill Wolverine, is WOLVERINE.
I just discovered this channel and have been tearing through it in binge like fashion, and while I want to say thank you for every video on here...screw you for using stairway in this Logan video the way you did making me get all the feels for this movie all over again. Dammit now I'm all emotional and shit.
The guy from CinemaWins(had to add that to the spell-check dictionary), has mentioned you several times, and so I finally got around to sampling your work. WOW! I wish I would have started the first time he mentioned you! Thank you for your GREAT work!
That Charles's end in the bed.... That really hit me really hard back then. And today, you made me cried again by showing those clips. Amazing movie. So damn good and powerful.
Jesus man... i rarely do comments. I loved this film, and i've watched it many times. After your review though I almost feel the need to force every other person I know to go back and re watch the flick. Btw, as a DJ, using Stairway.... massive virtual kiss on your cheek for that, outstanding.
This film empties my eye-bladders every time I throw it at my eye-holes, and your video just managed the same irrelevant feat. Now my t-shirt is all wet and needs washing gee thanks. Two thumbs up. In other news, I discovered your channel two days ago via Cinema Wins and by golly I'm head over heels with your production style. I hope you manage to continue making these for a long time to come :)
I agree with everything in this video. It's probably the greatest comic book film ever made, and I don't think anything's ever really going to top it. The problem is...I've watched it once, and I never want to watch it again. It caught me so far off guard with its simple, heartfelt earnestness that I was basically left with a confusing amalgam of gratitude and emptiness. Being basically made of social ineptitude and emotional repression, I'm genuinely not sure I'd be able to even watch 10 minutes of it without a feeling of dread at what's about to hit me in the face, again. Such a brilliant film.
You influence me in substantial ways: You reveal what, I have not yet, learned is the brilliance of ,some, movies and these lessons teach me more about humanity than a half century of life. 🥺
Got sent here by Cinema wins, glad for the redirect i am amazed by the levels of depth that is presented. The soundtrack is top notch and worthy of a playlist in my Spotify account. Dude I tip my hat to you, and please keep doing you.- New Fan Big Steve
I've watched like 7 of your videos in a row. I've seen and enjoyed each of the movies that your videos are about (some of them several times) but the ideas that you bring up have given so much more depth to these films. Because of that, I'm about to rewatch Logan and then John Wick, and I'm positive that I'm gonna love the movies even more now. Great stuff.
I've watched this essay more times than I can count, in large part because I used it as a source in a final essay and I still cry every single time I watch it. This is an amazing analysis that shocks me with its emotional impact every time I see it. Thank you for sharing this breakdown
I fuckin love how this guy talks, I just “discovered” him like last week, and I’m already in love with the style of his videos. He has this air about him where he has so much in his mind about these movies that he’s just slurring what he says because he wants to get all his thoughts out about them, it’s like the verbal form of messy handwriting, and I love how deep he goes into these movies looking for underlying themes, it’s just (as he would say) KICKFLIP BANANAS DAWG
My God Mikey. This was deeply thoughtful. I love the 'review'. I loved Logan before. You have brought this movie into a different light. I was in the same chapter. Now you have shown me the correct page. Thank you, sir. This is one of my top sites for movies. Chris Stuckman recommended Every Frame a Painting & Everything Good About recommended You. Nuff said, gushing moment over. Keep up the good work.
Hey Mikey, wanted to say that I'm glad I ran into your videos. For what it's worth it is my favorite thing about TH-cam right now. I love this movie in a way that no other movie can and will make me feel, and through all the other channels that made content related to it, NOTHING makes me face those feelings in the same way your's does. It's a shame it took a shout-out from CinemaWins to get me here, but I'm happy for it. Keep doing what you do.
First comic book movie that truly made break down and cry. As the last movie Jackman plans to do, as well as Stewart, it was an absolutely beautiful send off to some amazing characters, played by amazing actors, and passing on the torch to a younger generation. This was THE Wolverine movie that we deserved from the start.
WOW I cried the whole time, I struggled to enjoy this movie when I saw it. I think in a way it's supposed to be hard to watch. Not because of what you seen on screen but because of what the movie as a whole means. Thank you again for showing me even more beauty in an incredible movie. You're the best!
Mikey, I have not teared up from a review and break down of a movie in... probably never; thinking on it. This movie i wasn’t the biggest fan of originally. Now though... woow. *whipes eyes of falling water* As one who found you through Cinemawins, i’m happy to be subscribed to filmjoy. Thank you for all your work. Thank you for this one!
I found your channel through Cinema Wins, The Last Jedi video, only a few days ago. I really enjoy the clear and concise insights you present in each video, presented within a rich dialogue. The editing is spectacular and adds to the points you're making. This video in particular for me was very well edited. I'd like to say thank you for the content you make.
Wait wait wait a second, YOU wrote Borderlands 1 and 2? Holy shit. I've been watching this channel for ages, and playing those games for ages too, and never knew there was any connection at all. That's amazing. Thank you for helping to make those games, they're some of my favourite ever.
Goddamnit Mikey. It’s a review. A movie I’ve watched a dozen times. And yet I’m emotional as hell at the end. The roller coast way you do these videos is beyond compare. I’m so glad I found you. I should send Patrick Willems
Im new to this channel, but thanks for all you gave us with Gearbox, BL2 is in my top 3 games of all time and I still play it every week all these years later. If I could only count the times ive heard you say "AWWWWW is you Hyperion..."
Dude.This review made me cry.If i could forget one movie to rewatch ( personal preference ) it would be Logan.The death of Xavier and Logan ( while remembering the scene from The Wolverine ) made me cry and be sad for 3 days even after i realized the characters are dead not the actors.side note i just subscribed.this was a beautiful review
Bravo! Bravo! Mr MikeyNeumann, well done, this is my first time watching your reviews. I am a new fan and I'll be watching as often as you create them. P.S. - sad you left Gearbox/Borderlands but glad you're doing this!
WoW! The way you put scenes in to Words is just amazing, the editing so perfect you feel like its part of the movie and the sound that hits your heartstrings just right. First video i’ve watched and im sold! Keep it up! 1+ subscriber
I will forever be grateful to CinemaWins for telling me about this channel
LOL me too. I've been watching non stop at work for days now
James Phillips yep same
James Phillips been watching for a few months thanks to him
James Phillips,
I have no idea how I found this channel, but now it is one of my absolute favorites (and I am a hard to please curmudgeon).
Big facts
That moment when she says "Daddy" broke every guy in the theater. Whether or not you have kids, it's palpable how much pain was in that moment. He accepted her and she accepted him as well. Such an amazing film.
Film reviews are supposed to make you cry. Mikey taught me this.
I have not even seen the movie and i am crying.
You did me dirty with Stairway, Mikey. Real dirty.
I'm weeping about friggin Wolverine, a character I just never cared about.
Well done.
Expected Hugh Jackman and Sir Patrick Stewart to blow it out the water but when I went to see the movie I was truly blown away by Dafne Keen. She has a very bright future. Steven Merchant was also brilliant.
Steven Merchant's performance in this movie is the best thing about X Men Apocalypse.
Just for the people that care about specificity like that, the "thing like cancer" that they sorta dance around and never name is pretty much definitely Adamantium poisoning.
People graft metal onto bones all the time. My Mother just had surgery *completely replacing* a bone with metal.
The reason only a mutant with an insane healing factor could survive having Adamantium bonded to their skeleton (beyond just, that a regular human would die from the scope of doing that all in one surgery) is because Adamantium is *poison*.
It's not just the blades and the bullets. Since the day Logan was turned into Weapon X, 6 or 7 *decades* prior to this film, every minute of every hour of every day of every year Logan's body has been fighting heavy metal poisoning's older brother on steroids. IIRC there's a version of Logan in some Marvel multiverse thing who never gets the Adamantium, and he is functionally immortal. He might die... eventually. But it's gonna be after this civilization and probably the one after are nothing but dust and artifacts.
It's the Adamantium that does that to *this* Logan.
Adamantium and genetically modified corn syrup. The stealth gene therapy to deactivate the X-gene - the thing that prevents new mutants from emerging - what does that do to existing mutants?
@@rmsgrey interesting theory on this is that a normal person has up to 70 billion cells die a day. Logan's regeneration makes his average regeneration a hell of a lot higher than that. Combine that with he has already lived twice as long as a normal person would and you could say his body has created uncountable numbers, near infinite numbers. Just like normal people can create a mutant cell here and there, Its reasonable to consider that mutants may create a 'normal' cell here and there, so in wolverines case, he may have regenerated himself out of his own power through rare creations of normal genetic cells that eventually water his power down.
@ddam1320
On the evidence we have, it could go either way - the Alzheimer's could be an entirely independent development, or it could be something Xavier's mutation would have kept from emerging. I don't know Caliban's usual power level, nor what his power level was at in Logan, well enough to tell whether he was at full strength or not (and Transigen did have the ability to boost mutant powers, so his being able to use his powers for them is pretty inconclusive anyway)
@@rmsgrey
Do Logan and Xavier strike you as people who would consume a lot of products contaning corn syrup?
@@Carabas72
Unless they grow their own food, yes.
Corn syrup is used in a lot of processed foods, particularly at the budget end of the range.
Even though a lot of people have said that this isn't a comic book movie or that it's a movie for people who don't like comic book movies, a big theme in the movie is the affirmation of the importance of comic books and those stories.
At first it seems like they're dismissing or making fun of comics with Logan talking about how Laura's comics are all made up childish fantasies. But then you see how much those comics mean to the Laura and the mutant kids. The kids were treated as things all their lives. The comics taught them morality and heroes, and gave them hope.
When Logan tells Xavier that Eden isn't real, Xavier tells him that it's real to Laura. And regardless of whether or not Eden ever existed, the mutant kids made it real through their belief.
And throughout the movie, Logan is constantly trying to get away from the image of the heroic world saving Wolverine in the comics. But in the end, he chooses to be the hero one last time to save the kids. Proving to Laura and the kids that there was truth to the stories. The old generation of X-Men may be gone, but they've inspired a new generation to carry on their dreams.
In fact, Laura is literally saved by her faith in comic books.
It's also a great message of hope about future generations. Even though movie was about Logan and Xavier at the end of their lives having to deal with all their disappointments and regrets. It's also about how your children don't have to carry the burden of your regret. When you're gone, you can leave your children your greatest ideals and hopes.
KingOfMadCows perfect
Agreed. The only X men movie I care to see now is the continuation with Dafne Keen as the lead. How has this not happened!?
I agree, to rob oneself of the full experience of any movie simply because one thinks they know a genre will forever lack substance is pure arrogance and saddening and that's a massive problem with movies now
Beautifully put, but why did you have to word it in a way that made me cry tho? Maybe Mikey primed my tears tho ... he always makes me cry.
Technically it is a Comic Book movie because it's adapting a comic book
Anyone else besides me get a good chuckle whenever Mikey yells, "JESUS CHRIST!!"? XD
Man it always makes me cry when I think about Charles's death scene, he probably died thinking that it's Logan who killed him because he was done putting up with him.
Doesnt he tell him it wasnt him while he was dying
I disagree...he may have been confused possibly, but I doubt he thought it was Logan
I like to think in his final moments his powers worked just enough to let him know this wasn't Logan.
He talks to Logan and knows it wasn't him.
@@ErinJeanette it’s been 4 years I’m wiser now.
This movie is hard for me to rewatch. But goddamn, I really want to. I’ve only seen it twice, both times in theaters, and both times I’ve cried at the ending when Laura calls Logan “Dad..”
The heaviest, most weighty three letters in movie history.
i’ve had it on blu-ray for a while now and I can’t bring myself to watch it again to this day it is just so sad and actually leaves a huge impact on you
IKR! I've watched Logan exactly one time. It was absolutely brilliant! I can't bring myself to watch it again either! I really wish I could!
What got me there was when Logan said "Don't be what they made you." That kinda broke me.
@@Jackson-jd1um Same, I have it on BR and a copy of that in my hard drive, I even have the black and white version, but I can't bring myself to re-watch it after I saw it in the theaters the first time.
This video made me cry T__T
such a sad movie, and the explanation you did made me so so sad
great work
Jesus man, every Movies with Mikey pulling at the heart strings. Love it though.
It's up again, and I'll give it the views it deserves. Again.
“I see you, bleeding, holding your heart in your hand”. *slow clap*
"...it stopped beating"
Logan, is an absolute masterpiece.
I adore it.
I'm happy Cinemawins told me about your channel, too. I'm so sorry you're dealing with a chronic illness, one that's debilitating, even. I have a different one, but am forced to stay home because I can't work like a normal person anymore. I wanted to say though, as someone who suffers from a chronic illness (gastroparesis), your channel helps me forget about all of that for a moment, and I couldn't be more grateful to you for that. Just, thank you, seriously, from the bottom of my heart.
My name, my first name, is Logan. I'm 17 years old. I was named after THE Logan, at the time of the first film. I was at the brink of destruction. This film, meant everything to me. It gave me pride in who I am & how I came to be.
Dafne Keen.... holy cow she was great in this movie. Most of the time I think movies either give kids strange dialogue or don't direct/edit the material well... But not this time. Pretty much most of the time she is great, and the few tiny moments when it seems less real its probably more because of speeding up footage or cgi replacement.
Great episode Mikey. I'm ready for all the feelings again when you do an episode on one of my favorite movie experiences ... Amelie.
This essay never fails to make me cry.
I come back and rewatch this piece every few months. It’s perfect
I got sent here from CinimaWins, and it’s totally worth it. Thanks for everything dude, and I’m glad you’re dong this full-time, even if the circumstances surrounding that transition are difficult.
Instant sub.
This movie really hits close to home for me for a lot of reasons. My uncle died recently and we had to take care for the last five years or so of his life. Watching Xavier talk about cowboy movies in the same manner my father does very somber moment for me. You don't put the male fear of getting old in a summer action movie unless you're really ambitious or really talented. Taking care of family is big part of life.
"But did you knowww?" is stuck in my brain forever. And I ain't even mad about it.
Dafne Keen is the hands-down best child actor I've ever seen! The only problem I have with Disney buying Fox's assets is that she might not be able to play this role again.
My worries exactly. I was hoping we would get to see her grow through the role and watch her as long as we watched Jackman. Alas, twas not to be.
I feel like having a one off performance by her elevates the status of the movie. Like how Maria Falconetti delivered probably the best performance ever then immediately retired.
I love how I always learn SO much more about these movies in these videos than I do from just watching the movies themselves!
Heck, I was closer to tearing-up after this video than I was at any point in Logan!
"Much spicier breed of wackadoo"
Saving that for later.
I was in tears at the end of this movie
I cried so hard at the end when I saw this movie in theaters. I didn’t really hear about the movie at all, and was just floored emotionally by the brutal and bloody movie about pain, family and anger. Will never forget when Logan says “so this is what it feels like” and the life just disappears from him.
Thank you for this and all your reviews! I hope you know your hard work is worth it!
Mikey, why do you keep doing this to me? I don't have good internet at home, so I have to watch your reviews on campus. I've lost track of how many of your reviews have made me cry now.
i found your channel from a shout out on cinema wins and i just wanted to say i have been binge watching your videos for a while and i really gotta say have really loved all i have seen you. doing videos on this platform about movies may be done a lot but you have a unique and beautifully emotional way of making your videos that i really love. keep up the good work i look forward to more in the future.
They damn well better not recast Logan for the MCU when the MCU finally gets the X-Men. Logan is dead. That version of Wolverine is dead. It earned that death, and recasting him - even bringing Hugh Jackman back into the role in the MCU - would take the emotional resonance of this movie away.
Agreed,I really hope they are just like “there was this guy with metal claws...but he’s dead forever” heck they could just have Deadpool say that and it’s all good.
See, that's how I thought about the Joker after The Dark Knight....
Then Suicide Squad came out, and Jared Leto's performance...
No, I still feel Joker should have stayed dead.
He wouldn’t.
He made Logan.
Wolverine made him.
He gets that.
Anonymous Freak 🤣😂
I think Disney is going to let the X-Men rest for a bit. They can play with the Fantastic Four for a while, and all the other newer MCU heroes. But make no mistake: when the X-Men do arrive in the MCU, Wolverine and all of them will be recast. I don't think it'll take anything away from this movie, or Hugh Jackman. After all, how many Batmen and Supermen and Spider-Men have we had?
Man, Mikey.... I hope you are doing well. I can NOT tell you how much I enjoy your content. NOBODY does reviews, recaps, explanations or like you. You make my life better with the thinking you summon within me.
Appreciate you.
I'm sure my joy doesn't amount to that of which you feel, but it's brilliant to learn of you going full-time with this video series. Not only are they well thoughtout and intelligently written, but your showmanship elevates these beyond educational and informative to truly entertaining.
Thank you for creating actual quality.
Some suggestions for future entries:
The Handmaiden
Midnight in Paris
The Place Beyond the Pines (and an unfortunate third act)
Fooly Cooly (Anime series)
In Bruges
Trainspotting
Perks of being a Wallflower
What i like in particular about "Logan" is how the older-wiser, yet weaker self, plays homage in contrast to the violent stronger misguided youth of his younger evil clone, the dichotomy that he was always prone to: throughout the years of torture/loss/and misery. And yet the hero prevails, after nearly 200 years of torment, to see the success of the progeny, overcoming his lifetime of pain and loss, still faithful to that end, even after surviving the demise of his ostensible Progenitor professor X, it is the greatest character arc one could maintain, to pass the torch without remorse, to the accepted daughter of their own aspirations.
Most excellent channel and thoughts! Thanks for such great content my friend!
Oh damn! You used the Heart Kennedy Center Honors version of Stairway! My choir is the one doing the backing vocals, that was one of the best days of my life! Also, great review, as always
Without you Mikey, Borderlands would never be as amazing
Hope you feel better Mikey
This movie was so perfectly and beautifully done...I love the realism and gritty like feel that this film gave to us...it reminds us that even underneath all those mutant powers/abilities that these characters have and possess that made humans see them as god-like in the past and inevitably fear and want to eradicate and/or control they are still just humans with everyday concerns and issues themselves that they have to live and deal with even if they are mutants..just an amazing movie.. thanks for ur breakdown and critique
Jackman did cameo in Apocalypse as well, not that it really matters.
Awesome video! My life is improved. "JESUS CHRIST!" gets me every time without fail.
I put logan up with the dark knight
Aye, fully deserved. I think they are equals. And sorry for answering an old comment.
@@TheKueiJin 4 months is not old
I put it above
Better imo. By far.
I love the dark night as a movie, but I mean this was so much better
MY HEART CAN'T TAKE THIS
Good God you NAILED it (and by the way, the deaths are STILL TOO SOON). Been a Wolverine fan since '83 when I was 12, and, from time to time, buy a dvd of "The Wolverine" just so I can burn it. This movie has EVERYTHING I wanted as a fan. It just goes to show, the ONLY person who can kill Wolverine, is WOLVERINE.
Taken down twice??? Damn dude TH-cam must be giving you a hard time :(
+gental robots your name is wrong. it's supposed to be gen-i-tal robots. fix that shit and then get back to me so I can review your work.
It is for the language And saying poopy poop
What did he expect. He used a zeppelin song.
No perfect ending without it though, so I call worth it.
Nailed it. HOW DOES HE DO THAT?!?!
Even though I will likely never get to tell you this face to face, you're one of the reasons I keep trying.
I just discovered this channel and have been tearing through it in binge like fashion, and while I want to say thank you for every video on here...screw you for using stairway in this Logan video the way you did making me get all the feels for this movie all over again. Dammit now I'm all emotional and shit.
im so glad you didn't censor the violent scenes....it spoils the whole feel of the movie when people censor these things
this video made me cry just as much as the movie did
And he died, covered in blood with his heart in his hands... as someone told him years ago.
upload again, thumbs up again, watch everything again, cry again
The guy from CinemaWins(had to add that to the spell-check dictionary), has mentioned you several times, and so I finally got around to sampling your work. WOW! I wish I would have started the first time he mentioned you! Thank you for your GREAT work!
That Charles's end in the bed.... That really hit me really hard back then. And today, you made me cried again by showing those clips.
Amazing movie.
So damn good and powerful.
Jesus man... i rarely do comments. I loved this film, and i've watched it many times. After your review though I almost feel the need to force every other person I know to go back and re watch the flick. Btw, as a DJ, using Stairway.... massive virtual kiss on your cheek for that, outstanding.
Who's that version from stairway to heaven from. I loved it
Eduardo Niemeyer It’s the cover by Heart, live at the Kennedy Center.
2020 update: Dafne Keen is pretty fantastic in His Dark Materials too!
The editing is Ammmmmmmazing fantastic video
This film empties my eye-bladders every time I throw it at my eye-holes, and your video just managed the same irrelevant feat. Now my t-shirt is all wet and needs washing gee thanks. Two thumbs up.
In other news, I discovered your channel two days ago via Cinema Wins and by golly I'm head over heels with your production style. I hope you manage to continue making these for a long time to come :)
I agree with everything in this video. It's probably the greatest comic book film ever made, and I don't think anything's ever really going to top it. The problem is...I've watched it once, and I never want to watch it again. It caught me so far off guard with its simple, heartfelt earnestness that I was basically left with a confusing amalgam of gratitude and emptiness. Being basically made of social ineptitude and emotional repression, I'm genuinely not sure I'd be able to even watch 10 minutes of it without a feeling of dread at what's about to hit me in the face, again.
Such a brilliant film.
Cinema Wins recommended me to this channel and I cannot thank him enough. both of you are my two top favorite channels i love you both.
You influence me in substantial ways: You reveal what, I have not yet, learned is the brilliance of ,some, movies and these lessons teach me more about humanity than a half century of life. 🥺
Got sent here by Cinema wins, glad for the redirect i am amazed by the levels of depth that is presented. The soundtrack is top notch and worthy of a playlist in my Spotify account. Dude I tip my hat to you, and please keep doing you.-
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I've watched like 7 of your videos in a row. I've seen and enjoyed each of the movies that your videos are about (some of them several times) but the ideas that you bring up have given so much more depth to these films. Because of that, I'm about to rewatch Logan and then John Wick, and I'm positive that I'm gonna love the movies even more now. Great stuff.
Rewatched and liked a second time. Hope TH-cam takes it easy on you dude. Keep it coming Mr. Awesomesauce.
I've watched this essay more times than I can count, in large part because I used it as a source in a final essay and I still cry every single time I watch it. This is an amazing analysis that shocks me with its emotional impact every time I see it. Thank you for sharing this breakdown
I fuckin love how this guy talks, I just “discovered” him like last week, and I’m already in love with the style of his videos. He has this air about him where he has so much in his mind about these movies that he’s just slurring what he says because he wants to get all his thoughts out about them, it’s like the verbal form of messy handwriting, and I love how deep he goes into these movies looking for underlying themes, it’s just (as he would say) KICKFLIP BANANAS DAWG
My God Mikey. This was deeply thoughtful. I love the 'review'. I loved Logan before. You have brought this movie into a different light. I was in the same chapter. Now you have shown me the correct page. Thank you, sir. This is one of my top sites for movies. Chris Stuckman recommended Every Frame a Painting & Everything Good About recommended You. Nuff said, gushing moment over. Keep up the good work.
Excellent use of a less obvious recording of an iconic song -- and much overused and over-heard song -- in an absolutely apt contextual way. Bravo.
I teared up in this freaking review. This movie was so seriously awesome. Great video, Mikey. Thank you.
I cried in this film discussion. How many film discussions on youtube are good enough to make one cry, again? Man.
Thanks for making me cry at this movie AGAIN, Mikey. Best of luck in this new phase in your life.
Thank you for getting this back up!!! I was devastated when I thought that I missed this one!
Hey Mikey, wanted to say that I'm glad I ran into your videos. For what it's worth it is my favorite thing about TH-cam right now. I love this movie in a way that no other movie can and will make me feel, and through all the other channels that made content related to it, NOTHING makes me face those feelings in the same way your's does. It's a shame it took a shout-out from CinemaWins to get me here, but I'm happy for it. Keep doing what you do.
First comic book movie that truly made break down and cry. As the last movie Jackman plans to do, as well as Stewart, it was an absolutely beautiful send off to some amazing characters, played by amazing actors, and passing on the torch to a younger generation. This was THE Wolverine movie that we deserved from the start.
WOW I cried the whole time, I struggled to enjoy this movie when I saw it. I think in a way it's supposed to be hard to watch. Not because of what you seen on screen but because of what the movie as a whole means. Thank you again for showing me even more beauty in an incredible movie. You're the best!
Mikey, I have not teared up from a review and break down of a movie in... probably never; thinking on it.
This movie i wasn’t the biggest fan of originally. Now though... woow. *whipes eyes of falling water*
As one who found you through Cinemawins, i’m happy to be subscribed to filmjoy.
Thank you for all your work. Thank you for this one!
I found your channel through Cinema Wins, The Last Jedi video, only a few days ago. I really enjoy the clear and concise insights you present in each video, presented within a rich dialogue. The editing is spectacular and adds to the points you're making. This video in particular for me was very well edited. I'd like to say thank you for the content you make.
Wait wait wait a second, YOU wrote Borderlands 1 and 2? Holy shit. I've been watching this channel for ages, and playing those games for ages too, and never knew there was any connection at all. That's amazing. Thank you for helping to make those games, they're some of my favourite ever.
You mad genius. Why can't you... just not make me cry??? Amazing work man.
Goddamnit Mikey. It’s a review. A movie I’ve watched a dozen times. And yet I’m emotional as hell at the end. The roller coast way you do these videos is beyond compare. I’m so glad I found you. I should send Patrick Willems
Is this Heart's rendition of "Stairway..."? Great choice!!
Daaaaaamn, Mikey, why you always gotta make me cry? :'( Another amazing episode.
Im new to this channel, but thanks for all you gave us with Gearbox, BL2 is in my top 3 games of all time and I still play it every week all these years later. If I could only count the times ive heard you say "AWWWWW is you Hyperion..."
It is rare that a review can make me cry harder than the original film. good Job.
That was a tribute worthy of the film. I especially enjoyed your decision to use Heart’s rendition of stairway. Thanks so much.
I can't believe it took me so long to find such an amazing channel, I love everything about movies with Mikey!
Thank you for reminding me about the Ann Wilson cover of Stairway, great use of it during your review.
Dude.This review made me cry.If i could forget one movie to rewatch ( personal preference ) it would be Logan.The death of Xavier and Logan ( while remembering the scene from The Wolverine ) made me cry and be sad for 3 days even after i realized the characters are dead not the actors.side note i just subscribed.this was a beautiful review
Mikey, you made me cry. *slow clap*
Mikey, I'm a big fan of your work. This is, by far, your finest video. I got chills toward the end. Bravo good sir
Why am I tearing up? Love this channel.
Dude the music choices in these videos are phenomenal. I'm blown away every time.
Your essays are so beautiful; they give my brain lots of fuzzy happies.
Also this video made me cry it was such a good and beautiful and moving analysis. You’re a great writer. I love your channel so much.
6:24 might just be my favorite moment in any of Mikey’s videos.
Bravo! Bravo! Mr MikeyNeumann, well done, this is my first time watching your reviews. I am a new fan and I'll be watching as often as you create them. P.S. - sad you left Gearbox/Borderlands but glad you're doing this!
I just discovered your channel, and it's bloody incredible. Such underrated work.
im in love with your editing choices
Damn, that actually made me tear up a bit at the end. Great video!
hey, i just finished watching logan and came here to watch this, thanks for putting it all into words
WoW! The way you put scenes in to Words is just amazing, the editing so perfect you feel like its part of the movie and the sound that hits your heartstrings just right. First video i’ve watched and im sold! Keep it up! 1+ subscriber