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lunabee34I went to go see this with my friend yesterday. I thought it was an excellent movie, but man is it a bummer.
I'm really glad I didn't take Emma with us, not so much because of the violence (which it is really, really violent), but because of the Gwen Stacy effect wherein Emma cannot handle character death of characters she really likes. She would have lost her shit overPicard's Charles's death. I suspect she doesn't know enough about Logan to have been affected as much over his.
I went into the movie unspoiled for anything except for that it was sad. I figured that meant Charles died. I really wasn't expecting Logan to also die (although he's been trying to die for at least a hundred years now, so I guess it's fitting that he actually gets to finally). Weirdly, I was more upset by Logan's death than by Charles's, I think because the movie had set me up to believe that Logan was about to take on Charles's mantle in some way, become the Professor to the next generation of mutants no one thought would ever exist. I was so thrilled that all the kids survived and made it to the rendezvous, and that gave me a false sense of security.
My heart ached so much for Caliban, Logan, and Charles--all alone at the end of the world. I never could figure out exactly what happened to the other mutants, whether Charles was responsible for killing them during a seizure or if they were exterminated or some combination of the two. His pleas for forgiveness as Logan wheeled him out of the casino devastated me.
I liked Logan telling Laura that even if the people she's killed so far have been terrible people, killing anyone is a burden she'll have to learn to live with.
Caliban was so brave! I did not expect to see Steve Merchant in this movie. That was a pleasant surprise.
This is an excellent movie, but it's really hard to watch and very sad. I won't be rewatching this one any time soon.
Emma and I are seeing Beauty and the Beast this afternoon, so hopefully that will raise my spirits.
I'm really glad I didn't take Emma with us, not so much because of the violence (which it is really, really violent), but because of the Gwen Stacy effect wherein Emma cannot handle character death of characters she really likes. She would have lost her shit over
I went into the movie unspoiled for anything except for that it was sad. I figured that meant Charles died. I really wasn't expecting Logan to also die (although he's been trying to die for at least a hundred years now, so I guess it's fitting that he actually gets to finally). Weirdly, I was more upset by Logan's death than by Charles's, I think because the movie had set me up to believe that Logan was about to take on Charles's mantle in some way, become the Professor to the next generation of mutants no one thought would ever exist. I was so thrilled that all the kids survived and made it to the rendezvous, and that gave me a false sense of security.
My heart ached so much for Caliban, Logan, and Charles--all alone at the end of the world. I never could figure out exactly what happened to the other mutants, whether Charles was responsible for killing them during a seizure or if they were exterminated or some combination of the two. His pleas for forgiveness as Logan wheeled him out of the casino devastated me.
I liked Logan telling Laura that even if the people she's killed so far have been terrible people, killing anyone is a burden she'll have to learn to live with.
Caliban was so brave! I did not expect to see Steve Merchant in this movie. That was a pleasant surprise.
This is an excellent movie, but it's really hard to watch and very sad. I won't be rewatching this one any time soon.
Emma and I are seeing Beauty and the Beast this afternoon, so hopefully that will raise my spirits.
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Date: 2017-03-25 04:45 pm (UTC)It was a good film, but I didn't enjoy watching it.
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Date: 2017-03-26 02:00 pm (UTC)I guess nobody ever stays dead in comics; there's always a new arc where something else happens.
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Date: 2017-03-26 04:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-03-26 10:27 pm (UTC)I hear ya. I've never read any of the comics, but I imagine keeping it all straight is exhausting.
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Date: 2017-03-26 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-03-28 01:10 am (UTC)