Guardians and Logan...film reviews
Oct. 29th, 2017 08:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatWell, I've now seen both Logan and Guardians of the Galaxy, mainly because it has been pouring all day long and I have writer's block or a plot bunny that isn't resolving itself. And wanted a break from computers. Plus procrastinating.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 is a lot of fun, but you sort have to have seen the first movie to be able to follow it. Has a cameo by Sylvester Stallon and David Hasseloff, both of whom have aged slightly better than Kurt Russell. Okay Hasslehoff has and his was brief, so it may just have been CGI and not really him. Sly Stallon surprised me, he just keeps popping up in weird places. Did appreciate Michael Rooker's re-appearance as Quill's other father, who redeems himself here and also got a backstory.
Great soundtrack. And some odd jokes, not all of them worked. Tazer-Face just isn't that funny, I'm sorry. However other bits were rather humorous. And a little of Dax goes a long way. Groot basically stole the movie. The funniest bits featured Groot.
Rocky: "No, that's a desk. We told you it was this small, why did you bring a desk."
Rooker: "No, that's my underwear."
Rocky: "I don't think he understood what you meant."
Rooker: "No that's his eye, he takes it out when he's sleeping."
Rocky: "Go back try again, but leave the eye."
Rooker: "Why?"
Rocky: "Because when he wakes up and can't find it..."
Logan -- feels like The X-men's take on Mad Max films, circa the US. And oh, look, it's our old friends the Reavers. I honestly think Whedon borrowed these villains from the X-men for Firefly.
They are horrible. Took me a while to figure out who they were or remember. Mainly because I'd forgotten about them.
It's good, in that it is better than most comic book movies, but, I found it overly violent and somewhat nihilistic. The character of Lara and how she's created was taken from the comics, and the death of Logan is also to a degree from the comics -- he lost his healing factor in the comics too. I didn't read the arc, so can't comment beyond that. I like Jackman's take on Logan, even though I feel the character has been overdone. This is the last film he'll be in, and Jackman's last time playing him.
Very similar to Mad Max in places -- desert landscape, lone wolf character with two disabled friends that he loses, while helping a kid who is technically his or might as well be escape to a safe haven, that he doesn't quite believe exists. Plus there's a bunch of kids who are waiting for this one, which he helps, after they help him -- finally sacrificing himself to see them defeat the evil people chasing them.
If you have watched any of the Mad Max films, you've seen it before. It's good, but nothing to go out of your way for.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 is a lot of fun, but you sort have to have seen the first movie to be able to follow it. Has a cameo by Sylvester Stallon and David Hasseloff, both of whom have aged slightly better than Kurt Russell. Okay Hasslehoff has and his was brief, so it may just have been CGI and not really him. Sly Stallon surprised me, he just keeps popping up in weird places. Did appreciate Michael Rooker's re-appearance as Quill's other father, who redeems himself here and also got a backstory.
Great soundtrack. And some odd jokes, not all of them worked. Tazer-Face just isn't that funny, I'm sorry. However other bits were rather humorous. And a little of Dax goes a long way. Groot basically stole the movie. The funniest bits featured Groot.
Rocky: "No, that's a desk. We told you it was this small, why did you bring a desk."
Rooker: "No, that's my underwear."
Rocky: "I don't think he understood what you meant."
Rooker: "No that's his eye, he takes it out when he's sleeping."
Rocky: "Go back try again, but leave the eye."
Rooker: "Why?"
Rocky: "Because when he wakes up and can't find it..."
Logan -- feels like The X-men's take on Mad Max films, circa the US. And oh, look, it's our old friends the Reavers. I honestly think Whedon borrowed these villains from the X-men for Firefly.
They are horrible. Took me a while to figure out who they were or remember. Mainly because I'd forgotten about them.
It's good, in that it is better than most comic book movies, but, I found it overly violent and somewhat nihilistic. The character of Lara and how she's created was taken from the comics, and the death of Logan is also to a degree from the comics -- he lost his healing factor in the comics too. I didn't read the arc, so can't comment beyond that. I like Jackman's take on Logan, even though I feel the character has been overdone. This is the last film he'll be in, and Jackman's last time playing him.
Very similar to Mad Max in places -- desert landscape, lone wolf character with two disabled friends that he loses, while helping a kid who is technically his or might as well be escape to a safe haven, that he doesn't quite believe exists. Plus there's a bunch of kids who are waiting for this one, which he helps, after they help him -- finally sacrificing himself to see them defeat the evil people chasing them.
If you have watched any of the Mad Max films, you've seen it before. It's good, but nothing to go out of your way for.
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Date: 2017-10-30 12:50 pm (UTC)I also loved Logan, for a lot of different reasons. It was pretty much the Old Man Logan storyline, just filmed, and Sir Patrick Stewart being an ass is always one of my favorite things. I actually like Logan, as for film quality and acting presence, a lot better than Guardians, and, unpopularly, Mad Max. There's also a BluRay extra where the film is in black and white and it's fantastic.
Quick correction, though: this is the last appearance of this Wolverine, as portrayed by Hugh Jackman. The character is still slotted to come back into the X-Men rebooted universe.
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Date: 2017-10-30 04:57 pm (UTC)So they are recasting? I wasn't sure from what I saw online.
I liked the movie -- and yes, it was very much the Old Man Logan storyline in the comics, with a twinge of the Reaver's and X23 added in. Also, I liked how they killed off Prof X here far more than the comic books. And the exploration of the characters loss of control over his power, vulnerability and being utterly dependent was fascinating.
Better than Mad Max? Depends on which one. I still have a fondness for Road Warrior and Fury Road. Although I think there may have been more character development in this film, and less action/violence than in the Mad Max films. So from a character/dialogue perspective? Prefer Logan. From an action/chase scene perspective: Mad Max. Also Max's villians were a bit more creative and complex than Logan's.
Certainly the best of the Wolerine films to date, and the X films. (Although still have a fondness for Days of Future Past -- which I think I liked slightly better.)
I'd say it's the better film in regards to Guardians. But Guardians was a lot more fun.
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Date: 2017-10-30 06:39 pm (UTC)