Logan (2017)

Logan (2017) Review kicks off this week's episode of Born to Watch, and boys… this is not your usual superhero movie.

Whitey, Gow and Damo head into the wasteland of 2029 to talk about the final outing for Wolverine, and right from the start the big question is asked, is this actually a superhero movie at all… or is it a western wearing claws?

After nearly two decades of Hugh Jackman playing Logan, the X-Men universe throws away the colourful costumes, the CGI sky beams and the multiverse nonsense, and replaces it with dust, silence and a dying hero who just wants it all to end.

This week, the boys dive into:
 • Why Logan feels closer to a Clint Eastwood western than a Marvel film
 • The emotional weight of Professor X and Logan’s relationship
 • Laura (X-23) stealing the movie without saying much at all
 • The brutality and why the R-rating actually matters
 • Whether this is the greatest superhero film ever made

Whitey argues that this is the natural evolution of comic book movies, a character study about regret and aging rather than saving the world. Gow admits he expected CGI chaos and instead got a real film. Damo questions the timeline, the X-Men continuity and whether the emotional ending works if it doesn't match the earlier movies.

The discussion also covers how Logan was clearly inspired by classic westerns, especially Shane, and why the movie works best when it forgets it's part of a franchise entirely.

Hugh Jackman delivers possibly his best performance as a broken warrior who no longer heals, drinks too much, hurts constantly and carries decades of guilt. Patrick Stewart's Professor X adds heart and tragedy, while the road-trip structure slowly turns the film into something surprisingly intimate.

And then… there's the ending.

No big sky battle.
No final speech.
Just consequences.

The boys debate whether Logan's death lands emotionally, if Laura is the future of the character, and why this film changed how studios approached superhero movies afterwards.

Is Logan the peak of comic-book cinema? Or just a really good western accidentally starring a superhero?

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