@Wolfshanze:
Having said that, and my personal views of the X-men franchise… I was deeply moved by Logan… it was a really, Really, REALLY good movie… so this is not some X-men fan-boy reaction to the movie… it was so good, it makes me want to go back and see the other movies I missed (like Days of Future Past)… I might regret the decision to go back and dig up the X-men movies I missed, but Logan was so good, I want to see all of them now.
I always thought X2 was good for some reason. Seems a bit pedestrian by today’s standards, but it has a good story to it. First Class and Days of Future past were decent. The actors are great and there are some excellent moments. (Fall into middle category below)
I guess that I have three categories of films:
- those that aren’t worth watching
- those that are worth watching for cultural or entertainment value and
- those that are of high quality or appeal and have a re-watchability that merits actually owning them
X-Men (2000) is terrible. Particularly when viewed in 2017. It is outright corny. Supposedly it was well received at the time, but I don’t get it. It’s worth watching if you truly intend to go back and see them all, if only to get perspective on where the franchise began. But last time I saw it I didn’t have a good opinion.
All the rest of the movies blur together for me. I remember seeing X-Men Origins: Wolverine and being underwhelmed.
@Wolfshanze:
Marvel has been hitting movies really right lately, especially the entire Avengers franchise and its supporting cast of Super Hero movies and tie-ins… Logan is really a quality movie but it’s not really comparable with any other Marvel movie other than the fact Marvel hit this one out of the park. If only Marvel had treated the X-men franchise as well as they treated the Avengers and Logan movie… that would have been something.
I don’t mind a film that stands on its own as excellent, even if it is part of a series. As long as it can be watched as a single film. Iron Man was like that for me. I love the first one… the sequels not so much.
As for Marvel’s involvement, I know that in the first two films it was basically zero. At least their name isn’t associated with the production. So they weren’t able to give input on the basis of the series. Seems like they came in the middle and gradually have been given more creative sway. Kinda similar to the 5 Spiderman films we have had up to now. Spiderman is a Marvel character, but Sony had total creative rights on the films and didn’t have to coordinate them with Marvel’s input or future plans.
Clearly both Sony and 20th Century Fox have hedged their bets a little and cooperated with Marvel/Disney to some degree now. I think they have at least partly recognized that Disney is both doing it right and has established something so massive that it is better to work together than try to compete. At least in regards to these two properties.
@Wolfshanze:
Oh, and PS… if you do go see Logan in theater… yes, it’s a Marvel movie, but NO… don’t wait till the end of the credits… Logan was far too serious to put a sneak peak at the end of the credits… in fact, the sneak peak is at the beginning of Logan… so when the movie ends, go ahead and leave the theatre, you won’t miss anything!
Good. I think the post credits crap is annoying.