As the third work in the Wolverine series, the Chinese translation of the film is Wolverine: A Desperate Battle, but the English name has only one word: Logan. Together with the name Wolverine of Zeng Weizhen Siyu, hidden in the frost and dust on the temples, not only is Logan's ability to be immortal, but also his unyielding and hope. Wolverine fell from the halo of the God of War into the earthly mud, struggling to guard the last remaining light around him. This is not a superhero story, just the last episode in the life of a man named Logan.
This film is based on the original comic Wolverine: Old Man Logan (Chinese translation: "Twilight Wolf Looking for Home"). The comic setting is quite different from the movie. The background of the story is the wasteland world of the villain warlord after the superhero loses power. Root and Hawkeye team up, and they always encounter a series of adventure stories on their journey across the United States. A lot of simplifications and adjustments were made in the number of appearances and plot arrangements of the film, and the ending was more tragic, but the spiritual core was basically maintained. It can be said that this film can be counted as a road film with a unique setting, mixed with the western characteristics of the retro style. The relationship between the characters changes from opposition to reconciliation during the journey, and the protagonist finally realizes the awakening.
The setting of the world is also worthy of fun. From the perspective of the movie, we can see that this future world is not a wasteland, but it is also very gloomy. It is not only a tomb of mutants, but also unfriendly to ordinary people. Corporate giants bully neighbors and private armed forces are rampant. However, when they saw the high walls on the US-Mexico border and the Mutant Youth League fleeing to Canada, many people would have smiled, thinking of a trusting leader with an elegant hairstyle.
As the finale of the series, the bigger selling point of this film is Hugh Jackman's farewell performance as Wolverine. Taking into account the requirements for the familiarity of the characters, the film can be classified as a half fan. Of course, only if you are familiar with the previous works can you feel this tragic ending more deeply.
The screenwriter of the film is obviously familiar with the torture of the heart. The most embarrassing thing about the so-called "heroes twilight" is not directly related to age, but that the glory and aspirations of the past are chopped into powder by the blade of destiny, mixed with the mud called compromise and barely sticking to human form, and cannot be avoided. Avoid it, only to stay away from it. Wolverine, who has saved the world and even the parallel world countless times, has turned his head down to face the worldly cold eyes from a full-time Berserker into a special car driver, only to earn a little hard money to subsidize Professor X's medical expenses, and save the two in secret; The decline in self-healing superpowers brought about long-lost aging, and even reduced him to the point where he was bullied by a few street gangsters.
Compared to Uncle Wolf, Professor X's evening scene is even more unbearable. The founder of the X-Men, the spiritual leader of mutants, eventually buried everything he created and cherished because of an unexpected illness. In fleeing and hiding, he could only choose to rely on drugs in order to suppress the deterioration of symptoms. It was once the most outstanding reason in this world. Logan burned blazingly at least at the last moment in order to protect important people; but the professor's exit only left a long-lasting depression in his chest: the last confession and confession of life were not conveyed to his companions, and heard The person who said this was the killing machine that sent him to a dead end-a copy of Logan's face. Of course, the screenwriter has not forgotten to recover the flag and make up the knife by the way. Professor X's last words-the ship of freedom that can never set sail-the Chaser Sunk, sank into the deep sea with the viewer's mood.
For fans of the X-Men series, the process of watching this film will inevitably be accompanied by sadness and depression. In the tragic interpretation, the image of the characters is undoubtedly fuller. It is undeniable that in this movie, Hugh Jackman dedicated a perfect curtain call for the role of Wolverine. In the construction of many previous movies, the image of Hugh Jackman has been integrated with Wolverine. The film's sword goes slanting and deep into the emotional line, leaving enough space for character construction. From forbearance to grief and anger to desperate fight, the changes and persistence in the character's heart are making Wolverine Logan more real and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Because we cherish, we guard, and we are alienated because of harm. The dismantled pickup truck, watching the gazes of the children by the bonfire from a distance, and waving the steel claws of the wicked, will convince us that this is Wolverine and this is Logan.
Bringing a touch of warmth to the movie comes from the girl Laura, a variant of X-23 transforming weapons. The image set in the original comics is a few years older than in the movie. First, Logan and Laura are biologically fathers and daughters. Second, the dramatic effect of the uncle and Loli is more obvious: the protector and the protected (of course Laura can also play well), the vicissitudes of life and the innocence Evil, secular vs ideal. This kind of combination can attract people's attention, and there is a complete set of paths to follow. If you don't believe it, just look at the overwhelming screens of Dafne Keen kids.
Under the aura of the old drama bones and the little beauties of the protagonist group, the villain looks bleak. Taking into account the need to highlight the protagonist, the villain is quite face-to-face in the setting, that is, the so-called bad vulgarity, the mad scientist and a paranoid little boss, don't want to remember their names, and don't bother to care about the motives of the bad guys. Uncle Wolf’s copy of X-24 is simply thoughtless and unhappy. In addition to matching combat power, the only interesting point may be the metaphor of Uncle Wolf’s mirror image—the dark side occupied by anger and desire to kill.
It is interesting to say that the level of bloody violence in this film is so high that the unnamed mercenary cannon fodder, as the main plasma contributor, even feels a little sympathetic at the end. It is estimated that in order to avoid a new high in the classification rating of the film, the children have the blessing of the aura of immortality. In the face of the little superpowers who kill people without blinking, the soldiers with real guns and ammunition would rather sacrifice themselves than tremble and dare not shoot. Even if the close comrades who live and die together and said that they invited themselves to the wedding and served as the best man after this mission are turned into a bloody mist in front of their eyes, all the soldiers can do is to knock down the child and capture him alive, and absolutely cannot Fainted or tied too tightly, after all, there is still a scene behind them.
Behind the wailing and tears of fans, the film has gained wide acclaim. I have to sigh, it is the same to sell feelings, this is the correct posture. At the moment when Marvel Carnival and DC Dark Wind are gradually consuming the audience’s aesthetic tolerance, the film that uses characterization and literary play to prop up the beam is undoubtedly a clear stream of superhero-themed movies, and the crafting of scripts and performances reduces the cost of special effects. But it does not compromise the look and feel. On the other hand, the relaxation of the scale and the depth of the dive have also provided more space for expression. The director and screenwriter of the film had previously led Wolverine 2 with a variety of tricks but poor reviews, and it should have also learned a lot of experience. Putting aside clichés, expressing the character's characteristics to the extreme may be a direction for the heroes to break free from the shackles. Uncle Wolf has turned into a monument, and the superheroes in the future can still go out of their own way.
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