This isn't a PG movie about superhero's and villains. This is a movie about trauma, about pain and suffering and despair. It's an R rated picture of intergenerational dysfunction, insecure attachment, dementia, addiction and broken families still being families together. It's a peak behind the scenes of what some of our real world war veterans live through and how society treats them. Its our sporting hero's after their 15 minutes of fame. It's uncomfortable and deflating to watch, and it should be.
The storyline plays out while a constant internal battle occurs for Logan. This is evident in Logan's self loathing, the fact that Logan's body is killing itself and the fact that there is an actual second Logan trying to kill everyone. He really is his own worst enemy. These metaphors and more are riddled throughout the movie.
The strength of well developed characters, with real emotions and strong bonds that we can all identify with helps offset some of the pain but also brings it closer to what we can empathise with. The characters are set out with the grandfather figure, the uncle or brother who has a strained relationship with Logan, a new generation in Logan's daughter and Logan himself. The inference of this family unit resonates with the viewer and it's these relationships that we are hoping and cheering for, not the battles with giant robots or aliens like in most super hero movies.
It has huge success of really showing the despair, desperation and helplessness that stem from complex trauma. The impossibility of the struggle and complexities of stigma, financial hardship and broken health care systems reflect today's society really well even though the movie is set in a backdrop of the future.
I don't know who they worked with to get this clinical insight but they really have succeeded in making a masterpiece that 90% of viewers will never appreciate for what it really is.
It's not much of a popcorn popper but get a box of tissues, dim the lights and embrace the pain of one of the best education sessions about trauma and attachment on the market. It just happens to be hidden inside a comic book.
The storyline plays out while a constant internal battle occurs for Logan. This is evident in Logan's self loathing, the fact that Logan's body is killing itself and the fact that there is an actual second Logan trying to kill everyone. He really is his own worst enemy. These metaphors and more are riddled throughout the movie.
The strength of well developed characters, with real emotions and strong bonds that we can all identify with helps offset some of the pain but also brings it closer to what we can empathise with. The characters are set out with the grandfather figure, the uncle or brother who has a strained relationship with Logan, a new generation in Logan's daughter and Logan himself. The inference of this family unit resonates with the viewer and it's these relationships that we are hoping and cheering for, not the battles with giant robots or aliens like in most super hero movies.
It has huge success of really showing the despair, desperation and helplessness that stem from complex trauma. The impossibility of the struggle and complexities of stigma, financial hardship and broken health care systems reflect today's society really well even though the movie is set in a backdrop of the future.
I don't know who they worked with to get this clinical insight but they really have succeeded in making a masterpiece that 90% of viewers will never appreciate for what it really is.
It's not much of a popcorn popper but get a box of tissues, dim the lights and embrace the pain of one of the best education sessions about trauma and attachment on the market. It just happens to be hidden inside a comic book.