LOGAN | First Time Watching | Movie Review & Commentary

[@shanecampbell7423]

Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman were sitting beside each other at the premiere, and Stewart said he noticed Hugh wipe away a tear, so he stopped fighting and allowed himself to do the same. Two legends appreciating the incredible send-off they gave their iconic characters.

[@reactswithjax]

That's so sweet!

[@steved1135]

Yup. I loved that reference. Until that point, no one had killed more mutants than Wanda. And then Xavier became the greatest killer. So sad it was beautiful. Like this film.

[@chappy48]

But Hugh Jackman is reprising the role again lol. So I guess it wasn't actually the send-off he thought it was.

[@mmxxiii9503]

Wow that's so moving

[@WrestlingGod-f4v]

@@reactswithjax it really is

[@NPA1001]

Dafne Keen the amazing young actress who played Laura is the daughter of British Actor Will Keen and Spanish actress María Fernández Ache. Maria was Dafne’s chaperone on set, and in the scene where Laura and Logan have the fierce argument in the car the director encouraged both performers to ad lib. After the scene was filmed Hugh Jackman, who has a daughter of about the same age, felt a bit uncomfortable about shouting and swearing so much at a child so went up to Dafne’s mom to make sure Dafne was okay.. “Don’t worry” said Maria, “she called you a c**t three times in Spanish in that last scene”. 🤣🤣

[@reactswithjax]

Hahaha! That's awesome!

[@chrisd4228]

Dafne impressed in this movie for sure.

[@Shoomer1988]

@@chrisd4228 She was also great in the BBC/HBO adaption of 'His Dark Materials'

[@therandytomato5679]

@@Shoomer1988 Her dad was too. Really made something interesting out of a character I didn't really think that much of in the books. Fun knowing their relationship and watching them play oppositional roles, too.

[@nickosmond]

If Marvel doesn’t get her back to play the character, then that is going to be one of the biggest mistakes they made recently kind of like endgame not being the end of anything which means it loses all significance/ importance

[@joshuacampbell7493]

When Logan said "So this is what it feels like" That was very heartbreaking 💔.

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

Mine was when Laura said, then I'll be fine

[@batknightchannel8169]

Mine was when Laura called him Daddy the first time there. I know Dafne keen said no but I really looking forward for this father- Daughter duo again either in DP & wolverine /future MCU mutant movie

[@piccolomair]

I love that line "so this is what it feels like" because it applies to so many things for Logan. Death. Peace. Parental love. To be loved. To be called dad. To be a hero. It's such a great line.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

​@@piccolomairYep. Remember how old he is by now, and his life has been filled with nothing but violence, death, and loss.

[@grimmwerks]

@@batknightchannel8169you know they don’t always tell the truth about if they’re in a movie; look at Andrew Garfield before the last Spidey

[@Bar-Lord]

What makes this hit home for me is the parent/child metaphor between Xavier and Logan. Charles took him in and gave him and home/purpose. Logan now has to return the favor, as we all do, do what is a father figure. It’s a burden, but one we feel we want to repay. It’s not an obligation, but a matter of honor.

[@lapelcelery42]

It dovetails nicely with the theme of Logan's blaming himself for putting the people close to him in danger simply by his presence, and his history of viewing himself as a monster. As he says "Bad shit happens to people I care about". He seems to have adopted more responsibility for those people as a form of penance. It's no coincidence that the big threat of the film is his younger self.

[@yourlifeisagreatstory]

It’s sad that the movies didn’t do their relationship justice. I get they were about making blockbusters rather than great movies, but they could’ve did a better job with the character relationships. It’s really true the X-Men movies walked so the MCU could run.

[@tahirahshabazz50]

Full circle.

[@curtism-w6b]

Hooah.

[@eddiegonzalez5070]

Just clicked on your video. You have a voice of an Angel!❤❤

[@100Companions]

That "so this is what it feels like" is so good because it could be so many different deliveries. Death, fatherhood, parental love, the list keeps going

[@hulkslayer626]

Yeah, I always interpreted it as having a child that you love and care about. He's died plenty of times before. He just always came back.

[@100Companions]

@@hulkslayer626 i think the open ended nature of it lets each person pick the meaning that is the most important to the individual and thats where you transcend story and create art if thats not too pretentious for a comic book flick. But thats why the occasional comic book flick is SO good.

[@misty3195]

I think it was more of a call back to the movie the Wolverine where Yukio makes a prophecy that Logan will die with his heart in his hand but it won't be beating.

[@shanepye7078]

The Westchester incident in the movie - It’s implied that Charles had a seizure that killed the xmen and probably civilians within a radius of the mansion. In the comic “Old Man Logan” - Mysterio used an illusion on wolverine and convinced him villains invaded the mansion and were killing the xmen, but the villains WERE the xmen and Logan killed all of them.

[@reactswithjax]

Wow! That's so sad that Logan was tricked my Mysterio!

[@zebrion5793]

@@reactswithjax This is likely what caused the Wolverine from the new Deadpool movie to have "failed his universe." There are several scenes from that comic that are recreated in the trailer shots. My guess is that they will have Cassandra Nova be the cause instead of Mysterio.

[@Linerunner99]

@@zebrion5793 They have stated the Wolverine that will be in DP3 is not this "Logan".

[@nasbofficial7796]

@@Linerunner99 Zebrion5793 was saying the logan in Deadpool and wolverine story might be similar to the comic where he was the one who killed the x-men but instead of Mysterio its Cassandra Nova who made him do it. i didn't get dp3 logan is the same as this logan from the comment

[@mikhar]

@@nasbofficial7796reading comprehension is dead.

[@quixote6942]

"He can control Animals, too?".... Time to get Lambey a Miniature Magneto Helmet!

[@glennwelsh9784]

The company that made Laura and her friends is called Transigen Alkali. You may recall from X2 that the location where Logan got the metal grafted to his skeleton was called *Alkali* Lake. That's how he knew as soon as he saw the business card that his past was once again coming back to haunt him.

[@reactswithjax]

Ooh! I missed that connection!

[@zamhobby9662]

@@reactswithjax Oh yeah, and the corn syrup was killing the mutant gene in everybody including Logan, that is why no mutants were born and Logan is getting weak. His healing power is getting weak to keep him safe from Adamantium poison inside his body. While he's young and strong, the healing still can heal him from that.

[@ghostspider2056]

@@reactswithjaxThis Logan and continuity may be different from the ones at the end of Future Past. The film still makes references to the original continuity like the Statue of Liberty and the Japanese sword from The Wolverine. There are also deleted scenes that mentioned Logan killing Jean Grey and his brother Sabertooth aka Victor Creed. So it’s like an alternate timeline where rather than Sentinels to kill all Mutants, it’s a virus instead, as a more peaceful genocide.

[@PlaguedOne]

I'm a guy in my 40s with no kids and no plans to ever have any, but that delivery of "daddy" hits me with the tears every time.

[@reactswithjax]

That line broke me!

[@pplla7821]

I’m in my 40s too, father of two daughters like Lara’s age in the movie, I can’t watch that “daddy” part, every time I fast forward or looks away (and excuse my self away.) Really! I literally can not watch that part. Too much emotion 😢

[@SFOlson]

It’s nice to come across one of us unicorns every now and then, another guy like me, in his 40s with no kids and no plans on having any. But I’m with you on what you were saying, but I think that the whole ending in general tore me up.

[@ChrisMcCarroll]

mid forties no kids here too. i cry my eyes out every time at that point.

[@yesdavenport]

Mid forties want kids… but my ex couldn’t and I would rather love a woman than love myself… but can you imagine the pain?

[@havok6280]

The movie Charles and Laura watch is Shane. Laura quotes it at the end when she buries Logan.

[@danieldickson8591]

One of the all-time classic Western movies.

[@JaRyCu]

I saw this in theatres and had such an emotional reaction to it that I've never watched it again. My father, who looked nothing like Patrick Stewart, passed 2 years before this from the side effects of fighting cancer for 15 years, In the scene where Charles dies, he looked exactly like my father did on his death bed, Skinny, frail, face sunken in, a ghost of who he was in his prime. It took me days to get over it back then. This is by far the best comic book movie ever made, and even one of the best movies of any genre ever made.

[@reactswithjax]

I'm so sorry your father passed from cancer. Sending you love! ❤

[@WrestlingGod-f4v]

@@reactswithjax yeah man that sucks. Hope you’re doing all right and that’s very nice for you to say that

[@BuckyBarnes-k6i]

No, Zander Rice is not Colonel Stryker's son. His father, Dale Rice, was one of the scientists involved in the Weapon X project. He can be glimpsed in X-Men Apocalypse.

[@reactswithjax]

Oh, okay! Thank you!

[@nullunit]

@@reactswithjax I think the Elder Rice was the main antagonist in the mini-series Weapon X from the 90s and that was his origin. it was a big milestone in Wolverine's Origin story where we got a big chunk of info about how he got the adamantium skeleton. The art was done by a comics legend named Barry Windsor-Smith who is legendary comics artist. Back before they gave Logan a deeper origin his background was a real playground for creative teams to make cool stories and I think that is a big contributing factor to why he became so popular as a character.

[@thevulcan2949]

Few things in this movie that might seem confusing on a first viewing: 1 - Its implied that Charles had a seizure that killed the majority of the X-Men, likely all of them. 2 - The government basically drugged all the food and water in America to be poisonous to Mutants, slowly killing them and nulling their powers. 3 - Logan's healing factor has been stopping the Adamantium in his body from poisoning him, but because of the drugged food and water, his powers can't stop the Adamantium poisoning. That's what's slowly killing him throughout the movie. 4 - Canada hasn't been effected by the drugged foods and water, which means that Logan could've potentially gotten better and began to heal properly if he had access to uncontaminated food. 5 - Fun fact, the actor for Victor Creed, Logan's brother, was supposed to make an appearance during the casino scene but it was apparently scrapped due to scheduling conflicts with another project.

[@Nimzzeee]

12:47 octogenarian - person in their 80s. Nonagenarian - person in their 90s.

[@Gio151]

Damn I thought he was some kind of scientist

[@JRSiebz]

@@Gio151 a gerontologist maybe ;)

[@thomasarcanine]

and Logan is at least a centenarian...

[@NativeNewMexican]

@@thomasarcanine Anything 110 or more is supposedly called a supercentenarian, which seems wrong to me. We have dictogon for a 200 sided thing, so he'd probably be a dictagonian since he's 200+

[@davisgreen2099]

​He is over 200 years old!! He fought in the American Civil War 1863!

[@davekisman2763]

Fun fact: 41:22 Laura's skeleton isn't implanted with adamantium, only her claws.

[@wittgen80]

It was one of the best cinema experience in my life. During the film, nobody saying a word, crunching, tapping phone, just enjoying the movie. At the end, nobody moves, nobody left the room for minutes, lot of perople crying include me. And the people left the cinema, silently. It was a rare experience.

[@AidantheLegend]

Every actor in this movie really gave it their all. It's so tragic how the timeline turned out-- Wolverine prevented a future where Sentinels and the worst of humanity destroyed everything he knew, only to create a new timeline where nearly all mutants are dead and he continued to suffer while trying to take care of a deteriorating Xavier

[@patrickoconnor5494]

Really though? who's to say that's the same timeline or universe? It's all over the place

[@chrisd4228]

@@patrickoconnor5494 These timelines are so confusing.

[@MsKeylas]

@@chrisd4228 I see what you did there xdd

[@bhseigel]

this is not only one of the greatest X-Men films. It's one of the greatest films of the 2000s

[@chand911]

thats certainly an opinion

[@stephenmiller2544]

the bad guys have missing limbs because they were the guards of Laura. And in the comics the Reavers have like robot legs and stuff voluntarily.

[@thatguy.namedmitch]

8:41 “What if she’s like a complete replica of Logan?” That’s a heck of a guess!

[@The-Real-aPOC]

Jax: _"Patrick Stewart is in this... YES"_ Me: _"Should I tell her?"_

[@reactswithjax]

This was so sad!! 😭

[@MrWatchtower]

a lot of people that grew up with Hugh Jackman as Logan were teary eyed because he played him for 20 yrs at this point I think and it was the end of Wolverine's story so to speak. Far as I know Marvel is leaving this movie alone and not letting anything change its direction due to high respect for Jackman. Reynolds even said so in one of the trailers for Deadpool/Wolverine.

[@Andy-Bodhi]

17 years

[@rickyrengifo9723]

I love that this movie pay homage to the Old Man Logan story with it’s graphic fighting and nature, it doesn’t hold back and is very much what a Wolverine ending would feel like, dark and harsh, yet a bit of heart

[@michaelanderson5301]

You have to see Dafne's audition. Hugh and Patrick were blown away!

[@WWF7]

"it never occurred to me that, because Logan has pretty incredible healing abilities, that his dying would be incredibly slow." I've watched this movie a couple dozen times and I never really picked up on that until now. This is why I love your watch alongs, you bring such a fresh perspective to my favorite films

[@reactswithjax]

Thank you so much!! ❤

[@AnimalAlmighty]

indeed. that was new to me also.

[@chand911]

He died no slower than someone with cancer. what are you talking about?

[@mmxxiii9503]

That is a good point, never thought about it

[@ReconWafflez]

@@chand911 Explain how this changes anything they said

[@terrylindsay1984]

In the X-Men origins movie, it was stated that logan was born in 1832 and this movie takes place in 2029, so logan is almost 200 yrs old. The mix of the additives and adamantium poisoning in this movie, along with his age, has severely decreased his regenerative abilities.

[@jonathanryan9946]

In this film, yes her foot claws are a result of her gender. In the comics, Laura is made from a damaged dna sample. This lead to 22 failed attempts to make a clone of wolverine. This is why she was called X-23. Laura is older in the comics, early 20s currently, though we've seen her older (future) and younger (flashbacks) Also later Laura gets cloned too, Gabby is about the same age as Laura here but a million times cuter and more silly. She's super sweet, even has a pet wolverine she named Jonathan and gave it a mask to hide it's identity. Gabby though has only 1 claw in each hand and none in her feet. Gabby also can't feel pain at all, which is why she's so sweet unlike the others, but its due to nanotechnology in her blood (wh8ch makes no sense because nerves don't send signals through blood streams but whatever, its a comic book). Point is, in the comics, pure copies are rarely popular. Fans like their "spinoff" or "legacy" characters to look and act different. Like Logan has a biological son in the comics called Daken, he's half Japanese though and has a mohawk. While he does have 3 claws in his arm 2 come from his knuckles like wolverine but one comes from his lower wrist so it looks like a talon of a bird. And you saw Lady Deathstrike in X2 with the finger claws, who also is made from Wolverine dna. So they made a cartoon with a girl clone called X-23, who was a darker-skinned Spanish and had only 2 claws in each hand and 1 in each foot. She was super popular, so the comics announced they'd bring her in. Now they made her super white, with striking blue eyes, but made her story a thousand times more tragic (this movie backstory is way more tame than hers in the comics, like she's so messed up psychologically she tries to murder-suicide herself and Logan when they first meet. Anyways they swapped the race because they wanted Laura to be closer to a genetic sister and actually look like Logan's mother to pull on his heart strings. It was so well done in the comics literally no one complained, as they loved how much emotion her character caused Logan. Logan, her, and Gambit had to go on a huge journey to help her recover and capture who made her... she actually assassinated a presidential candidate and Captain America captured her as a kid assassin, Logan and Daredevil had to convince him she was a victim too, they show him evidence there was a chemical scent that was used to induce her into a psychosis state and the people how sent her after the candidate just gassed the entire room he was in Laura killed everyone in that room, including kids). Yeah, beyond terrible... but it made fans really feel for her and even though Daken. Anyways, if you love the character of Laura I highly suggest you track down her X-23 comic series, its incredible. You'll see why shes a fan favorite. Laura might be genetically his sister in the comics but she was raised 100% as his daughter and that's their relationship in the comics, unlike Daken who for the longest time wanted to kill Wolverine and basically the bad (sometime evil) boy estranged son. Laura even took the name Wolverine when he died to honor him for a bit, though wanting to escape being called X-23, her lab number, and once Wolverine returned for his 5th or 6th permanent death, she took the name Talon. Gabby when by Honeybadger for a bit but then swapped to the name Scout (i vastly perfer Honeybadger though). Now Gabby is being raised by a very much emotionally healed Laura and they got a huge big and little sister vibe. Logan was dead in the comics at the time (every comic character dies for a few years in the real world to drive up sales when they return from the dead, fans call it taking a dirt nap). Since then Logan has returned since then and he Laura and Gabby all went on a family vacation when her returned.

[@defiante1]

You got it exactly right, The Wolverine, with the woman who could see people's deaths. She said she saw him on his back, blood everywhere, holding his own heart in his hand. He died on his back, covered in blood, holding his daughters hand. It was confirmed by the director.

[@brandonparisien2381]

Then why would she be worried about him performing self surgery? The director knew what the fans were saying and went with it. The director is also not the writer.

[@lapelcelery42]

@@brandonparisien2381 That's also not the whole quote - "You're holding your heart in your hand - it's not beating"

[@IndieFilmmaker82]

@@brandonparisien2381 The director co-wrote the movie and had full creative control.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

​@@brandonparisien2381 facts

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

can people stop saying this? its not true

[@NPA1001]

Not only one of the best super hero movies ever made but one of the best movies ever made of any genre. Superb.

[@chand911]

bots out in full force

[@balabushkabandit2663]

@@chand911it’s genuinely the best super hero movie

[@richardmaurer9174]

@@chand911 This is something I see too often lately. Not every comment that you disagree with is a bot. Some people just have different opinions.

[@jediknight131]

Logan was born in the late 19th Century. By the time of the film Logan, he would be close to, if not over 200 years old.

[@chrisd4228]

There was a very quick shot of documents showing his original name. Nice easter egg in this movie even if it was never spoken aloud in any of the Fox films (not that any of the characters are necessarily aware of it).

[@parzivalsapprentice5665]

​@@chrisd4228Victor called him "Jimmy" in 'X-Men Origins'.

[@Andy-Bodhi]

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[@nvp8191]

The super soldier program and weapon x program are the same program in the comic books and it's only the movie universe is with different studios that separated them. The original program was called weapon plus which they showed in the first incredible Hulk movie. That's where Ross got the super soldier serum to give to a mailbox key that turned him into the that's where Ross got the super soldier serum to give to a mailbox key that turned him into the that's where thunderbolt Ross got the super soldier serum that turned Emil blonsky into the abomination. Weapon Plus was the first weapon of that program which makes Steve Rogers the first participant in the weapon x program. Weapon 3 of the super soldier program is Luke Cage. Which you should check out after season 2 of Daredevil series.

[@irishinnj72]

They wanted to have a cameo with Logan's half brother Sabertooth. But actor Liev Schreiber wasn't available due to scheduling conflicts. They never said who the boy Rictor, was talking to on the radio. But fans have speculated that it may have been a member of Alpha Flight, who are the Canadian equivalent of the X-Men in the comics. Even with the GMO foods suppressing new mutants, the original Alpha Flight members would have still been alive in that time.

[@mikes1487]

yes and they were not all mutants either. but it is clear Canada had something that was powerful enough that Dr Rice would not risk crossing.

[@chrislaustin]

As a kid who first started reading comic books in the mid 80's, the X-Men was my favorite series, and Wolverine was one of my favorite characters. Only a handful of super hero movies have captured what comics books were in any meaningful way, and Logan is one of those finest efforts. First off, Wolverine was always an mature themed character, so having this movie be rated "R" was finally doing this character justice, and it did not go to waste. A movie like this was only possible because you had time over past movies to really know the characters and allow them to become family. This movie perfectly shows that most heroes rarely if ever have a happy ending, and it was all the better for showing that, and not holding anything back, this was a masterpiece.

[@mattmurdoch6720]

Music by Marco Beltrami is one of the best parts of the film. It gives eerie and also soothing feels to the movie. Watched this movie twice on opening day with a packed crowd and i hold down my tears when i watched this theatres and now whenever i rewatch this movie i breakdown into tears everytime. Still can't believe this movie lost oscar for best adapted screenplay.

[@meadmaker4525]

This movie hits really, really hard, in a number of different ways. I think that's why everyone loved it so much. That and the acting and writing in this was magnificent. As soon as Laura said, "Daddy," everyone in the theater broke. They definitely could've come back with a sequel about the kids, but I don't think that's ever been on the cards.

[@TukaihaHithlec]

Logan to Laura: “Stay here. Don’t move.” Jax: “Why didn’t she go with him?”

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

Eh... I think it's still a fair question. I wouldn't expect her to follow the advice of a stranger especially when she knows she's being hunted down. But also cereal is awesome so I'd stay and eat too.

[@anthonydean1743]

For X23 Logan's daughter they had a limited supply of Adamantium so they only coated her claws so she is being less poisoned by it. As for the Wolverine clone he has a thinner layer of Adamantium on his skeleton.

[@laurainathunderstorm]

I just assumed that they didn't want to keep her small forever, if they coated her whole skeleton she wouldn't be able to grow.

[@AidantheLegend]

"he's so professional, he went and got those printed" i love that haha

[@VforVictory00]

50:30 he isn't Striker's son. He's the son of one of the scientists that created the Weapon X process. Striker was just running the the program.

[@ESG151]

A nonagenarian is a person in their 90s as Octogenarian is one in their 80s. As for the adamantium in Laura, it's highly possible that this will also be her fate, but she only bears it on her claws, so it's possible she could live well past Logan's age before it becomes an issue. Also I'm not sure about this but I don't think Rice meant he was Stryker's son? I think maybe Logan is literally referring to the scientist who implanted the metal in his body, so far as I know a nameless scientist. I could be wrong but that was my takeaway

[@maxvickrey4357]

I mean the timelines are abit confusing but it appears in the movies Logan lives for at least a few decades before the poison starts to effect him so based off all that I'd say Laura probably wont live to be like 200 years old like Logan maybe if its only on her claws it wont kill her as fast but either way my guess would be she be lucky to live past 50

[@malcolmhowell3351]

In Laura's comic origin story it's made clear that Dr Rice's father, also a Dr Rice, was one of the scientists on the Weapon X project and that Logan killed him while escaping. In fact Dr Rice Jr treats Laura particularly badly because he holds this as a grudge against her, that her (clone) father killed his father.

[@thebkg]

​@@maxvickrey4357her healing ability is fully intact in this movie. Either they engineered them immune to the chemical suppressant Dr Rice introduced into the food supply, or they fed them uncontaminated food. As long as her mutant gene continues she will be immune to that adamantium poisoning.

[@CaesiusX]

Possibly one of my favorite details is that *Logan* initially survived the adamantium grafting because of his healing ability. But his healing ability didn't just allow him to survive the procedure. It kept him alive while he had this mass of foreign metallic substance grafted over his bones. Technically it is nothing new. It has likely been poisoning him ever since the procedure. Imagine what that would do to a normal human body. Likely affecting the blood first and foremost. And now, after _all these years,_ the adamantium metal in his body is still poisoning him. The length of time he's had it in his system may also be a major factor. But, as *Calaban* mentions somewhat, his healing ability can barely fight it, _if at all._ *Also…* I absolutely agree with you about *Logan's* bone claws. I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but it was a retcon done sometime in the 90s, I believe. I had stopped regularly reading *X-Men* in the late 80's. Originally his bones were grafted with adamantium and _the claws were added separately.¹_ They were not covering natural bone. Be well! 🙋🏼‍♂️ ··•●✺●•·· ¹ ─ One reason why I liked the added line in *X2* by Stryker, _"People don't change, Wolverine. You were an animal then. You're an animal now. I just gave you claws."_ Some people wonder if Bryan Singer and the other writers added that line because they too disliked the retcon of bone claws. Who knows? Perhaps they just thought it sounded like a good line (which it is IMO). ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ *EDIT:* I'm uncertain as to what more you expected to see. They completely defeated their pursuers, buried *Logan* and then continued their hike to cross the border. Btw, you also asked why the baddies had to get to the kids before the border - they'd likley have no authority there. They certainly seemed as though they had no permission _into_ the country like the children had. . . Plus, they are a heavily armed paramilitary group (chasing kids). It is unlikely they'd get permission even once they rollled up on the border.

[@Thorneblade]

34:36 Jacqueline making the Aquila sign "Hail to the God Emperor of Humanity !" ^^

[@danieldickson8591]

The "medicine" wore out of Logan so quickly, because he was literally shot a hundred times, and his body was working overtime trying to heal the damage.

[@dracomaster4]

So I know many here may disagree with me, but I don't know if Adamantium is the entire culprit. Science wise, if Adamantium is indestructible, then it can't poison you because no atoms of the metal are going to invade your body, but that aside. The scientist said they tainted food and drink with an anti-mutant serum, so that probably slowed Wolverines healing ability, which would make the adamantium poisoning a secondary cause. If Wolverine went like, crazy organic farmer, he'd probably live forever, but in this case, he's always had his vices, which only helped to kill him.

[@sithlordkaeyl21]

The guys with the mechanical parts are the Reavers. In the comics, they are humans who have the mechanical parts added to become more “powerful”, and they usually worked with Lady Deathstrike, who was sort of portrayed in the second X-Men movie and she fights Wolverine in the lab where he kills her by filling her with adamantium.

[@CYB3R2K]

That's the calmest crying I've ever seen lol

[@Nolinquisitor]

36:48 "Now they are just driving through corn syrup." Might be the funniest and cute (while being shocked) line of all times. LOL :)

[@williambryan3346]

@30:06 “Villain mode has been activated in me.” 🤣 Most definitely!

[@billbill6094]

Wolverine as we deserved to see him. Rated R with a proper Berserker Mode moment, which is an ability of his we didn't see on screen too often. Finally saw X-23, which he does consider his daughter. Keep in mind this movie is based off Old Man Logan, which is _not_ the main universe. It's an au with most of the characters of Marvel either dead or old, like old Daredevil and Hawkeye, etc. In the main continuity, adamantium _is_ poisoning him, but only to the point that his healing is not as fast as it was before the adamantium, and we didn't know that wasn't a natural part of his physiology until a few decades after his introduction in The Incredible Hulk #180 in 1973. So what you see in the first few movies is what his "slower" healing looks like, and even then he's only like 3rd or 4th fastest healing. It's why Deadpool in spite of getting his powers from Wolverine is a faster healer. It's funny you mention Hulk because there is a lot of similarities and connections between the two. Of course Wolverine again was introduced in a Hulk comic, but their anger with hulking out vs Berserker Mode and their healing factors are also often parralleled. Some of the most iconic hero on hero fights were between those two, and what's widely considered the most iconic cover art in the history of comic books was Hulk's reflection in Wolverine's claws. Watch Deadpool 2 directly next, it's proper order but also with recent movies coming out you may be spoiled incidentally by comments.

[@vkdeen7570]

"is it stealing if he's dead?" god damn jax has no chill 😂

[@reactswithjax]

Hahaha!

[@vkdeen7570]

@@reactswithjax didn't even check if the body was cold 🤣

[@PaulGuy]

Maybe it's more like salvage?

[@PaulGuy]

Maybe it's more like salvage?

[@WrestlingGod-f4v]

@@PaulGuy hell who knows probably

[@Delboy0]

There is a reason this was a superhero movie that was nominated for an Oscar. By the way the movie on the TV they were watching was Shane and the director of this movie said this was the inspiration for Logan because it is about a washed up cowboy who does one last heroic deed to save the town, saves the town but dies in the end.

[@afrancis1582]

“What if she’s a complete replica of Logan?” !!!

[@joshv9139]

Holding his heart in his hands... Omg mind blown 🤯. The thing is I waited years between each movie. I guess it's harder to catch things like that when it's back to back. I never even thought of that.

[@cfwalte]

The western they watched in the hotel that Laura quotes at Logan's burial is "Shane". At the end of the movie "Shane", Shane rides away having been shot and is seen to slump over in the saddle, but it's purposely not made clear if he dies. Logan's death may not be certain.

[@victorluke5816]

They are both dead.

[@ThePorpoisepower]

It's also the movie in the movie that Jax was wondering about.

[@victorluke5816]

@@ThePorpoisepower Wait? What movie was Shane watching?

[@IndieFilmmaker82]

This movie is in it's own timeline. It references a few things that sound similar to both of the timelines we have seen prior, but also has references that make it have to be in it's own timeline--like the professor saying Logan was hooked on barbiturates when Charles found him. The director/co-writer has also made statements that go along with this.

[@jawbone78]

The best way to enjoy X-Men movies is to assume there is no continuity between them, with the exception of the first two. After that, if you focus on consistency or continuity or where/when they exist on some timeline you're just going to have a bad time.

[@john99218]

Exactly - As Logan said about the comic. "You know their all bullshit don't you? Maybe a quarter of it happend - but not like this."

[@corryjamieson3909]

Deadpool 2 talks about as well. "These timelines are so confusing".

[@callmechristian3900]

A compliment: you are now my goto for movie reactions. I appreciate your positivity and fun you have reacting. When I get on here I just want to relax and enjoy as an escape from the repetition and drudgery of my day. You are always positive and laughing. I also appreciate that you keep the language "clean" keep up the good work.

[@Tushar_995]

Do you remember in The Wolverine movie Yukio said that Logan will die having blood everywhere and holding his heart in his hand ? and he died the same way having his daughters hand in his hand

[@hulkslayer626]

I think the "So this is what it feels like" was in refrence to what Charles was telling him about having a family. Not about dying. He has experienced death many times before. His mutant abilities may allow him to heal, but he still feels everything.

[@tahirahshabazz50]

I’ve always thought the same.

[@XXX_Carnage_XXX]

Logan passed from adamantium poisoning. Since adamantium is one of the world's strongest metals and is extremely heavy, Logan's body is working 24/7/365 to repair damage in his body. Even something as simple as jumping and running will cause tears in his muscles which his body repairs on a daily basis. So his healing factor just gave in causing his aging to speed up and health to decline In one of the comics Magneto extracts the adamantium from his body ( keeping his bone claws ) which causes his healing to accelerate, increase his speed, enhances his senses and becomes more feral.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

This is everyone's favorite Wolverine movie.

[@NJAsmodeus1]

So far

[@earledmondsjr789]

💯🔥

[@famebrightstudio451]

Nope

[@rolynblakout]

When Logan comes into the hotel room, that's a quick movie clip of Jack Palance in the classic movie "Shane" with Alan Ladd as Shane. There is a lesson in Shane that is echoed in the movie Logan that you can do what is right, but you cannot escape who you are. Shane is a movie definitely worth watching.

[@miorandmior]

Before he became caliban he was P.I Staker. Owned a Swan. 😁

[@antonm_]

And Wheatley 😅

[@NPA1001]

Jo Jo Rabbit got the better of him too.

[@GNSLegendTheYokaiWatchMaster]

I first watched Logan on My first day of being A senior in High school. Then this video is uploaded today on my graduation day. Funny how that stuff happens. (this is A 9.9/10 movie for me)

[@EmoryGreen-q6s]

Actually, this timeline is the future that they changed in days of future past

[@infinitelybi2064]

55:11 YES! That has been an actual theory/HeadCanon among fans, back in the Tumblr days, about Logans death here 😢 ive seen that post about a hundred times that im VERY surprised you remembered that vision he was told ❤ It really does bring Wolverines' life full circle

[@fredgrimley8883]

When the credits rolled, everyone sat there in stunned silence for over a minute. Nobody moved. We all just sat there. Closest I've ever come to crying at a character's death. We will never forget the great character of James "Logan/Wolverine" Howlett. I liked that they honored him and his real name in the scene where you can see his limo license.

[@isaiahdavis3838]

Logan saying so this is what it feels like and Laura calling him Daddy hits me in the feels every time thank you for this video I love your channel ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SIRMAHMOUD-tx3sv]

The best hour in Friday 😂❤

[@reactswithjax]

Thank you!!! I'm so glad you like my videos!! ❤🎉

[@WrestlingGod-f4v]

@@reactswithjax you are awesome

[@SGTMARSHALL1]

The scene played @ 22:25 was from the movie 🍿 SHANE ( 1953 ) with Alan Ladd and Jack Palance. Jack Palance ( a notorious gun for hire shot Stonewall Jackson in a provoked duel which was commonly considered a fair gun fight. The movie is used as a baseline in many other movies and the ending is highly debated

[@VforVictory00]

This movie took inspiration from a comic called "Old Man Logan" in which it's a post-apocalyptic wasteland where most heroes are old or dead and Wolverine is a pacifist because we learn that he gave up fighting because in the past he was tricked by the Super villain Mysterio into believing everyone in the X-Men mansion was super villain and Wolverine killed all of them.

[@JakkFrost1]

Yeah, it took a few elements from OML, but Deadpool and Wolverine clearly takes more elements from the same story.

[@blazcraz6992]

Supplementary fun fact is when mutants have children naturally, the child has a chance to become stronger than their parents combined. The Grey-Summer line is infamous for creating crazy strong mutants seemingly for no reason. They're all monstrous apocalyptic level strength. They're usually only held back by their imagination or outside circumstances like a debilitating disease. Logan's other kid in the comics is named Daken. And his evolved mutation is producing pheromones that makes people very suggestible... And an extra claw in his forearm. He has a complex about being seen as the lesser Logan kid to Laura.

[@SPARTAN-0117]

The real reason Logan was in bad shape in this movie is not because he’s getting older, but it’s because of the stuff that Zander said they put into the food supply. A substance that essentially turns mutants human. Logan’s mutant cells were being destroyed by the substance and his healing factor was unable to hold the Adamantium poisoning at bay anymore.

[@tycol322]

Not destroyed as if it had his claw would be gone too but it definitely hindered it. Like a signal blocker.

[@JakkFrost1]

It was a cumulative effect of several factors.

[@thebkg]

It Supressed the Mutant Gene. This is why no more Mutants were being born. The Gene was Supressed in the whole population, preventing pregnancies from developing the mutant gene in the embryo's. Thus ending that human evolution.

[@yogeshkumarallum2540]

Then what about laura and other kids ? Are they gonna be effected too?

[@martywittenberg1427]

The real reason is that the adamantium was starting to poison him. It had nothing to do with food. You could say due to the poisoning the food had a easier way at getting at his healing factor and turning him human since his healing factor was constantly busy trying to keep the poisoning at bay. It can only heal so much.

[@mjsimunovich013]

James Howlett/Logan isn’t Lara’s dad but he’s her genetic donor. They cloned him but the scientist made the clone a girl. Yes mutants children can have the same abilities as their parents; Magneto’s daughter Polaris has similar abilities like her dad, Cable has same ability as his mom Madelyn Prior (she’s a clone of Jean Grey and his dad is Scott Summers), Charles Xavier’s son has same ability as him, Logan’s real son Daken has healing factor similar to Wolverine, and there’s many more.

[@anonymousfreedom4346]

She's quite literally a baby wolverine, since his DNA was used to create her

[@alexjohnson2432]

In the comics, unlike the movie version, Wolverine tries his best to defend X Mansion from “villains” infiltrated, in which it was led by Mysterio. Upon arriving in the mansion, Wolverine, enraged for losing his teammates, attempted to kill them all, with exception of one of the rogue gallery, whom Wolverine catechised in hopes of finding all X Men teammates. Not giving answers from the “villains”, Wolverine promptly and brutally killed him, not before realizing about Mysterio’s expedients. Much to his shock and horror, Wolverine terrifyingly looked into his eyes, seeing all the “villains” that he killed were actually his X Men teammates due to under Mysterio’s influence and him creating an illusions. That’s the reason why Wolverine is the only one of X Men member left. Unlike the comics, in the film version, I really like the fact Charles Xavier had all of sudden, suffered from Alzheimer’s brain, causing his mind to be deteriorated and paralysing all the civilians, including several members of the X Men in the Westchester, thus disbanding The X Men. Wolverine and Caliban are the only ones left to be Charles’s caretakers in the case Charles’s brain had triggering his “seizure abilities” As for the mutants, Alkali Transigen is pharmaceutical company that occurs they genetically created their own mutants in hopes of turning them into their soldiers and to do their malfeasance. Unbeknownst to them and X Men and new mutants, they developed a mutant-supressing drug into various food products to supress the X-Gene in humans with the potential to become mutants, effetively preventing new mutant births from happening. Alkali Transigen in the fact, is one of the conglomeration company called Essex Corporation which you may have seen in the post credits from X Men Apocalypse, is owned and founded by Nathaniel Essex who strongly deep hatred of mutants and even supervillain known as Mr. Sinister (in the comics) It’s too bad that he won’t appear in the Logan film. Jax, don’t worry about them. As for the new mutants from the ending scene, With the death of Zandar Rice and Donald Pierce, the government finally demobolized the organization, shutting down the company and letting all the new mutants to be born in the future which means Wolverine’s death is not in vain.

[@marvelsmagictrio2825]

Did I miss when she watched X-men Apocalypse? Cause she referenced it in the intro and I don't understand..

[@arsamamjadibeygvand4905]

YES. I was so confused about that as well. Jax might have uploaded the wrong video?

[@marvelsmagictrio2825]

@arsamamjadibeygvand4905 I think she might keep it patron exclusive which sucks because I actually really like that movie and was excited for her reaction... 😕

[@reactswithjax]

Oh my goodness! I didn't even realize that I skipped right past Apocalypse! I watched it already but forgot to edit it for KZbin. Oops! I'll get that posted soon!

[@arsamamjadibeygvand4905]

@@reactswithjax No worries, mistakes happen.👍 What is important is your experience with this franchise and the emotional stories of each of the characters, and that luckily has not been damaged.🥳 Sometimes people accidentally skip certain parts and the story loses some of it's emotional components. I'm happy to hear it didn't happened to you and you saw the previous movie before this.👌

[@NPA1001]

@@reactswithjax excellent ! (Don’t worry about Dark Phoenix though)

[@SRS13Rastus]

Daphne was beyond great in Logan, you really should see "His Dark Materials" where she plays the main character of Lyra in the HBO/BBC adaptation of Phillip Pullmans books "The Golden Compass" Season 1, "The Subtle Knife" Season 2 and finally "The Amber Spyglass" Season 3. Also stars James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson, Amir Wilson, Will Keen (Daphne's Father irl), Andrew Scott, James Cosmo, David Suchet and a huge cast. ABSOLUTELY EPIC series...

[@williambryan3346]

*Dafne Keen 😁

[@SRS13Rastus]

@@williambryan3346 DOH...! ty

[@Polymathically]

I've been waiting for you to reach this moment. This is the best X-Men movie; the acting, cinematography, everything is perfect. For me, the most tragic aspect is Charles. I'm a caretaker for some of my elderly/immunocompromised family members. So seeing someone like Charles - the brilliant, optimistic leader - reduced to a bedridden wretch and an unmarked grave felt all too real.

[@rexash777]

idk if it's late or anyone will read this or its already said.. but I think one of the beautiful parts of this movie was back in The Wolverine (2013) , yukio told logan that he'll die with "on his back , blood everywhere and you have your own heart in your hand.. it's not beating" supposedly reference the upcoming time in that movie only where he takes own that bot from his heart which was slowing down his powers. In more focus , going with that yukio was "always right" , in logan he also died on his back stabbed with that branch.. blood everywhere with his heart in his hand.. holding his daughter and probably the last person he cared about about. Might be intentional , might be one of worlds beautiful ways of going but I think it was a beautiful thing to ponder , that yukio was right but in the different way and he was holding his heart in his heart , but it wasn't actually his heart but actually his daughter which he cared the world for but couldn't express. Edit : well you noticed it already, impressive actually but fuck me 😂

[@theylied1776]

You did catch that Trask told Wolverine they put a drug in the water, food, and air that suppressed mutant ability. That's why Logan started to age.

[@baileycoombs8692]

Hi Jax, the reason why logan is not healing as quick in this is because when he's aged older the adamantium poisoning is killing him, damaging his liver and because he's had the metal in him for so long that is the cause of it. Hence also why the claws were not coming out further than they were.

[@billysims5289]

52:41 if you saw “the wolverine” Yukio; who sees people’s deaths before they happen, says “on your back, there's blood everywhere. You're holding your own heart in your hand".

[@lapelcelery42]

"...it's not beating"

[@billysims5289]

@@lapelcelery42 Lora’s alive and holding his hand, it’s a fan theory

[@lapelcelery42]

@@billysims5289 But you have to ignore half of the quote for it to fit

[@joelhenry5489]

When Logan tells Charles, "it wasn't me, it wasn't me" is some of the best writing I have ever seen in a film.

[@tahirahshabazz50]

And heart breaking acting.

[@amansinghrajput9445]

Before (SPIDER-MAN:NO WAY HOME) Movie. u have to watch all these:- > SPIDERMAN 12&3(Tobey Maguire) >TASM1&2(Andrew Garfield) >Spiderman into the spiderverse >Daredevil (netflix series) >Venom 1&2

[@dnazen]

Does anyone know why she skipped Apocalypse, I don't recall any mention of it but from her intro here she clearly watched it, which is good but why no video?

[@joshuarojas5543]

Same thought here😢

[@kman20]

It seems like she’s seen it since she referenced some scenes from that movie at the beginning of the video. Maybe she just hasn’t posted the reaction up to KZbin yet.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

I don't know, but she did mentioned it in the intro so that's good enough for me.

[@salvadortinajero]

Well for one thing, that movie sucks lol maybe she thought it's not worth posting, and I agree.

[@reactswithjax]

I accidentally posted the Logan reaction first. Apocalypse will be up soon!

[@Suchega_Uber]

lol mild violence for self defense is your villain mode. It's like a kitten swatting at a butterfly thinking it's a fierce predator.

[@sunnywangpan19]

Your reactions feels so fake

[@user-EricWatson55]

Caliban is a Morlock. He lived in the sewer tunnels under NYC with the Morlocks. They were mutants who lived underground.

[@RoxxSerm]

We are BLESSED that a brilliant actor like Jackman took up the role of a super-hero and remained loyal to it for decades. Thats not common. But he is the reason that Wolvie is beloved by almost every superhero-movie fan. His last line was beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time, no matter how you interpret it.

[@daniellawrence863]

Enjoyed your reaction! I agree, she is a good actress. Dafne Keen is now portraying a Jedi in the new series, The Acolyte.

[@MilanousMedia]

Daphne Keen who plays Laura is an incredible actress. I genuinely hope we see Oscar in her future

[@john.f.remedy.237]

Regardless how many times I watch it, Laura’s ’Daddy’ at the end always gets me right in the feels…

[@stefanhuddleston6816]

The film she quotes that they watched earlier is Shane (1953). In the film a world weary gunslinger trying to escape his past helps a widow and her young son defend their home from men who want to take her land. The story seems cliché today but Shane was one of the early films to introduce that trope. In the film the son idolizes Shane's life as a gunslinger while Shane tries to discourage the boy from a life of violence. Shane gives the speech Laura quotes, after the final fight, severely wounded he rides into the sunset while slumped over in his saddle. To this dat film scholar debate whether or not he dies as he ride off. So that scene she quotes has a much deeper relevance if you know the details of Shane.

[@midianmtd]

A little piece of trivia: the Caliban character is played by actor/writer/director/producer Stephen Merchant. He is the co-creator of the UK "The Office" with Ricky Gervais.

[@ericswanson411]

This is such a heartwarming and heartbreaking movie. On one hand it makes you go awe and on the other hand it makes you go OMG. When Logan said So this is what feels like I got the feeling it was meant to have a double connotation to it. 1. This is how it feels like to die. 2 This is what it feels like to be a father. I am not sure anyone knows took the time to figure this out, but Logan was 197 years old when he died in this. Now there is no telling how old he would have been when and if he did die of old age without adamantium in his body poisoning him. It's kind of mind blowing to think about really.

[@rashadwalker8218]

Yuriko mentioned in the last wolverine film that his anamatium was poisoning him

[@tehawfulestface1337]

Based on ‘Old Man Logan’. I hope this consoles you. Laura is part of the world of X-Men. Laura, X-23, the new Wolverine. The western they were watching, Shane, starring Alan Ladd with Jack Palance as the villain. Saw this film as a teenager. From what I remember Logan and Shane had similar story and character elements.

[@joshuanationproductions4084]

This is my favorite movie of all time, I might be a bit biased just because I love Wolverine so much but I'm glad to have seen you enjoy it as well! My mom grew up a big Wolverine fan as well and was never able to watch the movie after the first time, I guess nostalgia is indeed one heck of a drug.

[@robmsmithdumbhandle]

HPs! she said. "Highway Patrol!" Then she gives a smile that says, "I figured it out without you guys. Ha!" Jax is such clever girl. She deserves a treat.