Went to see "Wolverine" last night
OK, I'll admit it. I haven't bought a Marvel comic book in thirty-some years.
But I've like Wolverine since I first saw him in the New X-Men.
But this movie has Levels that just impress the heck out of me. On the top layer, it's an action-adventure movie with lots of boom, crash, slash and hack. Not all that much gore, though, and most of the people that die are folks that deserve it.
I always knew Logan was older than the other X men, didn't realize that he was over a century. The primary theme here is that Logan and his brother are men cursed with immortality. They live their long lives by becoming "eternal soldiers" - something that has echoes of the legends of Casca Longinius.
But Logan finally tires of doing nothing but slaughter, and takes a time-out. Trouble is, the US Government is not inclined to let such a valuable tool get away. Logan tries to hide out and live a normal life, but he is played and manipulated, and forced back into the Game.
If there's a secondary theme here, it's an echo of the X-Files - "Trust no one" - NOTHING and no one in Logan's life is what it seems. His mother's husband is not his father, His sworn enemies save his life, his friends turn out to be using him and try to kill him, the kindness of random strangers save his life...and in the end, the love of his long life...well, I won't spoil the ending.
Maybe I just relate too deeply to Jimmy Creed, AKA Logan aka Wolverine. I know what it's like to be good at killing, but to be tired of it. Been there, done that, got the nightmares. I've been in the Bad, the Ugly and the Crazy for almost my entire life, and I'm tired of it. But I just can't seem to get away from it completely, it keeps finding me. Maybe that's one of the good things about getting old and decrepit - the guys that want me to get back in the game have realized I'm too old...
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But I've like Wolverine since I first saw him in the New X-Men.
But this movie has Levels that just impress the heck out of me. On the top layer, it's an action-adventure movie with lots of boom, crash, slash and hack. Not all that much gore, though, and most of the people that die are folks that deserve it.
I always knew Logan was older than the other X men, didn't realize that he was over a century. The primary theme here is that Logan and his brother are men cursed with immortality. They live their long lives by becoming "eternal soldiers" - something that has echoes of the legends of Casca Longinius.
But Logan finally tires of doing nothing but slaughter, and takes a time-out. Trouble is, the US Government is not inclined to let such a valuable tool get away. Logan tries to hide out and live a normal life, but he is played and manipulated, and forced back into the Game.
If there's a secondary theme here, it's an echo of the X-Files - "Trust no one" - NOTHING and no one in Logan's life is what it seems. His mother's husband is not his father, His sworn enemies save his life, his friends turn out to be using him and try to kill him, the kindness of random strangers save his life...and in the end, the love of his long life...well, I won't spoil the ending.
Maybe I just relate too deeply to Jimmy Creed, AKA Logan aka Wolverine. I know what it's like to be good at killing, but to be tired of it. Been there, done that, got the nightmares. I've been in the Bad, the Ugly and the Crazy for almost my entire life, and I'm tired of it. But I just can't seem to get away from it completely, it keeps finding me. Maybe that's one of the good things about getting old and decrepit - the guys that want me to get back in the game have realized I'm too old...
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