James Mangolds Logan is an interesting example of the somewhat lowered expectations which we possess for superhero comic book movies. The film is a relatively straightforward western drama, a famous gunslingers last rodeo type adventure not unlike The Shootist and it is quite successful in its respective goals.
But I would be willing to bet that the same film delivered sans known characters and specifically sans four-color source material would be accepted as a rock-solid genre piece as opposed to the pinnacle of its respective genre. Logan is good, it is occasionally great, but I would argue that it is about as good as we should expect these films to be as a matter of course.
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