More than simply a well-constructed movie, Logan is a story
unleashed. The characters are raw, real and wholly convincing. The action is
wild and alarming. I was blown away by the sheer force of the fight sequences. The
pain of each slice of the claws is so tangible you envy those who die quickly.
Make no mistake, Logan is a very bleak conclusion for two beloved,
long-standing comic book characters. But what I absolutely loved about this
movie was its honesty. After more than a decade I finally felt like I knew
Wolverine and Charles Xavier. I guess that’s no surprise, for it’s often in the
darkest moments that you’re faced with who you really are. Hugh Jackman carries
the physical and emotional pain of his character with such believability that I
found myself wincing with each step he took and each biting response he spoke.
The movie takes it’s time (when the heroes aren’t ferociously
fighting for their lives) but I still struggled to leave the story when it
finished. There has to be more! It got me thinking about the fact that "God set
eternity in the hearts of man” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). The story of life just shouldn’t end. It feels
so wrong, so offensive when it does. Especially when endings are so messy –
people get old, people get sick, people’s minds start to fail, people lose
themselves and who they used to be.
That’s why I think it’s so important that Jesus came, not to
give us heaven, but life itself; a life that never ends.
