When Less Is More: What “Logan” Doesn’t Tell Us, Makes For An Incredible Journey

So we all know that Logan is great. According to reviews, it could possibly be the best X-Men movie, best superhero movie, and all that good stuff. After seeing it twice, I realized that I’m very good at preparing myself to not have to get up to go to the bathroom during long movies and that the movie purposely doesn’t tell us a lot of things. It hints at certain aspects of the plot without actually opening a can and spilling it all on the floor for us to see. This movie is a great comic book movie but it is also just a great movie overall because of what it doesn’t tell us. This will have spoilers so if you haven’t seen the movie yet then go watch it and then circle back — we’ll still be here, don’t worry. [title type=”h3″]**Spoilers**[/title] New Mutants haven’t been born for over 25 years and the ones who are left are an adamantium shell of their former selves. Most notably Caliban, Xavier, and Wolverine are all beaten down, broken, and maybe a little crazy. Most of the backstory is told through dialogue and radio host banter rather than showing or just telling us. Caliban helped to round up mutants back in the day and even worked for some of the bad guys; there’s no redemption story there it’s just Donald Pierce using his voice to remind us how much we want to see Gambit on screen again to indirectly let us know more about Caliban. Maybe he used to be a super evil dude, maybe just used to be a mutant for hire, but we don’t know and we don’t need to know, which makes his …