This week on They’re Just Movies, I sat down with David and Riley to talk about Logan (2017) and why it’s the rare superhero movie that actually feels like it was made for grown-ups. We get into how James Mangold fighting for an R-rating isn’t just about gore—it’s about letting scenes breathe, letting emotional beats land, and letting the whole thing feel slower, heavier, and more real. The opening alone is a tone promise: brutal violence, a broken claw that tells you something’s wrong with Logan, and a world that’s already past the “fun romp” stage. We dig into what makes the movie work: the way it undercuts Wolverine’s power fantasy until the end, the “Old Man Logan” vibe, and how it deconstructs its own mythos without forgetting to be entertaining. Laura/X-23 is a huge part of that—perfect casting, the Spanish-language barrier avoiding cringe kid dialogue, and fight scenes that are shot like they actually want you to feel every scream and every slash. And yeah, we talk about the stuff that can get a little cheesy in the back half, but for me it mostly doesn’t matter because I’m already invested—especially when that cross turns into an X.