5) Lots Of Heart And Emotion
Looking back, the X-Men franchise is littered with big dramatic moments that really should have packed an emotional wallop but pretty much fell flat – in X-Men: The Last Stand, for instance, it’s hard to feel much when Jean Grey and Cyclops meet their maker and even the more shocking death of Professor X is undone by the end. Logan, on the other hand, commits to its moments of high emotion. If you’re not moved come the end credits, your heart must be made of adamantium.
On a more intimate level, the whole narrative is infused with more emotion and heart than pretty much any other superhero movie we can think of, as each of the three main characters are underdogs with the whole world against them who nonetheless find some measure of solace in each other’s company. For a franchise that re-imagines superheroes as a minority social group prone to prejudice and persecution, more X-Men movies should really take Logan’s approach on board.