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Great screenplays are often defined by how much they can do with short, unflashy beats of dialogue.
and Charles merely replies, Fuck off, Logan.)
Thats no small thing.
To be clear,Loganisnt the first superhero movie to getanyOscar nomination.
Heath Ledger won posthumously forThe Dark Knight.
But this moment is different.
As such, this nomination is a kind of legitimization of the superhero-comic genre.
Its proof that theres artistic gold in those pages, if youre willing to mine it the right way.
Its also notable thatLoganis a Marvel Comics property, but not one produced by Disney-owned Marvel Studios.
It came from Fox, the studio that owns the rights to the X-Men characters.
That would be a shame, because Foxs X-Men franchise has distinguished itself specifically bynotaping that strategy.
And make no mistake thiswasa franchise movie.
Though it was possibly lost on the uninitiated,Loganrewarded viewers who had previously consumed other X-Men pictures.
Theyre means to an end, and as such they take few chances.
Logan, on the other hand, felt risky.
It was a franchise picture that leapt across a chasm into uncharted territory.
Just because studios are managing a franchise doesnt mean they have to play it safe.
Let the writers swing for the fences and roll the dice on edgier source material.
If the superhero boom is going to survive, it needs to elevate its game.Loganis proof that it can.
