Ha.
Seriously, this is such a great premise. Logan's powers are finally catching up to him in that he finally figured out who he is but has lived so long that everyone he's ever loved is dead, save for the Professor. They could have easily set this movie just after the events of
Days of Future Past (the future part), and brought back more of the gang, but they instead jumped even farther into the future to focus almost exclusively on the key relationship of the entire franchise - Logan and Professor X. In that sense, there's this sad, bittersweet, melancholy quality to these glimpses that make the franchise feel truly epic. Just this trailer alone makes me retroactively appreciate the franchise more, one I've been down on since the third X-Men movie.
It's not the action I'm looking forward to, but the vibe of these scenes most of all, where these two characters seem to be reflective and content, if only for a brief moment...
I know it's literally only three shots, but for whatever reason, these split seconds of footage made me think, "Wow, this is a franchise 17 years in the making that is finally coming to an end." It feels like the last moments of true comradely and friendship before this all comes crashing down one last time, and I love that.
I also love that there are no other mutants flinging fireballs around or shapeshifting or whatever. I'm not only curious to learn what happened to them, but it makes it all feel grounded in a way these movies have never really been. It truly feels like the last chapter of a book, set far off into the future, and I wasn't expecting that sense of bittersweet finality at all. This trailer somehow manages to fill me with nostalgia for a franchise I never truly loved, without showing me a single shot from any of the past movies.
I think it's brilliant, and I never expected to be
this excited for this movie, especially not because of the action, but because of the scenes
in between the action.