The X men franchise has been running on fumes for a long time. The Dark Phoenix storyline is a great on (original comic) I will see the movie later today.. just to see if they do it justice. They did a horrible job in X-men 3 shoving it in there.
But overall the X-men franchise has been limping along for a LONG time now
“Logan” was powerful because it was:
* a farewell of a strong actor/character
* a tragedy in the ending, making it different and emotional
* unusual for showing the heroes mostly losing, because most are dead and the namesake DIES on the hope of saving the kids