Deadpool - Review Thread

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Make-up artists explain why Deadpool sucked in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Meaning, they reveal all the behind-the-scenes detail of what led to everything we watched and what the original plans were for Deadpool's solo movie.

I personally think Deadpool lost most of his mind when Ajax turned him ugly and messed with his mind. I think in the audience you can feel sad and sorry for Wade and see that his goofy madness really is to keep him from going insane or purely evil. In my opinion Wolverine as Hugh jackman has too do a Cameo in Deadpool 2 or Deadpool Pops up in Wolverine 3 or whatever its called.

On a lark, I thought I'd go ahead and give the "Hey, wanna go see the new rom/com with Morena Baccarin and Ryan Reynolds?  It's about a couple dealing with a terminal cancer diagnosis." bit a try.  It actually worked!  She may never speak to me again after tomorrow night, but what's life without some risk?

Good news, gentlemen.  She was totally cool with it.

It's not hard to understand why Deadpool has already become the unexpected, runaway hit of 2016. In a world overly saturated with comic book films of cookie cutter do-gooders and an emphasis on reeling in audiences of all ages to maximize profits, an R-rated Marvel film is a bit of a breath of fresh air. And while Deadpool is certainly not the trend-bucking, formula-breaking film it would hope to have you believe it is, it succeeds in doing likely the only thing it actually set out to do in the first place; entertain.

Deadpool, like virtually every first film in a comic book franchise, is an origin story through and through. But thankfully it does not follow the formula that seems to have been copied from Sam Rami's Spider-Man by almost every comic book film since; normal person, gains powers, tests powers, external conflict and/or internal conflict, solution. This origin story smartly weaves in and out of the present, depicting Wade Wilson's relationship with his girlfriend and his coming to terms with being stricken by a terminal form of cancer. This leads Wilson to undergo a shady mutation program, where he ultimately becomes Deadpool. Throw in a sneering villain, Ajax, who ruins Wilson's life by turning him into Deadpool and you have your classic revenge plot line. None of this is particularly riveting material, mainly because Ajax and his supporting cast of baddies aren't in the least bit interesting. While I'm very glad that we didn't have to wade through yet another "let's destroy the world!" villainous plot, the breeding of super soldiers for profit angle isn't new ground either. Ajax isn't charismatic like Deadpool, nor does he drive Deadpool or the plot towards any form of hold-your-breath endgame, and the plot never bears much as a result.

I did like that the film is scaled down and personalized though. I quickly lose interest when films like The Avengers attempt to juggle several leads and side characters and we end up not really caring about any of them as a result. Large set pieces and battle sequences with constant intercuts among the players grows tiresome fast. So while Deadpool's plot doesn't bear much impact or have the sense of "fate of the world" dread, it's nice to see a comic book film that's more grounded and focused on its protagonist's journey, all of which feels personal because it is. The film does essentially boil down to a typical revenge story using the female love interest as its catalyst, but the flashbacks early on in the film sets this up well enough to be endearing. The performances all around are solid, and the cast is able to play off Ryan Reynolds' fantastic energy and quips and send them right back. Reynolds is truly excellent in the title role. He's arrogant, foul, and self-absorbed and it works very well and never became annoying. There's a high degree of likability that stems from his performance, and even if the story isn't anything to scream about, Reynolds is more than able to capture the audience's interest for the entire duration of the film in ways that bland, one-dimensional protagonists like Thor do not.

Ultimately it feels that the reason the action sequences are simply alright and the story doesn't break new ground is because clearly the focal point of everyone involved with the film was to make it funny. And it definitely succeeded there for me. The sight gags and endless barrage of one-liners land far more often than they don't, and in a wide variety as well. There's fourth wall breaking (within fourth wall breaking in a funny aside by Deadpool), overt references to Marvel properties, meta observations about movie studios and real life actors, and funny pointing and laughing at mad movie cliches. It's a film that's very confident in itself and it works. I was laughing from start to finish, and if I was solely rating Deadpool on a pure entertainment level then I could ignore its weaknesses. It does seem a bit disappointing though that for all of the film's references and finger pointing and stupid things not to do in movies that it ultimately succumbs to a lot of them itself. If you're going to poke fun at the faults of other movies, you gotta come with something more original yourself. All in all though, there's no denying that the film is very funny and at times very clever with its satirization.

Deadpool isn't exactly the original piece of film that it believes itself to be, but it's certainly a nice change in pace from the cookie-cutter PG-13 films that fill up recent movie years either. Despite its shortcomings in plot and little imagination in its action, set pieces, and supporting cast, Deadpool glides by on its sharp and vulgar humor that makes the film a lot of fun.

7/10

Deadpool was not a Marvel Studios film. It was 20th century FOX film RedVader.

Unless you screwed up in what you were trying to explain...

FOX currently has the movie rights to the X-Men, which includes the Deadpool character. They are not apart of or have any relation to the present Marvel Cinematic Universe, nor the Avengers movies. Just as the first Spider-Man film has no relation to the Avengers or MCU.

The Marvel comic books and movies are separate entertainment entities.

What fanible said... Deadpool has no connection to Avengers Cinematic Universe... So as far as anyone can tell, this is great news for the X-Men cinematic universe expanding...

It also means Gambit standalone film has a better chance of standing on its own as well giving more of great future possibilities

Thought this was pretty funny, don't know if it's been posted anywhere else.

Does Deadpool do anything to break new ground for the superhero genre? No, Kick-Ass already beat it to the punch in terms of being a hyper-violent, irreverently-funny superhero film. However, Deadpool executes with a level of enthusiasm and skill that's hard not to get lost in. In terms of pure entertainment value alone, this movie is a total blast and worthy of at least an extra half-star, because I don't even think Guardians of the Galaxy managed to be this purely entertaining and funny minute-to-minute. Also, I can't recall the last time a straight-up comedy made me laugh this hard and often, and in a time where I find mainstream comedy to mostly suck, Deadpool is even more of a revelation. I can't call Deadpool great, but I CAN call it a damn good time of a movie, which is all it set out to be anyway.

***1/2 /****

Yes your right and I think you can leave out Spiderman too if ask me. I really think Marvel Disney just see characters to add too there brand. Marvel is big enough to spread many places really. I just dont like how they are doing the Phase system. But Also X-Men For Fox other Then Deadpool and First Class kinda dont make great since really.