I tried to keep it spoiler free. But continue at your own risk.
Final word first again!
Not my favorite super hero movie ever (Captain America: The Winter Soldier still wins), but it is way better than most. It was atypical of the genre, it was action movie gorey and college sex comedy raunchy.The Conception
The film started with this guy.
For those of you who blotted this out of your memory, this is Ryan Reynolds playing the same character 7 years ago. Deadpool's nickname is the Merc with a Mouth. WHOOPS.
There is absolutely no possible way to screw Deadpool up worse. Not even if you're trying.
Anyways, I don't know how Ryan Reynolds became a fan of the comic book character, was he always one? Did he read the source material before filming the Wolverine Prequel? Doesn't matter. What matters is after participating in this 2009 dumpster fire, he made it his mission to do Deadpool right.
and by right: I mean raunchy, gorey, and funny.
That's why it works. Because it's unlike the rest of the genre. Avengers: Age of Ultron was only 'meh' because we'd basically seen the movie before. Protagonists who are the 'good guys', corny quips and big battles in the air.
The Writing
Done by the same guys who did Zombieland, which I believe is the only Zombie movie I like. Excellent choice. If Reese and Wernick can make the Zombie Apocalypse funny, they certainly can work with a genuinely crazy super powered anti-hero.
They break the 4th wall constantly, and sometimes in subtle ways. Ok subtle is a bad description. What's a word for less obvious than a brick to the head but more obvious than a typical movie Easter egg?
The Directing
Overall pretty good. Tim Miller's debut. I bet he finds more work.
The Cast
When people saw that RR was cast in the 2009 movie as Deadpool, nerdland congratulated Fox on
getting something right! And then they saw the movie. This might be the part that Reynold's was born to play.
The rest of the cast was solid, playing off Deadpool. Yes I can list them and single them out, but this was the Ryan Reynold's Show from start to finish.
The Sequel
Already been green lit. It will have Cable, which isn't terribly exciting to me because I think Cable is pretty lame. I mean, just look at him?
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ReplyDeleteFrankly, the film felt like a sardonic exposé of extreme narcissism. Miller keeps the camera at Wilson’s level, and restricts the point of view to what he experiences. Brianna Hildebrand, who looks like she just turned eight, works with admirable restraint—she reaches your heart by not tugging at the strings. In this version, much condensed in time from the comics, the story depends on repetition, and your interest is kept alive by dick and fart jokes. Gina Carano makes Angel Dust a genuine monster, yet, as she loses her daughter’s love, Carano also turns her into a pitiable human being. “Deadpool” sees things that most of us manage to hide. Liefeld might have been shocked by the movie’s profane taunts, but he would have recognized the system of betrayals, large and small, that he dramatized so well.
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