So I went to go see it, based on the cold equations of showtimes (Deadpool was in the zone, Hail, Caesar! was not). …I do not know how they got away with making that film. It is not the greatest movie in the history of ever, but I fail to see how they could have reliably made it a better Deadpool movie. From literally the opening credits it was made clear to me that I was expected to pay attention, and doing so rewards the careful viewer; they never stopped and only rarely even slowed down.
Again, I don’t know how Marvel got away with making that film. I imagine that half of our modern-day sheet-sniffers in academia are having strokes right now from the dialog, not to mention the costuming, acting, and in some cases, the soundtrack. But you can probably expect more like it, now: that film had a budget of ‘merely’ 58 million*, and it’s already made that back and more in half a week.
I liked it. Go see it. If you take children along, I will call Protective Services on you and sleep like a baby afterward.
Moe Lane
*It feels like a bigger-budget flick, but that’s actually just clever production work.
This is a project of love by Ryan Reynold and the 2 directors. They really love their subject. Reynold even put on producer hat just to make sure it can’t be messed up by the studio too much, albeit, right before the start of the shoot, they have to cut back another 7 million from the budget. Which is why the action are really tight as they cannot afford to go overboard on some of the fight. (IE, Deadpool kept on forgetting to bring all of his weapon to a fight).
Marvel did not make this movie. Fox owns the X-Men rights.
… confession time.
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I have *no idea* who Deadpool is, never heard of him before the hype for this film started, and none of the hype convinces me I should care.
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What, in short PG-13 sentences (because Moe’s place) have I missed? Is this a cultural touchstone, or just a kick in the teeth to the PC squad?
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Mew
He’s an insane comic book antihero who is aware that he’s in a comic book. In between arguing with himself, oogling the scantily clad women, and cheerfully committing carnage against characters who won’t stay dead, he uses this to his advantage.
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Basically, Marvel took DC’s Deathstroke, and turned the camp up to 11. Kind of like they did when they ripped off Doom Patrol to create Guardians of the Galaxy. (Except instead of making an R rating PG rating, they made a PG into an R.)
Also, funny as Hell. And just as violent.
Okay, that’s a start. ‘Guardians’ was good fun, at least the first time through. (on the second viewing, the weakness of the “superhero” world-builds rendered it a bit threadbare..)
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I was also never a comic book geek, so .. Deathstroke and Doom Patrol have no meaning to me.
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Mew
I only know him by association with other hero franchises. There is much for PC-haters in an assassin who’s functional immortality makes him a chronic wise-ass.
…Not an assassin. He is the “Merc with the Mouth.”
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Small potatoes, I know. Sorry.
He’s not the only comic book character who breaks the fourth wall, but it’s his thing.
Moe:
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Did it seem to you that they were trying to figure a way to shoe-horn Deadpool into the MCU somehow (or leave open the possibility of it happening), especially considering the background of the final fight scene? (I know, X-Men is Fox – MCU is Mickey)
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I mean, Deadpool IS a product of Weapon X afterall (he is Weapon XI, actually) just like Wolverine and (gasp) Capt. America (who is Weapon I). Getting Wade and Rocket together would be EPIC, and Wade canonically has a very strong tie-in with Thanos already….
The four people in front of me at my screening were a father, a mother, and two boys who looked to be ten and eight, or thereabouts.
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There are no words.
“Hail, Ceaser” was meh. Wait for DVD. Deadpool ROCKED. The opening credits alone were worth the price of admission. Someone brought a 6 year old to the showing I saw.