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Deadpool (USA, 2016) [VoD] - 3/5
I liked this more than I expected considering I quite often hate both superheroes and excessive post modernism. Deadpool is completely up its own ass, explaining its meta levels inside out so that even the dumbest viewer won't miss the jokes, and is generally afraid to do anything too clever or controversial. Admittedly that is the road to commercial success (see what happened to the excellent Spring Breakers, which is equally over-the-top but less vocal about being a meta-film). That being said, I had fairly decent time with Deadpool despite what it represents. Many of the idiotic jokes are amusing, the music is good, the storyline just about works, and even the normally mind numbingly boring superhero battles are sort of watchable.
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I know I'm extremely late to the party.
The first 15 minutes (save for the fun opening credits) were so offputting I almost pulled out my remote. My favorite parts early on are when the bad guy and gal kept telling Deadpool to shut the F up! But, yes, there are some lines that eventually hit (I'd say about a quarter of them), and the sidekicks are amusing enough (my favorite line is when Deadpool notices that they are the ONLY two X-Men around!). The romance with Baccarin is about as 'realistic' a coupling as you are likely to see in a superhero movie (and I do mean that as a compliment). Still, by the end, it got a bit wearying. And, even with all the fourth wall breaking, it's still a fairly traditional superhero origin story despite the wisecracks. Deadpool makes fun of 'the Superhero landing' - and, then does many of the very same cliched moves. It's very much a having one's cake and eating it too situation - heaven forbid a superhero movie doesn't end with a massive orgy of violence and special effects.
** 1/2 Stars for me.
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Picked this up on an impulse over the weekend and watched it. It wasn't bad and had a lot of funny bits. I will say the actress who played Vanessa was smoking hot. Remembered her from Firefly.
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Watched it last night and it was better than I expected although it did drag in spots, continued the Marvel movie tradition of being too long, had a boring villain and the cruder adolescent humour fell flat for me.
But the other 50 percent of the jokes were more clever and meta-in-a-good-way, most of the action was good, the Xmen sidekicks were enjoyable and it managed to eek out a decent story and characterization.Last edited by Randy G; 05-13-2016, 07:25 PM.
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Originally posted by Randy G View PostJust googled and realized this character was actually created by Liefeld during his terrible run on the New Mutants. Colour me less and less interested..
Saw the Honest Trailer yesterday, was superb.
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This movie references Alien 3. Therefore it can do no wrong and is pure perfection.
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It follows the superhero origin formula pretty closely...with more wisecracks...so if u are tired of superhero movies (like me) then u wont find much to rekindle your interest...it DID make me chuckle more....but thats probably coz they focused more on the humor.which is aimed pretty low for the most part....And of course it depends on your tolerance for Ryan Reynolds as he does his usual schtick..
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Seems kind of juvenile. And I'm the guy who heralds Bucky Larson as a genuine comedy masterpiece. But I'm probably just biased against super heroes. Sick to death of these films by now.
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Just watched it.
Not bad......but not the great movie the critics seem to think it is.....it made me smile quite a lot...but there wasnt really that much to it....in the end it wasnt THAT different from a regular superhero movie...i look forward to part 2..but it didnt change the world of superhero movies like some people said that it would....
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Me too. It's as obnoxious as it gets and squarely aimed at 13 year old boys. I kind of hate myself for enjoying it.
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