DEADPOOL

From the studio that inexplicably sewed his fucking mouth shut the first time, comes... me!

I’m just gonna get straight to the point, because trying to write this in the normal way isn’t working out very well: This movie is really fucking funny. It knows exactly what type of movie it needs to be, and it becomes that exact movie. All the jokes and the gore and the fourth wall breaking all need to be there. After all, we all saw what happened last time someone tried to put Deadpool in a movie. Urgh.

To make things better, Deadpool isn’t one of those origin stories that starts with a nobody and gradually moves forward until they become a somebody. It jumps back and forth so it can tell parts of the story when you need to know them. And that works really well. You don’t spend the first hour waiting for him just to put the suit on. That happens right as the opening credits, well….open. Speaking of which…

Directed by an Overpaid tool, produced by Ass-hats, starring a Douchebag, a British Villain and a CGI character…

The moment the movie shows off it’s opening credits, you know exactly what the type of film you’re about to watch.

I’m gonna do the rest of this thing as bullet points. It’s just easier. So, good stuff first:

--The movie loves making fun of itself. “You think Ryan Reynolds got this far with his superior acting skills?” It works incredibly well and is basically essential to the movie.

--It loves making fun of other stuff too. Mostly Hugh Jackman and the lack of X-Men at Xavier’s mansion.

--It’s not afraid of showing you what a superhero killing a bad guy looks like, and it’s messy. Having said that, some gore wouldn’t go amiss in more superhero movies.

--Much like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds is perfect for this role. That was clear from the pre-release interviews alone.

--The leaked test footage that came out a couple of years ago, which is also, due to the fans loving it, the reason we have a Deadpool movie, makes a great opening car chase. "I'm pregnant, Trevor."

-- Highlight of the film was definately Deadpool punching Colossus. Those hands...Ouch.

--The use of making Deadpool's mask's eyes convey emotions is brilliant. That's how the comics did it, and it just adds another layer of fun to the movie. For example:

And the other side of the coin:

--The villain suffers heavily from Marvel-ification. Basically, he’s very two dimensional and lacks any character depth he could’ve potentially had. He has no backstory, and....actually, scratch that. He has no story what so ever.

--The film is very small is scope compared to the comics, but this is more due to the ridiculousness of Fox and Marvel not joining their movie universes to create one giant universe like in the comics. Don’t worry though, the movie knows this and makes fun of it a few times.

--There are moments where the movie feels like a lower budget stand-in because Fox isn’t sure how to handle modern-day X-Men movies after the events of Days of Future Past.

--No Wolverine cameo. That’s more of a personal issue.

All in all, you won’t care that Deadpool is on a lower scale than other superhero movies, because the never-ending onslaught of humour and gore more than makes up for it, as well as delivering the Deadpool movie fans not only want, but deserve. If, like certain groups of fans had wanted, it had reduced to a lower age rating, it wouldn’t have worked. Some characters need high age ratings just so they can tick the essential check boxes. Deadpool is one of them. But who cares about that stuff?! He cuts a guy’s head off and kicks it at another guy. I bet we’ll never see Captain America do that.

7/10

And let's not forget the brilliant marketing campaign: