I didn’t think it would
happen, I finally saw Deadpool, and only a week after it came out, which
was a suprise to me because when I first heard talk about the Regeneratin’ Degenerate
getting his own film I thought that I would probably Redbox it, or wait till it
was able to be streamed, because I had zero intention of seeing this movie in
theaters.
It is nothing against
Wade Wilson, what I’ve read of Deadpool’s exploits I have actually enjoyed.
Now, I have never really gone out of my way to pick up any of his stuff, but my
interest was peaked when in Deadpool Team-Up he had an adventure with
Captain Britain, and they had their nationalities switched. I also grabbed a
whole bunch of the Brian Posehn issues because I enjoy that man’s comedy and
the Declan Shalvey art in issues 15-19 was fantastic. It isn’t the comic’s
fault.
It is also nothing
against Ryan Reynolds, I like that man as an actor and have a good collection
of movies in which he stars. I even told people I thought Green Lantern
would be good because I had faith that he would make it work. Green Lantern is
usually one of my go to answers when someone says “Oh you like Comic Books, who
is your favorite superhero?” So I had high hopes for a movie that stared one of
my favorite actors playing one of my favorite characters (although I am more of
a Kyle fan but that is an article for another time) against how terrible all
the previews looked because I knew, somehow he would find a way to do this
character justice. It isn’t Mr. Reynolds’ fault either.
My issue is that if Fox
can’t even figure out one of Marvel’s greatest properties in Fantastic Four,
why does a character that is solely played up for laughs most of the time, that
more people know about because of how “meme-worthy” he is than have ever
actually picked up a copy of a book he’s been in to increase the sales of this
dying medium, why does this son of 90’s comics deserve his own movie when there
are a whole bunch of more deserving films out there yet to be made?
But I’ll be damned if
the marketing for Deadpool didn’t win me over, from a billboard making
it look like a Valentine’s Day romance film, to getting Betty White to review
the film, they left no stone unturned to make sure me, and plenty of other
holdouts like me, went and saw this movie and boy did we, as the movie has
shattered some box office records.
So after all that
fantastic work done by the work of the marketing team, and the buzz that the
movie was getting from people that I trust, I was all excited when the
opportunity arose grab a sitter for my daughter and drag my long suffering lady
to see Deadpool in the theater.
Just like with last
week’s Sex Criminals volume 1 review, I am not going to go scene by
scene and tell you what I thought about every little thing in this movie, nor
is it my intention to spoil anything big in this movie for those of you who
haven’t seen in yet, that is not why I am here, I am just here to give you my
thoughts on things in realm of comic books, which this falls under the banner
of.
There were some things
in the movie I really, really liked and thought were done rather well. The
opening credits were a masterpiece and was something I was surprised anyone
would willingly do in a film. The stuff in the taxi cab was a lot of fun, and I
was glad they came back to it later on in the movie. The Stan Lee cameo was
probably one of the most special things in all of Marvel film fandom, to get
that man to say those things in that location got quite the chuckle out of me
and, as they always seem to do, made me sad for the day when those cameos will
no longer be possible. The “Bob” moment was a nice moment, as well as, a great
little middle finger to the people over a Disney. Finally, the scenes in and
around Deadpool’s powers manifesting were heartwarming, funny, and at points
rather sad, they really ran the gamut of emotions and did them really well.
My biggest issue with Deadpool,
was that I left the theater going “Meh.” From what I had heard from other
people I was expecting to have been rolling with laughter but for me a lot of
the jokes fell flat, they were sophmoric and really not all that funny, a lot
like a current day Adam Sandler film. I was expecting a movie that, based off
of articles I’d seen online, was “the best Marvel movie ever made”, and has had
“Disney scrambling to find their own R Rated hero”, but Deadpool just
left me feeling luke warm. If Disney is truly worried they don’t have to worry
about me, because I left that movie wanting to watch Guaridans of the Galaxy
again, which for my money is better film, and is legitimately funny.
I guess, in the end, I
was right, Deadpool really felt like it was made for the people who know
him from memes, and the videos of people that run around conventions doing
disruptive stuff dressed like The Merc With A Mouth, as well as the people who
actually do said things. Deadpool wasn’t a movie that was really meant for me,
and in a way I am somewhat saddened by that because I would’ve enjoyed to have
seen it through the eyes of the people I was sitting close to who were laughing
at every single vulgarity, and smiling their way through all of the violence.
I feel like there is
more that could be said but I am not sure at what point this would turn from a
basic review of a film, to a rant against Fox Marvel vs Disney Marvel, and the
people who are making a big deal about parents taking their children to this
film/how many kids they had at their showing of Deadpool, and I really don’t
want this to turn into a crazy man standing on a soapbox.
Deadpool for me is
absolutely in the part of my list of comic book films where I group all the
movies I could take or leave, it was certainly better than the hot garbage that
is Trank’s Fant4stic, Amazing Spider-man 2, and X-men Origins:
Wolverine, but beyond that I would probably group it with the comicbook
movies I won’t see again unless it is already on and I don’t feel like doing
anything else.
I would like to finish
this off by saying thank you for reading and that any further discussion or
dialogue on the subject of this article is appreciated but please keep it
civil. Also, if you wish to write for CCtD please contact the overlord atop his
mountain because I am sure he is always looking for more content.
Jay
Hi great reading your poost
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