Deadpool (2016)

[Lefty Specialist]

Personally I found it sadistic and bloody, but also hilarious. Plot made little or no sense, but that was pretty much irrelevant. Always wondered how you could have a massive battle in a major city on something larger than an aircraft carrier without a single cop or ambulance showing up, but hey, it's the movies.

Ryan Reynolds makes up for the Green Lantern with this one. The one-liners and jokiness sure made it sound like he was having the time of his life. And the Ferris Bueller moment is priceless.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I didn't really like it. I'd give it two stars out of five. To me, it was silly without being funny, at least for the most part.

I at least give them credit for trying something a bit different in superhero movies, and it seems like most viewers liked it quite a bit more than I did.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Going tomorrow night!

Suggested poll: What pants do you wear for Deadpool?
* (Brown pants)
* 1/2
**
** 1/2
***
*** 1/2
****
**** 1/2
***** (White pants)

[Benjamin Grimm]

Wait, what? We were supposed to wear pants?

[Lefty Specialist]

****- which would translate into roughly ecru-colored pants.

[MFS62]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Always wondered how you could have a massive battle in a major city on something larger than an aircraft carrier without a single cop or ambulance showing up, but hey, it's the movies.

No. Its probably just Detroit. They burn cars to celebrate sports victories there. A battle involving superheroes is no biggie to them.

Haven't seen the movie yet.

Later

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

i wasn't overawed as much as the general consensus, probably because I couldn't stomach another origin story. The film mostly succeeded because its flippant, tongue-in-cheek, breaking the fourth wall moments rather than its R rating. No sure whether all the violence added that much, which raises the question of whether it was done mostly for marketing purposes.

Also disliked the fact it contained B-list X Men.

*** 1/2

[dgwphotography]

5*: I can't remember the last time a movie made me laugh this hard even hours later...

[Vic Sage]

***1/2

I often find funny, profane, violent anti-heroes entertaining, and this one, as portrayed by Ryan Renolds, was no exception. And Morena Baccarin is ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS a good idea. But all the meta/self-referential/4th-wall stuff is annoying after a while... a little goes a long way. I liked very much the b-list X-Men that were used. That was a perfect Colossus and his teen, goth-girl, explosive sidekick was on the nose. I didn't care much for the villains, or the story arc (ok, but not great), but the action kicked much ass. much, much ass.

And, most importantly, this movie proved that you can do an R-rated comic book movie and make money. So watch out folks, Hollywood is about to take it up a notch. Wolverine, no holds barred!

[Ceetar]

Finally got to this. Enjoyed it quite a bit.