It’s difficult to know what to expect anymore when it comes to Marvel. If something isn’t complete shit, it’s overly praised. If it’s just average, it’s bashed unfairly (Iron Man 3). Deadpool has fallen into the first category despite being a subpar film in the end.
Deadpool has a schtick. He cusses and says inappropriate things! That’s about how low the bar is for these movies. The humor isn’t even clever or interesting and seems to really hate cliches while being one of the most cliched superhero films of all time. And the sad part is that it never acknowledges how cliched it is which would’ve actually worked since they reference how low the budget is by alluding to the fact that they could only get 2 of the X-Men actors.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed yet but Ryan Reynolds is not a compelling or interesting actor in any way at all. Nothing changes here. And when the script is so dependent on him being likable and charismatic, it equals a major fail. Didn’t we already see he was wrong for this role 7 years ago in the Wolverine origins movie? Lazy, lazy casting.
This wasn’t a good film but mark my words Deadpool 2 will be even worse. The movie does some interesting things with its low budget and everything that worked was because they weren’t wasting money on crap. When they get a massive increase next time around, you’ll see the quality suffer and people will look at this with new eyes.
The movie is made for 9 year olds. But the problem is no responsible parent would ever let a 9 year old see this film. So you’re left with a forgettable movie that misses big time with the jokes and has the most cliche cookie cutter bullshit ending I’ve seen in a long time. Avoid.
2/10
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