[YMS] So I just saw Deadpool and it was good.
This is yet another movie that I have incredibly mixed feelings about.
To put it simply, its a refreshing change of pace for a Marvel movie
and I wish more of them were like this but it's still not really my thing.
If you're excited for this movie because of what you saw in the promotional material
then you likely wont be disappointed.
As for me, I bought this movie because of its R rating.
If we can prove to major Hollywood studios that these types of movies
don't have to be PG-13 to be successful then I think were making the world a better place.
Sorry Grace Randolph.
For the most part this film was fairly enjoyable.
It was filled with the exact kind of humour that you'd expect from Deadpool as a character.
Constant fourth wall breaking and references, crude and sadistic humour, general insanity.
Ya know, Deadpool
If the character is already something you love then you'll love the shit out of this movie.
I've never really been all that wowed by Deadpool as a character
and I wasn't really all that wowed by this film.
When so much of it revolves around it's sense of humour
and your sense of humour doesn't really match up with the films
then what are you supposed to do?
I had a few chuckles here and there and parts of it made me smile
and the pizza delivery scene was genuinely hilarious.
But there was also a decent amount of it that I didn't fund all that funny.
[Deadpool] Shit.
Did I leave the stove on?
[YMS] So yeah, kind of a neutral stance on the individual one liners for me
but as for the comedic tone of the film I thought that was pretty well done.
It's not that often where you get to see a superhero movie where the main character is actually insane.
Just this movie as a concept alone helped make it both watchable and unique.
In terms of the actual film making however, it was obvious that that wasn't as much of a priority.
The action scenes were all very well done.
Pretty much any scene that was heavily visual effects oriented turned out great.
But then about half of the movie is not one of those scenes and it relies solely on the comedy.
And if you love the sense of humour typical to the Deadpool franchise,
you will be having a blast.
But if you're the type of person that finds it to be chuckle worthy at most
then there really isn't all that much else to chew on.
In terms of the actual film making, half of the movie feels as though
it might as well just be any other Marvel movie.
With a better director the dialogue scenes could have been filmed
in a more visually interesting and engaging way.
But unfortunately it was mostly just standardized and uninspired.
It's things like these that make me upset that Edgar Wright never got to direct his marvel movie.
Even if we had James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy, I think it would have been a better choice.
And I don't even think that Guardians of the Galaxy was a cinematic masterpiece but in the non action
scenes in that film, everything felt so much more alive.
Deadpool, for the most part, was about getting the shot.
But Guardians of the Galaxy was about finding creative ways to get the shot.
There was so much more of a variety when it came down to the angles, movement, depth and so on.
But in Deadpool, things often felt really visually boring.
The framing and cinematography, for the non action scenes in Deadpool,
was about 95 percent standardized and uninspired
and the other 5 percent was when the angle of the shot was basically just the punchline.
The opening sequence to the film was pretty great.
Not only did the titles have some comedic self awareness to them
but the choice to keep everything frozen in time was a nice little allusion
to the medium of comic books wherein each frame from a comic book is just a still image.
I liked the general goofiness and insanity of the opening action scene and all the ones that followed.
It's kind of hilarious with him being invincible and all.
But I didn't really find myself all caring all that much about him as a character
or weather or not he achieved his goals.
There were a few interesting details to pick up on, in the fight sequences as well.
I for one appreciated the bullet hole consistency in his uniform.
The film is self aware and has plenty of jokes aimed at the marvel universe and superhero tropes.
This is also a movie featuring Vancouver pretending to be a different city.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, Tony from Every Frame a Painting has
a great video on the subject.
Anyway if there's anything that I really want to say about this movie it's that if you think
you'll like it, you will like it.
As a Marvel movie, I would consider this to be pretty great.
As a movie I would consider it to be good.
Hopefully in the future we get to see more movies like this one that have a lot less restrictions.
Guardians of the Galaxy could have been so much more if it didn't have to restrict itself to a PG-13 rating.
And the reason why I keep bringing up Guardians of the Galaxy
is not just because they're both comedic superhero movies.
But I feel like both of these films were everything that the other one wasn't.
The best parts of each of these were everything I could possibly want out of a Marvel superhero movie.
As for Deadpool on it's own, I probably wont ever be seeing it again but I will be checking out the sequel.
I've got plenty of over the top, self aware, action comedies to choose from before this one.
So I don't really see the point.
I'm happy that this movie is a success, I'm happy that it tried something new,
and I'm happy that the Deadpool fans got what they wanted.
Check it out for yourself and don't let me stop you from enjoying it.
And I'm giving this one a six out of ten.
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[YMS] David Cageeeeeee!
[Mark] What did you do?
[YMS] Strikes again!
[Mark] What did you do to my video game David Cage?