Sunday, February 14, 2016

Deadpool Movie Review The last movie I saw multiple times in was Pacific Rim, so let that be a benchmark for you to judge my movie preferences. Deadpool is an amazing movie, but not for the reasons one would expect. Was it one of the funniest movies I've seen in a while, yes, was the action well choreographed and fantastically violent, yes, was it well cast/well acted, yes and yes. If you are already interested in seeing this movie but worried it won't be as good as you hope, don't worry it will be. However, if you are on the fence because you think it will be too shallow or simple minded you need to give it a go. This movie hides it's seriousness behinds crude language, amazing violence, sex and nudity, but believe me this movie has a heart. The movie keeps its pacing up by breaking up the first action scene with back story. That may sound like a bad thing but trust me it works, and even the back story is awesome. Sure Wade Wilson may not be a regenerating wisecracking bad-ass, but he is still a wisecracking bad-ass. The love story it sets up actually reminded me of True Romance (if you haven't seen True Romance you need to, right after you see Deadpool.) two incredibly broken people who find each other and realize they're a perfect match. Don't worry though the love story doesn't ruin the story, it doesn't become some sappy piece of shit, it really just helps gives the audience a plot to follow to get Deadpool from one action set piece to the next. The addition of Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead worried me when I first saw the trailer, I couldn't understand why they were shoehorning in these other characters. I had nothing to worry about, Colossus and Negasonic were paramount to making Deadpool work. Colossus may have been my favorite character in the movie if only because of a speech he gives near the end, he is very much a boyscout in this movie playing perfectly as the Straight-man to Deadpool's Comedic Relief. In a movie that could have been over the top goofy (and still been great) Colossus grounds the movie with his presence. Negasonic Teenage Warhead represents those in the audience who like to take the piss out of things. The movie utilizes it's R rating well but surprisingly skimps a little on the gore, don't get me wrong there is decapitations, impalings, dismemberment, but it is all done quickly and with surprisingly little blood, it would never pass as PG-13 but the violence isn't gory. If you want to see more grown up comic book movies, or lets be honest more R rated action movies in general go support this movie. Hollywood has been sanitizing the action movie industry for nearly two decades now, lets go support the type of action movies we want, blood, language, and a little TnA for good measure.