Hello by the way, everyone. If you're new here and don't know my system, I weekly go to the movie theater and see all the new releases on their opening night or opening day, then I choose what I liked best of all the movies I saw and I review it. I already saw Zoolander 2 a few hours ago which wasn't really good, and I'm seeing How to be Single tomorrow morning, but there is just no way the later is going to be better than Deadpool.
I also hate spoilers for any movie whatsoever, so I made sure over and over again that I wouldn't give anything away that you wouldn't basically know from the trailers or synopsis, so don't worry about getting the movie spoiled in here.
Now that I'm done explaining what's going on, in with the review!
When you see the very first minute of this movie, you'll know you're in for something special. The opening credits are just special, and probably never did a movie do something like it.
After that though, the first half of the movie begins in the present day, but we learn about Deadpool's alter ego which is Wade Wilson (played by Ryan Reynolds), and his origin through various flashbacks, which in theory can divide people. Flashbacks are very tricky, and if they are mishandled or mistreated they will easily backfire and blow up the movie, or they'll make it a lot better. In the case of this movie, it made it A LOT better!
In the flashbacks, we see how he interacts with his friend Weasel (played by T.J. Miller), and they just lay down the foundation for this friendship, and while this is going on, enter Vanessa (played by Morenca Baccarin). The romance that happens between Wade and Vanessa is just perfect. You see them on the screen and how they talk to each other and it just works! You completely buy the love story as an actual love story within a comic-book/action movie, which is a huge credit for the screenwriters. On that note though, the script was brilliant. Just like I mentioned, there is a romance in the movie, there's the origin story that also flowed great throughout the flashbacks, and there's also a revenge story which was handled amazingly.
Briefly, Deadpool wants to kill Ajax/Francis (played by Ed Skrein) and his assistant/sidekick Angel Dust (played by Gina Carano) for something that they did to him in the past, so you get the motivation behind what he's doing, and from the flashbacks and his past, you get why he's doing it the way he does.
The action in this movie is just phenomenal. There's no shaky cam at all, and there isn't stupid and fast jump cuts every single second. When the action is happening, you see it and you know what's going on, which is something that is apparently lost in most action movies today.
The acting was also great. I haven't really seen any miscast or out of place actors, and they all did a really good job portraying the characters that they had, especially Stefan Kapicic who voiced Colossus and Brianna Hildebrand who played Negasonic Teenage Warhead. They really didn't need to do much, but when you see them in action you just can't imagine the movie without them. Now, on the subject of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, he's so perfect as the character. You feel like he's born to do this role. He also does most of the stunt work himself, so props to him for that!
The directing of the movie by Tim Miller is obviously wonderful. Also noted, this is the first big motion picture that he directs, how is that? The movie seriously was just overall well made, good looking, and really fast paced, there wasn't any scene in which I was bored, how would anyone expect that from a first time director?
One of the things that also make this movie great, is that Deadpool knows that he is in a movie, so even the people you wanted to cameo in this movie are included in this movie from Deadpool talking about them or referencing them somehow. The one cameo that you'd expect though in a Marvel movie is Stan Lee, and man that guy just dominates whenever he's on screen.
On that note, yes, since he know he's in a movie, there's a lot of 4th wall breaking, and a lot of references to the culture we live in and to Ryan Reynolds himself. There's also a lot of jabs to Twentieth Century Fox and to superhero movies in general.
The R rating for the movie is well deserved. It's not a movie who was shooting for PG-13 and it got a little out of hand, nope. They went with the R rating all the way, whether it's violence/blood/gore, sex and nudity, or profanity. They just went all out with script, and as Deadpool fan myself, I extremely appreciate that. DO NOT take your kids to see this movie, just don't! No matter what kind of kid he or she is, they will not like most of it and it will be a very bad influence. It's not your average comic-book movie, that rating is there for a reason.
Also, I rarely say this, but I saw the movie twice. The first time was in IMAX and the second time was in a regular movie theater, and I just have to recommend the IMAX because it was just a much better quality both audibly and visually, so give it a chance if you can.
Guys the movie just blew me away, and it seriously set the bar very high for upcoming comic-book and superhero movies, because overall I'm rating this movie 10/10! I'm kinda bias though, because I'm a fan like I mentioned, and I also got all or almost all the references and the jokes in the movie, so if you're not a fan, it's a very well made, funny, and good looking action comic-book movie, and for you the rating would be 9/10.
*Update* stay after the movie ends. The closing credits are extremely fun, and there's also a post-credit scene that was so Deadpool-ish!
I cannot praise this movie enough guys, so if you're an adult or in your late teenage years and looking for a fun movie this weekend, go see Deadpool.
Quick reviews:
- Zoolander 2 was okay. It's not just a cash grab. You can tell people actually sat down and wanted to do a good sequel to Zoolander, and they did. Only problem is, if you didn't like Zoolander you most likely won't like this one. Check it out if you're a fan of the first movie or if you're looking for a shut-down your brain comedy.
- How to be Single, I haven't seen it yet, but I'll post an update here the moment I do to let you know how was it. In case it was actually as good as Deadpool, I'll make a review just for it.
*Update* I saw the movie and no, just no. The movie was such a valentine's day cliche and it just didn't work at all. There are only two actors that really shined in this movie which were Dakota Johnson and Jason Mantzoukas. Rebel Wilson played Rebel Wilson, and Leslie Mann was functional. For a feminist movie it wasn't really feminist either, so I don't know where they were going with that. The movie lost its identity constantly throughout and it just wasn't good overall. I wouldn't recommend seeing it unless you absolutely have to.
What about you? Are you going to see Deadpool this weekend? Or have you already seen it? What did you think about it if you did? Or are you going to see another movie? Let me know in the comments below, and if you like this, share it with your friends! ☺
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