"Deadpool" | MOVIE REVIEW

I don't think anyone thought they would ever lived to see the day a Marvel movie would be given a hard R-rating, but here we are. We have Deadpool - or, as I like to call it, Proper Movie Marketing 101. Now let's dive into it!

So, Deadpool was directed by Tim Miller and stars Ryan Reynolds as the merc with a mouth. And, to get things out of the way, this movie is not a superhero movie. But, wait, Rafa - this is a Marvel movie! Yes, it is, but if you're the least bit familiar with the comics, you'd know that Deadpool is, by all means, an anti-hero.

Like I said, I call this movie Proper Movie Marketing 101. I do so because it simply is. I don't think I've seen any other movie over the past two years, besides The Force Awakens, that's been marketed as well as Deadpool has. The trailers and the posters - paired with Deadpool's reputation - generated a lot of hype. And I mean, a f**kton of hype. And that's what a movie's marketing campaign should be doing. But this raises the question - does it live up to the said hype?

You bet it does.

 

I actually really liked this movie. At first, I was kinda skeptical about whether or not this movie would be as much of a good time as the marketing was making it out to be, and when I watched it, all I could think to myself was, "yeah, this is a good time."

Deadpool's plot is pretty straightforward - Wade Wilson (Deadpool's secret identity), gets cancer, and, when he finds a cure, his s**t gets f**ked up... pretty badly. Now he's out to find the guy who turned him into a "testicle with teeth."

I'm not even kidding.

And, as simple as the plot may have been, the way it was executed was really fun to see. It was really raw and gritty, and it was really funny, too. For those of you who do know Deadpool, you know Deadpool breaks the fourth wall a lot, and he cracks a lot of Marvel-themed one-liners here and there. And there's a lot of that in the movie, as well.

The characters were really great, as well. I liked everyone in it. I liked Colossus, I liked Negasonic Teenage Warhead (God, that's a mouthful); they were all good in the movie. The banter they exchange among themselves when they team up with Deadpool is fun to listen to and it kept me laughing throughout all of their scenes.

And Colossus' Russian accent just made everything better.

This movie also knew when to be serious and when to just be completely silly. It had a really great balance between ultraviolence and meta-comedy that just really worked. I mean, moreso than a lot of the other Marvel movies to come out in recent years. And that's a good thing. It changes up the formula and adds a nice new flavor into the mix.

But, what I'd like to praise about this film the most would be the director. Deadpool was Tim Miller's first attempt at directing a full-length feature film, and you can't really tell that it was because everything was really well handled. Usually, in a director's first attempt at a full-length feature, there's a specific way it turns out. Usually, the viewer would be able to tell. But not in this case.

I'm convinced this dude has a really bright future ahead of him.

And every other aspect of the movie was pulled off really well. The cinematography added a nice sense of fullness to the action sequences and made the whole experience a lot more enjoyable.

In the end, Deadpool was a really solid movie, both as a comic book movie and as a directorial debut. It was fun, entertaining, and it kept me laughing the whole time. But, most importantly, the movie had personality. In fact, Deadpool deserves nothing less than a Morgan Freeman Thumbs-Up.

Now, it would be a Big George if I was as invested in the Deadpool comics as everyone else, but, sadly, I wasn't. But I'll definitely be looking into them now!

So, Deadpool - have you seen it? What did you think about it? Leave a comment below, I'm always excited to read what y'all have to say! And, as always, this has been Rafa. Stay classy, folks.