Review of Deadpool (2016) by Henry P — 24 Feb 2017

Note: to keep in tune with the movie while keeping this rating family-friendly, I have substituted cursing with the numbers 1-7. If you are old enough to watch this movie, look up George Carlin's list of seven words you can't say on TV, then match them up to the appropriate numbers. If you are not old enough, then why the #3 are you reading this #1?

The superhero phenomenon has done a lot since Marvel successfully made a shared-universe work. Now those #6s have #3ed us with superhero movies that are fun, but some feel like they're hell bent on appeasing children. Well here's something you won't want to put on to distract your kids, because this one's different. Oh, and you won't want to watch this within 500 yards of a school, so, yeah. We open with the most original opening sequence ever: a camera moving through what appears to be an awesome fight we see after Honest Trailer style credits confuse first timers, but you'll get it when you see it. After that cool shot, we're introduced to Deadpool (God's perfect idiot Ryan Reynolds) as he takes a taxi to track down Ajax, I mean, Francis (A British villain Ed Skrein) the man who #3ed his face up so bad, he looks like a trucker #1 on his shoulders and molded ears on it. We start with a clear, nonlinear alternation between past and present, where we follow Deadpool on his trackdown of Ajax, which is intercut with how he came to look like Freddy Kreuger face #3ed a topographical map of Utah. In the past, we see him meet Vanessa (A hot chick, Morena Baccarin) after causing trouble at a bar run by his friend Weasel (The comic relief, TJ Miller), and they're so into each other, they spend their holidays doing things Marvel Studios characters will only do in fanfiction. Between that, getting cancer, meeting a pedophile-looking #6 who gets him into a program that cures everything, and going through a hilarious, kid-unfriendly, irresponsible, origin story. It all makes sense in the end, and Deadpool's fourth-wall breaks help tie it together. And it's all set to great 90s songs, and Junkie XL's mood-setting soundtrack, whether it gets into deep techno when #1 hits the wall, or just carries a moment when the plot takes a breather. After that catches up with the (literally) gut wrenching bridge fight, Deadpool goes commando with Colossus (A CGI character, Stefan Kapi?i?) and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (A moody teen, Brianna Hildebrand), the only two X-Men the studio would pay for. These characters and the way they interact with Deadpool, help develop him into the maniacal psychopath we all know and love. His love story with Vanessa actually helps make him more relatable, because we've all been there, haven't we? Another great visual is how great the effects are despite the smaller budget, and it all looks believable (unless it shouldn't), and this movie just has fun, not taking itself seriously for any reason. Overall, Deadpool is the perfect superhero satire, whose cracks only draw attention to the cliches and tropes of the genre, which Ryan Reynolds, I mean Deadpool, calls out. And it is full of salty language, but you know what, it's so #3ing fresh and adds to Deadpool's hardcore nature, I'll give them a pass! Now to just finish with a sentence, and... perfect!