Best fun I've had at the movie theatre in some time.
Deadpool
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Re: Deadpool
Loved the humor and how the film toyed with action/adventure conventions. Loads of hilarious lines. Pleasant surprise to see veteran actress Leslie Uggams in a movie like this. Top notch action. Textbook popcorn flick.
And it costs under $60M to make, proving that the smarter the script, the bigger the bang for the budget."There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
-Maya Angelou
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It was a very entertaining flick.
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Could have handled the storyteller better though. The first fight with Francis in the past was not suspenseful, because we already knew that it would be going nowhere.
That and I was surprised how much of the storyline is similar to Spawn. Burned off face, afraid to go back to old love, creepy old black blind lady friend etc. I read the Spawn comics in the 90s and was completely unaware of Deadpool (shame on me, I guess).
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I saw it, based on what I'd heard. As someone who doesn't like comic book movies, I'll say that this didn't feel like watching a comic book movie; if not for the X-Men, you could mistake it for being original.
The second half fell flat, to me. The freeway sequence and (most of) the backstory were great but watching Deadpool kill goons was uninteresting and the fight at the end felt like the discount version of a shitty comic book movie's fight at the end.
Great casting, though. Did anyone else hear that there would be full-frontal nudity? I'm disappointed that they didn't have the balls to put balls in a comic book movie. The depiction of pegging was also unduly implicit, IMHO. (Though that was a good joke.)
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Originally posted by ctp View PostI saw it, based on what I'd heard. As someone who doesn't like comic book movies, I'll say that this didn't feel like watching a comic book movie; if not for the X-Men, you could mistake it for being original.
Great casting, though. Did anyone else hear that there would be full-frontal nudity? I'm disappointed that they didn't have the balls to put balls in a comic book movie. The depiction of pegging was also unduly implicit, IMHO. (Though that was a good joke.)
I agree with your (hidden spoiler) assessment of the ending scene.
The thing is -- I haven't thought about the movie once since I left the theater. I have no idea why there was nothing for me to figure out or ponder afterwards...?
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Originally posted by figment View PostI'm not super into superhero movies, either, but it didn't feel like one to me. The movie flew by, mostly as I sat there, saying to myself -- did they just do that? And that? And that?
Originally posted by figment View PostThe thing is -- I haven't thought about the movie once since I left the theater. I have no idea why there was nothing for me to figure out or ponder afterwards...?
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Originally posted by ctp View PostYeah, the plot was pretty bare and I couldn't tell you what the theme was. That didn't stop me from enjoying the movie but a rewatch would be for sight-gags, for me.
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