The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
I think the marketing team are having a lot of fun with this 
Deadpool
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souljacker
innit
He's one of my favourite comic book characters so I'm really looking to seeing this. I hate cinemas though so will wait for a torrent.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I saw it on Wednesday. You'll hate it if:
* you don't like breaking the fourth wall (seriously this happens all the time, it's well done but it's part of the character so avoid if you're allergic to that; I don't generally like it but it's part of the point here so it didn't bother me)
* you don't like dirty jokes (there are millions of them, many honestly funny, with one or two laddish ones about which I didn't laugh and thought "that's not cool")
* awful Russian stereotypes as applied to Colossus seem awful
* you expect a proper plot that isn't just a bog standard revenge one with every scene predictable from the outset
* you don't like fourth wall jokes about wanking
* you are a comics geek and were waiting for a film with the less frat bro, more pansexual Deadpool. There was debate as to whether it would go this way or not and really, it was only going to ever go frat bro.
* the idea of frustrated protagonists having a wank with a plush unicorn offends you
* just loads of innuendo at every opportunity
I had fun though and I'm a general killjoy.
N.B. Ryan Reynolds post-Deadpool-transformation really isn't that hideous. He's Ryan Reynolds with bad skin.
* you don't like breaking the fourth wall (seriously this happens all the time, it's well done but it's part of the character so avoid if you're allergic to that; I don't generally like it but it's part of the point here so it didn't bother me)
* you don't like dirty jokes (there are millions of them, many honestly funny, with one or two laddish ones about which I didn't laugh and thought "that's not cool")
* awful Russian stereotypes as applied to Colossus seem awful
* you expect a proper plot that isn't just a bog standard revenge one with every scene predictable from the outset
* you don't like fourth wall jokes about wanking
* you are a comics geek and were waiting for a film with the less frat bro, more pansexual Deadpool. There was debate as to whether it would go this way or not and really, it was only going to ever go frat bro.
* the idea of frustrated protagonists having a wank with a plush unicorn offends you
* just loads of innuendo at every opportunity
I had fun though and I'm a general killjoy.
N.B. Ryan Reynolds post-Deadpool-transformation really isn't that hideous. He's Ryan Reynolds with bad skin.
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Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Yeah. My complaints is too pretty and too sane.
I did love the Stan Lee cameo.
I did love the Stan Lee cameo.
ska invita
back on the other side
Hadnt heard of Deadpool, but judging by the thread it sounds like a missed opportunity for one of these superhero flicks to have done something interesting for once
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I hold out more hope for Suicide Squad tbh. I wasn't expecting this to be more than it was, and I thought it was an okay waste of *cough I'm not going to think about that* quid.
I'm not holding out a _lot_ of hope for Suicide Squad btw.
I'm not holding out a _lot_ of hope for Suicide Squad btw.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I'm getting slightly annoyed about how Morena Baccarin just doesn't age at all.
Good movie though, nothing special by way of plot but it's well acted and the jokes are good. If you don't like smug meta-ness you might want to avoid this but for me it was pitched just right.
I did notice that all the in jokes were at the expense of the Fox/X-men end of the Marvel universe and none at the Disney/MCU movies, so clearly they weren't given completely free reign to take the piss.
Good movie though, nothing special by way of plot but it's well acted and the jokes are good. If you don't like smug meta-ness you might want to avoid this but for me it was pitched just right.
I did notice that all the in jokes were at the expense of the Fox/X-men end of the Marvel universe and none at the Disney/MCU movies, so clearly they weren't given completely free reign to take the piss.
Metal Malcolm
ODT resident emo
That pretty much sums it up for me too. If even a grumpy bugger like me can enjoy, i'd say it's worth a watch.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
You're the only one
Breaking shitloads of records for an R-rated film in the US, it's weird, I'm so happy for Tim Millar and Ryan Reynolds, they really fought for this for years and have been vindicated thoroughly.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I saw a thing that suggests they are very much going to go down the pan route for the sequels. That they want to ensure movie Deadpool is comic book Deadpool. Now they've got people hooked (biggest box office numbers for this kind of thing ever I believe) they have more leeway to do it.
Still, I have little faith they'll do it well. TV and movies rarely do anything pan/bi well.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Also, thank you for your review, FridgeMagnet - that's exactly the kind of breakdown I find useful.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
The whole fox/marvel ownership of rights is still a sore spot for marvel. They did not get a happy deal with this one. Given Fox's ownership of this one taking the piss out of marvel in this could really be seen as adding insult to injury.
Sherman Tank
Googling doesn't make you an expert
She wasn't forced to become a mutant, unlike Deadpool. They were only apart for a couple of years at the most. Also did anyone else think she must be Domino out of the comics?
The stand out for me was Ted Danson's performance as Deadpool, what an eye opening role.
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
Reno
The In Kraut
You just made this sound lke the last film I ever want to see.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Yes - I'm struggling a bit with the idea of deadpool. Otoh, lots of ppl with opinions I generally respect are saying it's brilliant, funniest thing ever etc. but then they're saying what's brilliant about it, and it sounds like some awful Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Ferrell, puerile bollocks.
Reno
The In Kraut
I'm bored of the whole smart-ass/self-aware thing. Look how clever we are deconstructing ourselves while really doing the same thing as any other super hero film anyway. Kick-Ass was one of the most loathsome films I've ever seen, the worst type of pandering to fan-boy sensibilities, so this probably isn't for me.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
My heart sinks every time a new super hero movie comes out, especially as I share an office with a total SH geek.
But even I enjoyed Kick-Ass. If this is comparable to Kick-Ass, I might watch it, when it's on TV anyway. 
Did Kick-Ass break the fourth wall at all? 
That has the potential to annoy me a great deal.
Reno
The In Kraut
I'm neither a super-hero fan nor a hater. I never read super hero comics as a kid, so I'm not particularely invested in it as a genre. I just think they are today's "Cowboys and Indians" films and like anything they can be done well or poorly. The Marvel Universe films do a decent job of accommodating different genres and approaches within their films, they've done anything from mad scientist films, to conspiracy thrillers, fantasy, space opera and WWII adventure. They aren't all great, but I find them reasonably entertaining because they recruit talented people to make them (often from an indie movie background). If I want something a bit more clever than that there are still alternatives out there, but I don't need a superhero film that merely tells me that it's more clever, when it really isn't.My heart sinks every time a new super hero movie comes out, especially as I share an office with a total SH geek.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
This sounds like it has violence at least. Just one of the annoying things about super hero films is that they're so tailored in content to the early teen market, though grown, generally male, geeks seem to be the most obsessed with them IME. It's the films that are a bit darker - Kick Ass, Watchmen, Batman (yeah, I know they're 12s too) - that I have a chance of enjoying. Maybe less knocking each other into buildings too. Any climax which is just a bunch of people/monsters/super heroes knocking each other into buildings is shit. IMO.
Reno
The In Kraut
A lot of Internet chat has focused on the fact that this is a successful R-rated film and that now other superhero films like the new Wolverine may be altered to be more violent, like that is going to make all the difference. I wished Hollywood would concentrate on making more decent films for adults again instead of retooling kids films to be more violent. I don't go to superhero films to see gore and I say that as a fan of some very gruesome horror films. Decent characterisation, dialogue, a decent plot and an original take on the material counts for more than whether I'll see someone's eye gouged out in a superhero movie.
I never got this obsession with a "more dark" take on superheroes, though that's exactly the thing geeks seem to be fixating on. R-rated doesn't guarantee that a film will be more "dark", something geeks seem to equal with psychological complexity. This is very simplistic, but I suppose that's how and adolescent psyche works (and I don't mean actual teenagers but adults stuck in that phase). The Nolan Batman films have already mined that thoroughly and went as far as a PG-13 allowed and I don't know what difference it would have made to actually see the bone splinter when someone gets their arm broken.
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Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
I like 'dark' as in more disturbed, ambiguous super heroes rather than just more violence.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
DC seem to be unable to break out of that dark mould. Was reading something about the BM vs Supe trailer and its true- superman doesn't smile once. Not once. Presumably he'll spend the entire film looking like someone killed his parents. Bah. Bring back well rounded quip-equiped superman
