TonyWatchesMovies Movie Review: Deadpool: 8.5 out of 10

My last review was very uptight as I went back and read it, so in the future I'm going to be a little more laid back for my reviews which is perfect, because today I talk about Deadpool.

TonyWatchesMovies Score: 8.5 out of 10

Deadpool is the Marvel movie that I have been waiting for ever since Iron Man 2; A truly anti-hero who is genuinely hilarious allowed to get up to as much high jinks as he wants without having the restriction of being PG-13, and as you can expect, it turned out to be a truly glorious movie. There were a couple of things that brought down the overall score for me unfortunately, but overall I left the movie having enjoyed every minute of it.

For starters, Ryan Reynolds owns Deadpool, no contest. Maybe he didn't in X-Men Origins Wolverine, and I'm sure the scars still feel very fresh in our minds, but he definitely redeems Deadpool fully after his performance. Reynolds' naturally cocky nature brings Deadpool to life, and his quick delivery of hilarious lines will keep your ear trained to hear every glorious word.

The relationship between Reynolds and Morena Baccarin was also something I thoroughly enjoyed because it felt as though it was a TRUE relationship and not tailor-made. For example, the relationship between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey in the new Spider-Man movies felt a little hokey when he wrote "I Love You" on the Brooklyn bridge (or whatever bridge that is, I'm not a native New Yorker) because it seemed like something right out of some B list chick flick. In Deadpool, however, you feel like it's real, simply because they don't do any of that dumb shit, it's just two people, being normal people (except one of them is violently insane).

FINALLY there's some real bloodshed in a Marvel movie. That's what the inner psychopath shouted in my head as the first enemy was eviscerated in front of my eyes. This movie will be bloody, and in spades. This movie also has swears, and when the both are combined, you will find yourself shaking with giddyness like you're a schoolgirl who found out who Taylor Lautner is. I was seriously SO HAPPY, because it meant that the writers figured out something important; it doesn't matter what you have to do, as long as you stay true to the character you're portraying. Imagine for me, if you will, Wolverine. Or more precisely, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. After X-Men Origins hit the screen, it didn't seem right to me, simply because here's a character who is constantly battling his internal turmoil and only through violence can he quiet his mind, and yet, there was no real bloodshed to be found. He seems like a character who isn't wearing his own skin. Deadpool is fully realised the second you see a guy get pancaked by hitting a traffic sign at 90 mph (spoilers?), and after that happens, you are watching Deadpool, not some actor's interpretation.

Now, for what I didn't like. Also, spoilers.

There's really only one thing I didn't like, and that was when I found myself watching YET ANOTHER predicament where the hero's love interest is caught in a precarious situation by his arch enemy and he has to worry about saving her. I got SO PISSED in the theater after that shit happened I almost felt like leaving. Thankfully it was still the Deadpool movie so it wasn't so unbearable, but I still couldn't get over it. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN THAT? Spider-Man, Iron Man, most of the James Bonds, Ghost Rider, Incredible Hulk, SERIOUSLY. Can we please get over it already? You were doing SO WELL Deadpool, then they had to pull that nonsense. And I saw it coming a mile away too, right when she walked out the back door of that strip club (long story, watch the movie).

Anyways.

Overall though, I enjoyed Deadpool so much, and I highly recommend it to all of you. Don't bring your kids.

Cheers,

-TonyWatchesMovies