I still rather like the opening credits of the first firm, which are alluded to in this one via a snippet of “Angel of the Morning” playing in the background in one scene and Deadpool being called “God’s Own Idiot” in another.
My wife, teen, and I saw it yesterday but my teen hadn’t actually seen the first two movies so I had to explain some of the premise to him. Unfortunately. I really only had time to talk about the butt stuff before the movie started so after that, my teen was pretty much on his own.
Something I forgot to mention was: the beginning when I heard someone humming along with the Marvel Studios theme I thought it was someone in my theater and I was thinking, “Oh boy, I go to daytime showings to avoid this crap” and I was ecstatic when I realized it was in the movie.
This reminds me of the time I was in a showing for an indie picture which featured a female character with a lot of inner turmoil and had a POV scene of her navigating some situation (maybe a party? I can’t really remember the specific movie). I became aware of a low, babbling voice (the kind where the words are almost, but not quite discernable) running through the scene. I thought “What an interesting way of keying the audience into the uneasiness and inner turmoil of the character”. Until the scene shifted, and the babbling continued, because the low babbling was coming from a woman in the back of the (small) theater continuously talking to herself in a low voice.
I keep remembering more stuff. The short Wolverine gag reminded just how pissed a bunch of fans were back in 2000 when Dougray Scott and then Hugh Jackman were cast. “He’s too tall!!!” The Internet never changes.
Blade to Deadpool: “I don’t like you.”
Deadpool: “You never did.”
I had forgotten, but this is a reference to Blade 3, which Ryan Reynold starred in. This is…uh, kind of his second Blade movie.
And Wesley Snipes did not get along with Ryan Reynolds during that production.
The movie rocks. I totally geeked out. Especially when Logan reached back and unfurled the blow-job handles.
Funny, irreverent and respectful all at the same time. Bravo, Ryan and Hugh. Bravo!
Agreed. I think it will only grow in critical assessment as we look back. There were some mixed reviews, but it’s honestly one of the best movies of the year I’ve seen so far.
Another gag I liked. They thanked in the credits Truthful Timmy the Blow Job Queen of Saskatoon.
Damn, that is one ugly dog.
Officially the ugliest dog in Britain.
One thing I didn’t like is I hate the idea of Anchor Beings and hope it gets forgotten and never brought up again. Having key events in someone’s life matter for them like the Spider-Man multiverse movies posit is okay but the entire point of being a superhero is that everyone has value. You fight to save everyone. No one should be that important.
Also having an entire universe hinge on one person, on one planet (out of near infinite ones) who just happens to be alive right now (vs the being born centuries ago or from now) is really stupid. In a comedy movie that breaks the fourth wall, okay I guess but hopefully it never becomes a thing again.
I loved this movie. It made me happy.
I mean, obviously they brought the mask in so they could use a stunt double for that single-shot mass brawl scene (and, I presume, for the later shirtless scenes). I don’t think it was CGI, though, just cheesy.
But comics-correct, and something fans have been waiting for since X-Men.
I squeed.
Ryan Reynolds needed a dance double for his Backstreet Boys number, so here’s the audition tape for Dancepool if you like.
I think the genius thing about this movie was that everyone came in expecting this to be a welcome party to the MCU for Deadpool (and Wolverine) and instead we got a heartfelt love letter to the Fox super hero films, good AND bad.
I agree and considering X2 is probably the second best Super Hero movie after the first Avengers, it really deserved a send off. I actually got wistfully sad watching the behind the scenes stuff during the credits.
Not a welcome party.
A wake for the Fox movieverse. A very raucous wake.
But don’t forget that rivalry between their brands: Aviation Gin and Laughing Man Coffee.
Saw the flick, loved it. I was not expecting the Mad Max callouts.
Who was the woman with the purple whip who grabbed X23? Both charater and actress?