I was highly anticipating the '
Deadpool' film for months leading up to its release. I went to see it on the Friday of it's opening weekend, and it definitely did not disappoint. Here is my short review of the film, which contains no spoilers for those of you that are yet to experience the movie.
'
X-Men Origins: Wolverine' was the first showing of Ryan Reynolds as fictional antihero
Deadpool, and it was disappointing to say the least for any fans of the character. Reynolds knew this and has been pushing for a film dedicated to the character ever since, and it has finally arrived to the big screens. This film displays much more similarities to the comic book characteristics compared to the previous one.
'Deadpool' is breaking many box-office opening weekend records, and deservedly so, as it is a fantastic movie. It's a
Marvel film, but is not aimed at the usual franchise's audience. It has an older target market than the likes of films such as 'Avengers Assemble'. 'Deadpool' has been given a 15 age restriction rating, which probably would've come from all of the extremely dirty jokes, never mind the violence and sex scenes.
This film deserves all the hype that it has been getting. For a superhero film it is extremely funny, I couldn't help but laugh out loud the whole way through, and the same goes for the rest of the audience in the cinema that day. As well as having big-belly laughs, the film has some great fighting scenes, in fact it opens with one that straight away gives you an idea of just how good the film is going to be, and of course with Deadpool being Deadpool even the fighting sequences are full of humour.
It's not just the main character that makes this film so good, the supporting cast definitely holds their own, and provides just as many memorable moments throughout the film. Especially fictional mutant character
Negasonic Teenage Warhead, who is reluctant to help fellow X-Men character
Colossus convince Deadpool to join them. She has the usual teenage verbal comebacks throughout the movie, which is a recurring joke that did not get old. In her most memorable scene she is seen on her phone tweeting before getting involved in any of the action.
The storyline of this film is very strong for a Marvel film, it does not have all the typically used themes. At parts the film even makes you feel a little emotional, but quickly gets back to it's quirky humour, and to Deadpool breaking the fourth-wall. There are times when you can see yourself in
Wade's (Deadpool) shoes, you can imagine how you would react in his situation, the depth of his character really comes through during the course of the film, this is another way in which the film is so good.
I rate this film a very high 8 out of 10, I strongly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the Deadpool character in Marvel comics. I also recommend it to any Marvel film franchise fans, but be warned it is not typical to the others, and definitely is not suitable for kids. The film has a lot of extremely funny references to X-Men, in particular
Wolverine, also there are references to DC character
Green Lantern, a character which Ryan Reynolds played, that like his earlier Deadpool display, was pretty poor. Overall this film was even better than I expected, and I thought very highly of it before stepping foot in the cinema. In my opinion it's the best 'superhero' movie out there, despite Deadpool being a antihero, I believe the film deserves to be rated along the likes of
Superman and Avengers. If you're yet to see it, I recommend you go and experience the film as soon as possible, you won't regret it.
