Movie Review: Deadpool

After almost a year of writing this blog I am sure it comes as no surprise that I enjoy the cinematic Marvel Universe. The stories and characters they have created usually have something for everyone. Their latest movie out is based on a comic I had heard of but not read. When I saw the trailers for Deadpool I did not think it would have a rating low enough to fall in my age group. Turns out Canada thinks it should only be rated 14A, so it became this weeks review. 

The movie starts with a sort of fly through in the middle of a frozen fighting sequence with Deadpool aka Wade Wilson (played by Ryan Reynolds) beating up some people working for a man named Francis aka AJax (played by Ed Skrein) with some very funny opening credits (probably written by Wade). It then goes back a little bit to Deadpool taking a taxi driven by a man named Dopinder (played by Karan Soni), bored sitting in the backseat, so he moves up front. He notices a picture of a lady Dopinder has and says how beautiful she is. Dopinder agrees, but then says how she was stolen away by his cousin. Deadpool says how them meeting was meant to be. He then is dropped off on a bridge where he sits drawing a picture. He addresses the audience for a couple of minutes about how he got his own movie until he sees a certain group of cars driving up to the bridge below him. He drops down and we get the full action for the frozen scene at the beginning, plus some extra fighting scenes.

The scene is then switched to Colossus (played by Stefan Kapicic) at Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters watching the news of Deadpool's attack on the bridge. He calls Negasonic Teenage Warhead (played by Brianna Hildebrand) to join him as they head to where Deadpool is fighting.

This was a very different Super person/Antihero (I won't say Hero because Deadpool hates that) movie from what Marvel usually puts out. Instead of some clean cut men who have some ego problems, we get an angry ex-special ops guy with a mouth, dirty mind, and quick wit who gruesomely kills the bad guys. He is probably more real than most other super hero characters because he shows a very rounded character with flaws, and he actually talks to the audience because he knows it's a movie. This actually made the flashback scenes work so much better than other movies because it really is him telling us his story in pieces. The plot makes for a great origin story and the quick pace keeps you on the edge of your seat. The other part that really worked was the love story that is hard to find in most superhero action movies. It was a true to life story with ups and downs. I give credit to the writers for making it a great movie to watch that way as well.

The acting was great, and really enjoyable. You could tell Ryan Reynolds was fully into this role. He made his character come to life in movement and speech. Considering he spent most of the movie under a mask, he had such small aspects down that you really didn't notice. Morena Baccarin, who plays Wade's love interest, is the perfect pairing to keep up with Ryan's personality. They really worked well together and the chemistry between them lit up the screen. Ed Skrein's character, Francis, was a little flat compared to the other lively characters in the movie. Even though he has super powers as well, he just didn't seem to pop. I am not sure if this is due to the writing or his character being his character, but I feel he may have missed the mark a little.

Overall, the movie was great, but I have a warning. It is very graphic and really should have had a higher rating in Canada than 14A. In the U.S. it is rated R, and I think that it should be the same here. It is a movie meant for adults and, as funny as it was, not something even us young teens or sensitive adults should watch yet. Deadpool sent out a letter over social media and I am going to share it here down below. Please do not take your young kids to see this movie and spoil any future sequels. With that said I would rate this movie 9.3/10 for being a great start to a new movie franchise with Marvel, but falling just a little in areas.

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