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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I went to watch it yesterday.

The plot is paper thin and the movie banks heavily on nostalgia and fan service.

This article accurately describes how I felt after watching the movie.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Sounds like a movie i'll pirate and turn off after half an hour.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

just like with Star Wars the canon story kept changing to maximize profits ruining the story telling part

all eye candy now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Of all complaints, I don't see how this changed the canon of the MCU. Deadpool rubbed up against the MCU main universe, but was only for the briefest time actually inside of it. It was a harmless penetration of the MCU canon. Deadpool spent most of the time with Fox characters and fighting on the island of misfit toys.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I enjoyed it, 3.5/5 stars, but there are issues beyond the self referentiality.

It feels overlong. The constant fights between Deadpool and Wolverine grow tiresome. The swearing is at the level of a 12 year old trying to be edgy.

Those are actual complaints that don't involve the subject matter, which I'm totally down for. I was slightly disapponted they went with a Music Man reference instead of Greatest Showman, but fine, whatever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I give a pass to a lot of this movie because the self referential aspects were essentially the purpose of the movie. This is a movie saying goodbye to Fox Marvel movies.

Every moment of "Hey remember that?" where the audience points at the screen was also to give audiences who grew up with those movies an assurance those old movies get a send off.

Unrelated, this frame contains the single most deep pull joke in a Deadpool movie and I actually smiled a true nerd smile in theater when I saw it. "Liefeld's Just Feet Shoe Store."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I smiled when I saw the shop sign in the theater. It’s there’s for a few shots too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yes, they get tossed into it and there's a pile of shoes everywhere, that's the first time I noticed it, but it's in the backdrop for the whole fight. The movie had the uncharacteristic restraint not to call attention to it, which made it extra fun to spot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ah crap, I'm gonna go see this in IMAX on Monday. I guess I should prepare to be disappointed.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Not sure what people are talking about here but I thought it was amazing. I loved it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I went to the first showing on Thursday, it's fine. It's Deadpool, what do they expect? ;)

There are problems with it without getting into all the business dealings, IP property rights and so on, see my note down thread somewhere.

But it's fine, taking my wife today, she's the Deadpool fan. I bet she loves it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was entertaining. It wasn't horrible. I liked the cameos with the villain. It wasn't a masterpiece. But it was fun. I liked the fights between Wolverine and Deadpool. They showed their relationship and it made the ending make sense.

Where it was lost is that it was not the silly Deadpool that was in the first two. I wish there were more parts with the prior two casts that drove the ending and story. But it was already long.

I would watch it again. It's better than the latest Thor and a needed addition to the MCU.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Are you talking about the second movie where he was suicidally depressed the whole time?

Deadpool was incredibly silly in this movie. Like the other movies, his comedy got complimentary screentime with his serious motivation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Since when was Deadpool part of the MCU? Yes it's Marvel, but it's its own thing on the side and for a different audience. Just like the spiderverse movies aren't part of the MCU.

This isn't journalism, this is someone gaining clicks from the topic of the day.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://www.marvel.com/movies

Deadpool & Wolverine is listed under "Marvel Movies," whereas Deadpool 1 & 2 are listed under "Other Movies." This is the best source I can find that D&W is part of the MCU.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well shit, apparently this movie is actually part of the MCU timeline. I hope that doesn't mean they've toned it down.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ok so now that I've seen it, it's 100% part of the MCU. I don't want to spoil anything but yeah. Also the movie is hilarious!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

It is crazy how of all movies, this is the one leveraging the TVA so much. This is 100% a MCU movie without actually interacting with the MCU timeline (excepting one scene that doesn't affect it).

This movie is a send off to the Fox Marvel movies. I see so much complaint about the nostalgia, and while it's true that this movie has a lot of nostalgia, it is working for the purpose of saying goodbye to Fox Marvel. It's a vehicle to give goodbye to those nostalgia inspiring characters.