I’d like to personally thank this movie for meeting my expectations—and then some. Deadpool & Wolverine is everything I wanted it to be and more.
The writing was strong like the first one, and the awareness is still so there; I only slightly felt the Disney influence in certain narrative situations, but I really don’t have any complaints once I can get past all the funny plot devices they had to come up with to connect the MCU to this dying branch of Fox films.
after my second watch, though, I realized that All the silly MCU-ness just further feeds into the irony of this movie and the crazy lengths it had to go to in order to make it make sense in the MCU.
I understand how the comedy and the fast pace may not jive with some audiences, but I don’t see how you can make a better Deadpool threequel featuring Hugh’s frickin Wolverine than this one.
the movie fits right into the Deadpool franchise as an over-the-top buddy-cop comedy where you’re the other buddy cop, which is also something I think a lot of people miss about Deadpool—you know, how he’s aware that you’re watching him the entire time and can’t help but include you in the fun.
a friend of mine told me the movie has “too many fourth-wall-breaks,” to which I responded is liked saying there’s too much gunfire in a war movie.
From Deadpool’s perspective, the viewer is part of the journey, too, which is why he talks to us so much.
I bring that up because although it’s much more direct in Deadpool’s case, I think being mindful about including the fan in the experience is where Marvel finds its biggest success, which I’ll touch more on later.
The action was GREAT. Loved Hugh all the way through, because he still loves it, too. I appreciate so much how he cares about this character, and it was awesome to see him still at the top of his game getting back into the claws.
This movie also delivers on the geek hype big time. The irony is top tier, and they were totally right when they said they were able to hide a lot in this movie. Payoffs galore, as far as the eye can see.
Deadpool & Wolverine makes me excited to be a Marvel movie fan again.
There have definitely been some good Marvel movies in the last couple of years (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), but the last few attempts I’ve seen in theaters (Thor: Love & Thunder, The Marvels, Madame Web) have largely not been awesome.
They’re not necessarily “bad” movies (I’m being nice), but they miss the engaging elements that Ryan Reynolds and the team working on Deadpool & Wolverine worked into their entire film.
On top of a great Marvel movie with Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds coming out this weekend, My excitement is also being fueled by the epic announcement that came from Marvel at San Diego Comic-Con.
Kevin Feige shocked the world at SDCC by bringing out Joe & Anthony Russo and announcing that they’ll be directing Avengers 5 & 6, as well as bringing in Robert Downey Jr. to play Dr. Doom in Avengers 5–retitled Avengers: Doomsday.
Quite the pivot from their original plans to make Avengers 5 a Kang movie, no? But Deadpool & Wolverine makes me love that. Because Deadpool & Wolverine is the best Marvel movie to come out since Spider-Man: No Way Home (which is just in a league of its own), and it was made by people that love Deadpool more than anything.
Deadpool & Wolverine makes me feel like Marvel finally has their finger on the fandom’s pulse again.
I don’t just mean they’re doing their homework by catching up on related movies or reading relevant comic books, but Reynolds and the Deadpool & Wolverine team knowing the history of what fans want from these characters and finding creative ways to honor the legacy of the franchise while also creating new stories that will be just as memorable is what encourages me greatly about Marvel’s apparent course-correction with the next two Avengers movies.
this is the first Marvel movie in years where the people behind it are all genuinely passionate about the project (barring James Gunn’s Guardians 3, but check my Letterboxd entries on how I think Gunn really phoned it in on that threeequel).
Last thing I’ll say about Deadpool & Wolverine: what a great sendoff for the 2-decades’ worth of movies I grew up with that’ll probably never matter again.
Deadpool & Wolverine is a near-perfect Marvel movie that makes me feel all the feels. Only Ryan Reynolds could make me feel this way, and I love that someone so passionate about his kinship to Marvel was allowed to create such an awesome movie experience for everyone.
