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Just saw D&W today. It honestly wasn’t that good, and I don’t know why it is considered a good send off. To me, it felt like a worse No Way Home, which in and of itself was a movie I didn’t think was all that great.
To start with the good, action scenes were pretty good. I think the music heavily carried many scenes, but the film did have a good energy to it. As cringe as it may be Bye Bye Bye being played made for a memorable opening, I’m With You was a fun song for the car scene. Also loved Bring ‘em Out for the pre-battle scene with Team X had me invested. I really took to this film based on soundtrack I guess.
As for the bad, where do we even begin:
The plot is basically nonexistent, so definitely don’t go if you want any sort of actual story.
The entire set up to the film is overly convoluted and makes little sense given Deadpool sort of just seems to work both within and out of the reality. Like, I genuinely cannot tell what is happening a good chunk of the time as I don’t know whether Deadpool is operating within the universe or being meta. This especially affects the humor of the film as I feel some jokes would work better if they were set in one-or-the-other.
Beyond stuff like that, humor was just lacking. Every joke felt like either Ryan expressing his deep-seeded homosexuality, cussing or some meta joke about the Disney-Fox merger. I don’t think this film had any other jokes. If you weren’t in the know of the behind the scenes of these actors or these projects, nothing would land.
Even for meta jokes, I felt like I were better ones that could have been used. I thought the Honda scene would end with Deadpool commenting on how they have been listening to the same Avril Lavigne song for hours, instead got an overly dragged out joke about why Logan’s costume sucks. I also thought Deadpool’s job after missing the Avengers would be Free Guy, but I guess he just sells cars.
For another one, I am surprised at how this film mentions DC Comics multiple times, yet the multiple Deadpools scene doesn’t have a DeathStroke styled Deadpool. Like, they totally could have had a black and orange Deadpool pop out at the end and have Deadpool go, “ah not this jackass, I guess I shouldn’t have pissed off you-know-who earlier.” It would at least be a cute nod to the fact that Deadpool started as a parody knock-off of DC’s character.
When it comes to respecting the Fox Legacy, this movie just isn’t it.
Both Wolverine and Deadpool get Last Jedi tier retcons to turn them into losers everyone hates. Deadpool loses his GF and the rest of the last movie’s cast is irrelevant so Deadpool can be mocked by everyone. The Wolverine in the film is some new loser Wolverine everyone hates, lives a shitty life with no accomplishments and wants to kill himself.
As for the others, they really aren’t much better:
As for the villains, I thought female Xavier was fine.
The TVA man was a poor villain. Surprised Deadpool, an irrational killing machine, did not pop a cap in this dick. He literally stood right next to him wearing a full arsenal and it wasn’t like the guy had any reason to be kept alive either. Deadpool just doesn’t kill him even though he is threatening an entire universe and trying to kill his friends.
To start with the good, action scenes were pretty good. I think the music heavily carried many scenes, but the film did have a good energy to it. As cringe as it may be Bye Bye Bye being played made for a memorable opening, I’m With You was a fun song for the car scene. Also loved Bring ‘em Out for the pre-battle scene with Team X had me invested. I really took to this film based on soundtrack I guess.
As for the bad, where do we even begin:
The plot is basically nonexistent, so definitely don’t go if you want any sort of actual story.
The entire set up to the film is overly convoluted and makes little sense given Deadpool sort of just seems to work both within and out of the reality. Like, I genuinely cannot tell what is happening a good chunk of the time as I don’t know whether Deadpool is operating within the universe or being meta. This especially affects the humor of the film as I feel some jokes would work better if they were set in one-or-the-other.
A big example for me would be the entire Happy Hogan shtick at the beginning. My brain processed this scene as Deadpool asking Marvel to let him in given how meta everything is, but no, it is set within the MCU? First off, how the did Deadpool travel to another universe, the Cable’s time travel device doesn’t make sense?
Second, the scene is just a mess humor wise. Because it is MCU a good chunk of opportunity just gets evaporated. The “big man” should have been Stan Lee, with a nice nod to his passing, but instead it is Tony. Deadpool still makes meta quips which, doesn’t make sense to speak about his films to an actual superhero team, rather than the company producing their films.
Side note: I feel like knowing the production history and how someone died on the set of Deadpool 2 really makes that former cast “didn’t test well” joke not land.
I get this is sort of a sperg thing to write about, but I want to express why this movie didn’t work for me and this scene is a good example. Had it been Deadpool auditioning at Marvel studios, most of the joke would have landed and created a decent scene.
Second, the scene is just a mess humor wise. Because it is MCU a good chunk of opportunity just gets evaporated. The “big man” should have been Stan Lee, with a nice nod to his passing, but instead it is Tony. Deadpool still makes meta quips which, doesn’t make sense to speak about his films to an actual superhero team, rather than the company producing their films.
Side note: I feel like knowing the production history and how someone died on the set of Deadpool 2 really makes that former cast “didn’t test well” joke not land.
I get this is sort of a sperg thing to write about, but I want to express why this movie didn’t work for me and this scene is a good example. Had it been Deadpool auditioning at Marvel studios, most of the joke would have landed and created a decent scene.
Beyond stuff like that, humor was just lacking. Every joke felt like either Ryan expressing his deep-seeded homosexuality, cussing or some meta joke about the Disney-Fox merger. I don’t think this film had any other jokes. If you weren’t in the know of the behind the scenes of these actors or these projects, nothing would land.
Even for meta jokes, I felt like I were better ones that could have been used. I thought the Honda scene would end with Deadpool commenting on how they have been listening to the same Avril Lavigne song for hours, instead got an overly dragged out joke about why Logan’s costume sucks. I also thought Deadpool’s job after missing the Avengers would be Free Guy, but I guess he just sells cars.
For another one, I am surprised at how this film mentions DC Comics multiple times, yet the multiple Deadpools scene doesn’t have a DeathStroke styled Deadpool. Like, they totally could have had a black and orange Deadpool pop out at the end and have Deadpool go, “ah not this jackass, I guess I shouldn’t have pissed off you-know-who earlier.” It would at least be a cute nod to the fact that Deadpool started as a parody knock-off of DC’s character.
When it comes to respecting the Fox Legacy, this movie just isn’t it.
Both Wolverine and Deadpool get Last Jedi tier retcons to turn them into losers everyone hates. Deadpool loses his GF and the rest of the last movie’s cast is irrelevant so Deadpool can be mocked by everyone. The Wolverine in the film is some new loser Wolverine everyone hates, lives a shitty life with no accomplishments and wants to kill himself.
As for the others, they really aren’t much better:
- Elektra - Irrelevant
- Blade - Probably the best, but still irrelevant
- X23 - Try to have a thing with Wolverine, but also irrelevant.
- Gambit - Funny accent man, costume looks pretty bad. I think it’s the Injustice 2 Superman helmet as it makes his face look fat.
- Johnny Storm - randomly bursts into Deadpool style cussing sessions now, also given the most horrific death.
- Daredevil - but of a joke
- Sabretooth - A bait-and-switch for audiences that wanted to see him fight Wolverine. Dies pitifully
- The rest - who cares, they barely add anything.
As for the villains, I thought female Xavier was fine.
The TVA man was a poor villain. Surprised Deadpool, an irrational killing machine, did not pop a cap in this dick. He literally stood right next to him wearing a full arsenal and it wasn’t like the guy had any reason to be kept alive either. Deadpool just doesn’t kill him even though he is threatening an entire universe and trying to kill his friends.
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