Rating of
3.5/4
From Deadpool. With Love.
Azerafel - wrote on 02/12/16
Guys, bring your ladies. This is this year's Valentine's Day date movie. Seriously. At its core Deadpool is a love story. Gory, irreverent, and at one point features about seven gratuitous crotch shots in the span of five minutes, but a love story nonetheless. And the love story is is between Deadpool and his fans, whom he affectionately addresses at various points in the movie and brings into the most intimate points of his life. Lots of intimate moments... some of which we may not necessarily needed to see.
I waited seven years for this movie and happily enough it did not disappoint. The 'opening credits', set to the tune of Juice Newton's 'Angel in the Morning', alone give a good indication of what the audience is in for. The movie takes full advantage of its R rating - chock full of violence, profanity, crude humor, and makes good on the promise of breaking the fourth wall that Deadpool is best known for. The inside jokes, meta-observations and the general self-awareness of the movie as a whole can be appreciated by any fan. The sequel's already on my wishlist, and here's hoping I don't have to wait another ten years to see it.
