Grade: B
The Deadpool movies are like a raunchy counterpart to the Naked Gun and Airplane films. They simultaneously parody and pay respectful homage to superhero movies. Ryan Reynolds plays the self-named title character. He cannot die. If a limb gets blown off, it just takes him a few days to grow a new one. In Deadpool 2, in the process of growing new legs, they start out looking like baby legs.
I am beginning to like superhero movies more than I initially did. I thought Guardians of the Galaxy had lots of great ingredients, but never got cooking. I found GotG volume 2 to be a marked improvement – a definite step in the right direction. Spider-Man: Homecoming was pretty solid, and I quite enjoyed Deadpool, in all its irreverent, witty, self-aware, fourth-wall-breaking jocularity. I am a guilty pleasure fan of the Dawson’s Creek series, but a flaw it shares with the first Deadpool is the screenplay is too clever for its own good. The characters are brilliant wordsmiths all the time, but we know that in real life, nobody really says all the most perfect lines all the time. The folks in Deadpool and the 15-18 year old kids in Dawson’s Creek speak as if they have the luxury of formulating a response before hitting send – like they were composing a movie review in a Facebook post. Deadpool 2 tones down on this, but in exchange, it is plot and action-heavy, and can often get tedious because of it. The story ultimately doesn’t matter. It is secondary to our sheer enjoyment of these smart, fun characters. I am giving Deadpool 2 a favorable rating, because I like the franchise and hope it continues. There is a Deadpool 3 in the works already.
You want something that exists on a wavelength of its own, that will give you plenty of belly laughs and quotable lines, and is usually so much fun to watch? Here you go.
Grade: B
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