Day 195 - Deadpool 2

Day 195         Deadpool 2 [2018]

                          

Screenplay                    Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick & Ryan Reynolds

Based on                       ‘Deadpool’ by Fabian Nicieza & Rob Liefeld

Director                         David Leitch

Cinematography            Jonathan Sela

Music                            Tyler Bates

Leads                            Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T. J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapičić

Production                     Marvel Entertainment, Kinberg Genre, Maximum Effort, The Donners’ Company, TSG Entertainment

IMDb                                 7.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes                82%

I’m not sure how a plot formed in this movie with the number of references it has. Every second line was a dig at something or a compliment to someone. Film buffs and, more importantly, comic book enthusiasts will have caught most of them and spat out their popcorn in a mad hysteria. Reference comedy has always been the most annoying form of comedy because of its tendency to split audiences into those that get the references and those that don’t. Those that understand references are insufferable. Constantly asking ‘did you get that one? Did you understand why that line was so funny?’ Whilst their friends nod along and then roll their eyes at the same time. Unfortunately, I am one of those people who gets the references – having invested a large amount of my time into pop culture, film and television. It’s why I am addicted to shows such as Community and Rick and Morty, along with many other irritating people. Luckily, I have learnt not to be ‘that guy’ and keep my enjoyment for references to myself (I think). Not being that close to the Marvel universe means I probably missed half of the references in this film, but thankfully there were plenty to go around. We started this movie off with some heavy ‘fridging’. ‘Fridging’ is a term I’ve recently come across that essentially means killing off a female character in order to further dramatise a male character’s narrative. Deadpool loses his wife and that strengthens his narrative the whole way through. Deadpool’s adversary/unlikely ally, Cable, also loses his wife and kids so we have an extra-large refrigerator, or whatever the terminology may be. Playing Deadpool must be a dream job for Ryan Reynolds because he essentially is just playing an exaggerated version of himself. Yes, he has to either be caked in make-up or wear a tight spandex suit, but I would do that 12 hours a day to play myself in a high-grossing superhero movie. Good to see Julian Dennison in something. I hear no-one else was considered for the part and it was nice to read Dennison commenting on the fact you never get to see kids his size playing roles such as that. You represent my bro (say that in a Kiwi accent it’ll sound better in your head). Deadpool does exactly what it tells you it’s going to do and doesn’t try to be anything else– that’s why it’s a great franchise.

Acting                               3 / 4

Writing                           3.5 / 4

Cinematography                4 / 4

Music                                3 / 4

HWF rating                   3 / 4