Deadpool is your Valentine’s day date movie
1. FINALLY Ryan Reynolds can be a star. Deadpool showcases Reynolds’ best attributes: his comic delivery, his torso, and his ass. They’re not coy about it, either: the poster reads, “Smartass, Badass, Great Ass.” In some scenes he wears no pants. It’s rated R-16, go away, children.
2. It refers openly to the Green Lantern debacle.
3. It is a superhero movie that makes fun of superhero movies. The jokes fly so fast, we have to see the movie more than once to get everything. The credit sequence itself is hysterical.
4. It is horrifically violent, smutty, immature and hilarious—like our teenage comic book-reading selves.
5. Deadpool is obviously low-budget (for a superhero movie) so they can only afford two X-Men and the special effects look cheap, but they make up for it by being extra-nerdy. “The fourth wall just broke the fourth wall,” Deadpool notes, “so that’s like, sixteen walls.”
6. There are no amazing weapons of mass destruction or super-scary villains (Though Gina Carano as herself is not someone you want to cross), but there’s a ton of dick jokes. Final battle. They’re out of weapons. Lead villain Rejected Daario Naharis says, “Fine. Fists.”
“Sounds like your Saturday night,” Deadpool says. Again: Children, go away.
7. It is directed by Erlich from Silicon Valley (who also plays Deadpool’s best friend), and it shares that show’s combination of juvenile humor and intelligence. The action scenes are fairly straightforward and comprehensible.
Correction: Tim Miller the director is not T.J. Miller who is Erlich Bachman on Silicon Valley. But it would’ve killed if he were! Thanks to the readers who pointed this out.
8. There’s a post-credit sequence that makes fun of post-credit sequences.
9. You don’t have to have read a single Deadpool comic book to enjoy it.
10. Excellent use of cheesy pop ballads.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
February 11th, 2016 at 09:27
Tim Miller & T.J. Miller are the same person?
February 11th, 2016 at 10:24
Erlich is TJ Miller. The director is Tim Miller.
February 11th, 2016 at 14:51
Hi Jessica! Deadpool is directed by Tim Miller. Erlich is TJ Miller.
February 12th, 2016 at 06:07
Speaking of nerdy and self-referential, have you ever checked out the animated show The Venture Brothers? If not, you’ll want to be in on it. There are levels and levels of nerd references packed in each episode. The show has also evolved so much in its six seasons of existence. It started as a piss take on old Jonny Quest adventures and has transmogrified into commentaries on fandom, pop music, and even cinema.
The most recent week alone included references to Green Arrow and Duran Duran, among many. Also, how could anyone not resist a series where at one point the main bad guy was David Bowie (along with his main minions Iggy Pop and Brian Eno)?
February 12th, 2016 at 11:20
Thanks for the correction. We wanted Tim Miller and TJ Miller to be the same person dammit.
February 21st, 2016 at 22:13
I loved it! Watching Deadpool made me want to migrate to Canada.