Happy Chinese New Year, by the way! Time is passing so fast, just in a blink of an eye, I am already heading off to university and it is the year of the monkey. I feel like I should have been more mature now. Though, there are still things that I regret, that I wish I could change somehow. A lot of people says that we should look forward and not back at the past but be honest, the past are the ones that made us who we are right now. After all, I tend to "forgive but never forget".
Anyway, I watched Deadpool! After the long anticipating, I can't believe I finally watch it! Deadpool is not a typical superhero movie. In fact, he is not a superhero because superhero does not kill. Based on some superhero standard. I have always been fascinated by the idea of an anti-hero then I thought Deadpool was one. After reading much comics and reading, Deadpool is far from an anti-hero, he is in it for himself.
His character is funny though. And I appreciate that kind of crude humor, maybe because I myself have some sort of crude humor in me too. After waiting for so long since they announced the movie, I am not too much disappointed with it. It was what I expected, but of course, it cannot accurately show what I expect from the top to the end.
To be honest, I expected more fourth wall breaking because that is Deadpool's specialty. I guess I also expected the movie and the story line to be longer. But heck, I think it was okay. If any longer like the usual movies, I would have missed a part of the movie because toilet breaks (!)
There was many comic book reference and stabs towards Marvel management, so I really enjoyed it because of it's raw honesty. I won't say what they say because spoiler alert! The beginning was also refreshing because they took a typical beginning credits into something funny. I like people who can poke fun of themselves because I don't think I can do that to myself. Those comic book stabs and reference made me laugh in delight but I somehow feel like not many people understand the jabs??
Anyway, Colossus was not what I imagined to be. He was funny, and so gentleman-like so I was a bit intrigued about it since I don't really follow much of the X-men. Also, there was some honest to the core jabs about X-men so it really takes away the seriousness of the movie. If you were to remove the humor of the movie, the movie could be quite gruesome.
Conclusion, it was not what I expected fully but I enjoyed the movie. It was light-heart movie, far from all the typical superhero movies so it was refreshing and I expected the movie to be that way. Because while the producers and the directors may aim for the typical superhero movie, (you know, the hot chick, the hero, the villain, and the somewhat sidekick), they reassure the audience that hey, don't give up on this movie because look! It is different, shown in breaks from all the fighting. It kind of takes away the troubles from your mind for an hour and 48 minutes of it's sheer comedy and crudeness. Plus, the movie is not draggy, unlike certain movies, it does not take 1 hour before the main char kicks some ass because the movie transition from past to present, making it less draggy. Yet, the jokes that you heard from the movie, if you hear it again, it may not be funny anymore. Because I sense that these kind of jokes, only works once.
In all honesty though, I think Ryan Reynolds did the Merc with the mouth character justice. Certainly better than his Deadpool cameo in X-men Origin: Wolverine. That was a nightmare.
Watch it. I think many people and fans will enjoy it because I certainly did.
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