"Deadpool" is not your average modern day superhero movie, but it is in every way your typical comic-book movie. A combination of a barrage of violence, gratuitous nudity and hilarious in-jokes with the typical "anti-hero kidnaps girl, superhero goes after anti-hero and saves girl" storyline. Most superhero movies that we have seen on our screens before have really played it safe in terms of sexuality and there is no way in hell...or heaven, would we have imagined a time where we had to worry about obscenity in a comic-book movie. I mean, the spiderman upside-down kiss has been the most exciting sexual scene in a superhero movie for the longest time! However, I would imagine that is what comic books were really about in the first place. They were for 'boys' to admire other fictitious guys with super powers, drool at non-existing hot girls and laugh at stupidly sarcastic jokes; and that is what "Deadpool" brings back.
In "Deadpool", Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) hunts down the man who subjected him to an experiment that left him with new abilities, including an accelerated healing factor, and a scarred physical appearance. The film flips between the present where Wade is hunting down British villain, Francis, responsible for his disfigurement; and a flashback that details his relationship with Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), an escort he met at a bar and they became romantically linked.
Ryan, who is infamously known for his epic failure in superhero movies, brings great justice to this character...and justice to himself. Funny that while most superheros have reflected the typical serious, morally grounded and ethical personalities which Ryan failed portraying in previous films, he goes and nails the one superhero that is the total opposite. "Deadpool" is lighthearted, wity and quite casual for a superhero; and I guess that is how Ryan Reynolds is as a person. He is pretty and charming, and his personality reflects in "Deadpool". The only difference is that we might see Ryan as more of a shy human being yet in "Deadpool" he is not called the Merc With A Mouth for nothing.
Many have referenced the violence in "Deadpool" to Quinton Tarantino movies. I guess I have a high tolerance for violence (in action movies) because I did not think it was as bad as people thought it was. As a matter of fact, I thought it was funny in a sadistic type of way. I might have even laughed at the attacks and killings more than the actual jokes.
I always say that 90% of the time, R-rated scenes in movies or TV shows are quite unnecessary for the storyline but writers and producers just throw them in there because they sell; and that is the case in "Deadpool". In all honesty, even though Vanessa was an escort, we did not really need to see their sexual encounters for us to understand the nature of their relationship. What do they take us for? We are smart people. We are not that petty. But we are not complaining. Its nice that they showed us. Because, wait for it... we ARE that petty!
I love the fact that "Deadpool" is never serious but constantly fun. Unlike in most action movies, you never find yourself cringing or holding your breath because of what might happen next (not even to root for the good guy; not that "Deadpool" is the greatest hero ever seen), but instead you just buckle up and go with the flow.
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