Great movie. Absolutely loved it, the villain was a bit shit and generic though.
Deadpool (contains spoilers, obviously)
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Brilliant movie, Ryan Reynolds is beautiful.
Leaked Deadpool footage from years ago
Hardly leaked. It's been on Youtube for ages. That's what got the movie made in the first place iirc.
I thought it was hit and miss.
I went in with pretty high hopes based on reviews and recommendations but I wasn't that keen on it in the end. I found half of the humour was the sort of contrived, unsubtle American rubbish you get in the likes of Blue Mountain State, which I can't stand. I liked the antihero type approach and it was refreshing in a sense but I definitely won't be shelling out to go and see a sequel.
I went in with pretty high hopes based on reviews and recommendations but I wasn't that keen on it in the end. I found half of the humour was the sort of contrived, unsubtle American rubbish you get in the likes of Blue Mountain State, which I can't stand. I liked the antihero type approach and it was refreshing in a sense but I definitely won't be shelling out to go and see a sequel.
Watched it yesterday. Meh, has the world lowered its movie standards? Some jokes were good (liam neeson 
)but the rest felt so forced and overall it's just quite an empty movie as far as I'm concerned. The dialogues between Al and Wade were cringey as feck.
)but the rest felt so forced and overall it's just quite an empty movie as far as I'm concerned. The dialogues between Al and Wade were cringey as feck.Watched it yesterday. Meh, has the world lowered its movie standards? Some jokes were good (liam neeson
It was alright for what it was, I felt like they were scared to go full retard and lose the audience, the sequel will be more interesting.
The overall story was pretty shit, the bad guy wasn't really very good at all, the comedy was very hit or miss, I enjoyed the self-referential stuff more than anything else.
Klopp did well to get a part in it.
Deadpool has never been about good villains, and character development. When the character first came to prominence it was to make fun of the Marvel chief execs, and the comic book industry as a whole, (and breaking the 4th wall), which is why the character became so popular in the 90s.
I really don't care that it doesn't take itself serious or that it maybe breaks some of the 'movie laws' or that it breaks the fourth wall, or whoever the movie wants to mock. I think the movie is quite dull, empty, and besides the action scenes, there's no any other scene that sticks with me. A very mediocre movie once again hyped to the max, and the makers are laughing themselves to death.
That's fair enough, and of course it'll resonate more with people who read the comics growing up (like myself) or know the machinations behind the character. Some people didn't enjoy the Hobbit, but as a big Tolkein fan I loved it, but that's also because I read the book etc and knew the back story and the trimmings of Middle Earth.
I loved it - perfect Saturday night movie! Thought it hit the right tone for the character - really well played and you could tell they put a lot of effort into doing the character justice.
I was led to believe it would be something abit different to the norm, but it was a standard formulaic action hero movie.
If standard includes R rated action and character wall breaking, sure.
I do think the sequel is important however. People might see this as a gimmick, but lets see what happens if more movies do this (rumours of Wolverine being R-rated) or once people know what to expect in the sequel.
I do think the sequel is important however. People might see this as a gimmick, but lets see what happens if more movies do this (rumours of Wolverine being R-rated) or once people know what to expect in the sequel.
What was even so special about the R-rating? The violence was hardly shocking as far as I'm concerned.
Why are they? They've made a film that a hell of a lot of people really liked on a modest budget compared to films of a similar ilk, and it has done really well, well enough to spur a sequel I would imagine. The character from the comics was done a lot of justice which appeases the hardcore following, and Marvel win because Deadpool comics will be flying off the shelves. Who is the joke on?
Fair enough if some people don't like it, that goes for almost every film ever made.
I'm a big Tolkien fan and I think The Hobbit trilogy is a pile of steaming turd in comparison to LotR. If people don't like Deadpool, it's unfair to just say that it's because they don't know the backstories behind it or the original comics.
Going to see it now so I'll reserve my judgement until then.
Apparently the sequel will have a similar budget from what I read... they dont want to up the budget and land into familiar territory as with the other superhero films but I call BS. I think the studio execs saw how much profit they made and are rubbing their cocks in excitement.
Yea, in comparison to LotR, Hobbit looks pretty tame. But that's down to the source material as well.
You have to remember: Tolkien wrote the Hobbit a good 20 years before LotR, and LotR was a mammoth trilogy. The screenwriters had to add a lot or embellish a lot more stuff for the Hobbit to make it a trilogy. And which screenwriter will be up there with Tolkien in terms of writing? If The Hobbit was made on the silver screen first and then LotR, it'll get a bit more love. But because people expected it to be like LotR, they feel let down. And also, the Hobbit was a children's adventure book in its inception. LotR is a lot darker and deals with maturer themes. It was an adult fantasy book.
On Deadpool: the back story / comic books about him definitely come into play here. Fox studios nailed it when they came to getting this character on the silver screen.
I really don't want to come across as an annoying whiny dude (unfortunately I probably will) but my god, when will this comic/superhero bubble stop? For the comic fans, you guys are living in paradise since 2007-2008 or so with all the comic movies, but for guys like me who just aren't interested in it, my life has become hell.
In 2014 you had Captain American, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles, Amazing Spiderman 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of The Galaxy.
Last year it slowed down a little bit as you had Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four.
But in 2016 you have Deadpool, Batman vs Superman, another Captain America, another X-Men, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Suicide Squad, Gambit, Dr Strange, so basically another year full of comic/superhero movies probably dominating the mainstream movie scene.
Then in 2017 you'll have Wolverine 3, Guardians of The Galaxy 2, Fantastic Four 2, Wonder Woman, another Thor, Black Panther, Justice League Part I.
Credit to the movie studios though, they're raking in some heavy bucks, fair enough.
In 2014 you had Captain American, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles, Amazing Spiderman 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of The Galaxy.
Last year it slowed down a little bit as you had Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four.
But in 2016 you have Deadpool, Batman vs Superman, another Captain America, another X-Men, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Suicide Squad, Gambit, Dr Strange, so basically another year full of comic/superhero movies probably dominating the mainstream movie scene.
Then in 2017 you'll have Wolverine 3, Guardians of The Galaxy 2, Fantastic Four 2, Wonder Woman, another Thor, Black Panther, Justice League Part I.
Credit to the movie studios though, they're raking in some heavy bucks, fair enough.
The Hobbit should never have been a trilogy. Two movies was enough even with the added storylines regarding Sauron and the wizards.
Deadpool. Amazing. This is a movie not for everyone. Which you can say about all movies but as a watcher of almost every superhero movie of the last decade (I've ignored the Wolverine ones and Amazing Spiderman 2 as well as one or two others) this is unique. And it's not just gimmicky, it was well done. The lack of budget helped in some situations and lended itself to making the story tight and less CGI. Enabled that if CGI was going to be used it was in the right situations to make maximum use.
Deadpool. Amazing. This is a movie not for everyone. Which you can say about all movies but as a watcher of almost every superhero movie of the last decade (I've ignored the Wolverine ones and Amazing Spiderman 2 as well as one or two others) this is unique. And it's not just gimmicky, it was well done. The lack of budget helped in some situations and lended itself to making the story tight and less CGI. Enabled that if CGI was going to be used it was in the right situations to make maximum use.
I really don't want to come across as an annoying whiny dude (unfortunately I probably will) but my god, when will this comic/superhero bubble stop? For the comic fans, you guys are living in paradise since 2007-2008 or so with all the comic movies, but for guys like me who just aren't interested in it, my life has become hell.
In 2014 you had Captain American, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles, Amazing Spiderman 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of The Galaxy.
Last year it slowed down a little bit as you had Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four.
But in 2016 you have Deadpool, Batman vs Superman, another Captain America, another X-Men, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Suicide Squad, Gambit, Dr Strange, so basically another year full of comic/superhero movies probably dominating the mainstream movie scene.
Then in 2017 you'll have Wolverine 3, Guardians of The Galaxy 2, Fantastic Four 2, Wonder Woman, another Thor, Black Panther, Justice League Part I.
FFS stop being such an annoying whiny dude.
Surely if there are things you have no interest in, then they should be able to pass you by relatively stealthily?
The comic book movies are a cash cow. This cow will be milked for every last drop. It's just the way things work.
Don't think we'll see Gambit this year and I doubt a FF sequel.
I just came everywhereI really don't want to come across as an annoying whiny dude (unfortunately I probably will) but my god, when will this comic/superhero bubble stop? For the comic fans, you guys are living in paradise since 2007-2008 or so with all the comic movies, but for guys like me who just aren't interested in it, my life has become hell.
In 2014 you had Captain American, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles, Amazing Spiderman 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of The Galaxy.
Last year it slowed down a little bit as you had Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four.
But in 2016 you have Deadpool, Batman vs Superman, another Captain America, another X-Men, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Suicide Squad, Gambit, Dr Strange, so basically another year full of comic/superhero movies probably dominating the mainstream movie scene.
Then in 2017 you'll have Wolverine 3, Guardians of The Galaxy 2, Fantastic Four 2, Wonder Woman, another Thor, Black Panther, Justice League Part I.
Credit to the movie studios though, they're raking in some heavy bucks, fair enough.
After seeing it I'm not sure where the hype came from. It was if not for some good dialogue in patches it'd have been completely dull. Left me feeling like anything but "Maximum Effort." was put into it.
It's been the same story every single comic book film for almost a decade now. The fanatics go see it and obviously love it because this is their thing, then they start shouting all over the internet about how THIS IS THE BEST COMIC BOOK FILM SO FAR OMGOMGOMG then the rest of the general public goes to see it and quietly wonders what the feck is wrong with this lot. For some reason though not enough people have caught on and keep getting caught in the hype and there's enough money to keep this shit rolling.
You can check the trajectory of every other comic book film thread on the caf if you want to see it in action, it starts off with anticipation, there's an initial jizz faze when the people who would have liked the film if it gave them genital warts shout about it being amazing. Then it slowly turns into a thread of people complaining that they were led to believe this film would be good.
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That is not true at all. Marvels movies and Nolan's Batman movies are highly thought of by casual fans and critics too. They appeal to lots of people and not just fanatics, and that is why they have been so successful.
They're alright. But the reaction those films got would make you think they're something special. It says more about what we've been served in recent times that there's only a few better blockbusters.
But you get that with a lot of things, but tbf, on here thing like Age of Ultron werent deemed as good as this (nor the FF movies nor the Amazing Spidermans). I think as a whole this forum (and the internet) has been fair with regards to comic book movies for recent times.
For me, I love the comic book era. Ive said it in other threads, but ive been waiting for this for ages and its all coming good to me (especially with linked movies / universes and multiverses etc including with the TV shows)
Im just happy its not just Batman/Superman/Spiderman as movies / shows that are being done but its being expanded.
For me, I love the comic book era. Ive said it in other threads, but ive been waiting for this for ages and its all coming good to me (especially with linked movies / universes and multiverses etc including with the TV shows)
Im just happy its not just Batman/Superman/Spiderman as movies / shows that are being done but its being expanded.
I thought Nolan's Batman movies were very good and entertaining. I think most of Marvel's movies are ok, but not great, apart from two or three, but that is just my opinion (and yours too, it seems). But that still does not take away from the fact that they have gone down very well with the majority of people and are not just for fanatics.
I'd rather they haven't gone well with 'normal' people but just the fanatics, films would be more memorable then I'd reckon.
I'm now trying to remember something remarkable from another hyped up and well received flick, Guardians of the Galaxy, and just can't...
I'm now trying to remember something remarkable from another hyped up and well received flick, Guardians of the Galaxy, and just can't...
I really don't want to come across as an annoying whiny dude (unfortunately I probably will) but my god, when will this comic/superhero bubble stop? For the comic fans, you guys are living in paradise since 2007-2008 or so with all the comic movies, but for guys like me who just aren't interested in it, my life has become hell.
In 2014 you had Captain American, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles, Amazing Spiderman 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of The Galaxy.
Last year it slowed down a little bit as you had Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four.
But in 2016 you have Deadpool, Batman vs Superman, another Captain America, another X-Men, Teenant Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Suicide Squad, Gambit, Dr Strange, so basically another year full of comic/superhero movies probably dominating the mainstream movie scene.
Then in 2017 you'll have Wolverine 3, Guardians of The Galaxy 2, Fantastic Four 2, Wonder Woman, another Thor, Black Panther, Justice League Part I.
Credit to the movie studios though, they're raking in some heavy bucks, fair enough.
It's a common misconception that this is a recent phenomenon when in truth it's been going on for the last 25 years...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_superhero_films
OK movie. Don't understand the comparisons to GotG, which was far better.
He chased and killed bad guys to get a facelift so that he can get his girl and finally the girl accepts him without that? A whole movie to satisfy his inferiority complex, ffs!
Morena Baccarin
Rating: 6.5/10
He chased and killed bad guys to get a facelift so that he can get his girl and finally the girl accepts him without that? A whole movie to satisfy his inferiority complex, ffs!
A polite X man which pukes at sight of a killing and A X women whose only help is demolishing the whole structure in the end! Needs 2vs1 to match the evil lady, ffs!
In almost every other movie someone or other gets cancer. Doing weird stuff and accepting self torture is quite lame an excuse...that too for a merc who deals in violence all the time
Turning people into mutants is as simple of a injection of mysterious fluid
In almost every other movie someone or other gets cancer. Doing weird stuff and accepting self torture is quite lame an excuse...that too for a merc who deals in violence all the time
Turning people into mutants is as simple of a injection of mysterious fluid
Morena Baccarin
Rating: 6.5/10
Turning people into mutants is as simple of a injection of mysterious fluid
Morena Baccarin
Rating: 6.5/10
Youre rolling your eyes regarding the simplicity of turning people into mutants. Really? :P
Eh what fluid? Is this in the directors cut?
Didnt his skin go weird cause of the lack of oxygen in that chamber thing?
Yup. In the original X-Men movie, Magneto has a separate machine that induces mutation in normal people and even then the test subject Sen. Kelly doesn't live long. Just injecting it into bloodstream and beating the shit out of people seems quite a lame way to go about this.
And why is he so seriously pissed off about his appearance? He voluntarily signed up for mutation, ffs!
Injecting what into who? Are you talking about Deadpool because my understanding was that some folk have a mutant gene and the way to activate it is to place them under extreme duress which is why they tortured him to feck and deprived him of oxygen.
I know this because I was paying attention.
I know this because I was paying attention.