Deadpool was the movie I was anticipating for over a year. I was practically a little kid rushing to the movie theater.
The movie was essentially about Deadpool’s back story, which I always found interesting.
I first heard about the Merc with a Mouth through Spider- Man and Deadpool references online. After coming across a couple of posts on Tumblr, I decided to investigate this mysterious character I kept hearing about.
Sure enough, I learned Deadpool 101 by the reading the Wiki page.
Deadpool is a Marvel Comics character that emerged in the early 1990s. He is a mercenary with a healing factor that rivals Wolverine. The regenerative healing factor means that Deadpool, real name Wade Wilson, can’t die. Deadpool obtained these powers by volunteering for the Weapon X program after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Weapon X offered to save his life and give him superpowers. However, Wade left the program permanently scarred all over his body. His healing factor can’t heal the scars because it’s eternally counteracting his severe case of cancer.
I knew about Deadpool’s back story well before the date was set for the movie. Deadpool’s story is tragic and heart wrenching; however, his humor creates a sense of “okayness” for his extraordinarily messed up life. Wade is definitely the class-clown-who-hides-his-pain-through-humor type.
Seeing this story unfold on a movie screen, instead of in a wiki synopsis, was something fans have been waiting for since the leaked Deadpool footage which gave Fox the drive to make an actual movie.
This movie did not disappoint.
Although I have not read all the comics, (I have only read one Deadpool comic) the movie seemed to closely resemble the story I read about online. And even if it didn’t fit the comics perfectly, it was still something that comic book lovers, lower level dorks (such as myself), and new audiences could enjoy.
I loved the subtle references to the Avengers and the, supposedly terrible, Wolverine Origins movie. With Marvel Studios holding the rights to the Avengers, Deadpool could not make outright references. However, some of the references were worded in such a way that the writers could get away with it. As a Marvel Universe fan, I appreciated those hints. As for the Wolverine Origins, I couldn’t help but notice the action figure Wade picks up in his apartment. It looks mysteriously like “Deadpool” (an epic fail version of Deadpool) in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Disclaimer: This picture is NOT from the Deadpool movie; its from X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
The humor was all I imagined it to be: raunchy but witty.
However, there were a couple of things about the movie that didn’t sit quite right with me. I didn’t quite love that the movie was essentially a love story. Deadpool, as I perceive him, is an anti-hero who seems to trust little to no one and someone who just loves to just flirt. I know Vanessa is in the comics and even becomes Copy Cat, but the happy ending with her didn’t sit well with me. Something about Deadpool’s character is eternally tragic and I almost feel he shouldn’t get the happy ending, as cruel as that may sound. Wade went through a lot and if he were real, he would deserve happiness, but it wouldn’t come as simple as that.
Along with my previous point, I feel like after Wade becomes Deadpool, we don’t see Vanessa at all. We only assume she’s mourning and we only get a very brief few lines about how she felt after Wade left. In the final scene, Wade and Vanessa make up and get back together. Yeah, she punched him twice and called him names, but I thought that make up scene wasn’t fully developed. I didn’t expect her to forgive him. It didn’t seem like a realistic reaction.
Another thing I had a slight problem with is that I didn’t see much transition between the Wade’s personality and Deadpool’s personality. Besides the powers and his ugliness, he doesn’t really change. I was under the impression, reading about the comics, that after the transformation, Deadpool becomes schizophrenic. In the comics he’s shown to have a white textbook and a yellow textbox inside his head that talk to him. I was a little disappointed there was no growth in the character.
Lastly, and most importantly, I was sad there was only one reference to chimichangas.
Although there was couple things I would’ve changed, the Deadpool movie did not disappoint. It just made me love the man in the red suit even more… Spider-Man. Just kidding!
Deadpool 2’s first memo: cast a big guy to play Cable and let the hilarity ensue.
