Am I the only one that was waiting for the scene from the trailer where he's trying to do the "Superman quick-change in a phone booth" and wondering where the heck it went? Cuz that was hilarious...
So... on to the rest...
I was not entirely impressed with the first movie to start with- there were some great moments, and then sort of "meh" in other spots where it felt like it should have been "driven home" for lack of a better phrase, a bit more. Fun but a little "been there" cliche.
The second one is about the same... actually a bit more of a roller coaster than the first as it is either balls-out great, or "meh".
I mean the one opening fight scene with the cocaine garage gang was SO Deapool... just sheer chaos. There was so much going on I had to rewind and watch it three times, and I almost puked laughing each time...
Then the thing with Vanessa you can see coming a mile away, and is literally the oldest cliche in action movies. Not really sure why they went there...
The left lean of the writers/producers is blatantly obvious in this one, they managed to stick in some of the typical messaging, in both subtle and obvious ways. Real cute...
The kid from Wilderpeople is pretty much the kid from Wilderpeople- mildly interesting, but I found myself caring less about his story line, which was I guess supposed to be the main cause of much of the movie, than I did about other characters and events going on. Domino was actually more fun/interesting of a character...
I actually quite liked Cable. I don't follow the comics, so I have no idea how faithful a recreation he was but... he felt like everything more or less worked, IMO, a good foil for 'Pool. And of course his mega-guntraption goes to 11, so...have to give him points for that...
The ending was half predictable, half hilarious.
I'd put it at like 7/10- the good parts are good enough where you'll sort of forget the not so great parts by the time the movie ends.
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