Deadpool - Review

AKA Fourth Wall Break: The Movie

*GORE AND SPOILERS AHEAD*

£6.99 for a Student ticket?! Sure it used to be cheaper...

Anyways, aside from the new expensive tickets and a bit of a delay to get into the screening and a few people challenged for ID, it was time! I was so hyped for this movie and trust me, it was worth it.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/deadpool/box-office-deadpool-on-course-to-be-a-hit-as-it-takes-aim-at-55-million-a130261

The beginning scene *spoilers ahead* was my favourite of all the film. We see a slo-mo car crash with the camera focusing on various parts, such as a Hello Kitty lip balm and a Green Lantern card (which I like, suggesting that this film is not going to be a flop like the Green Lantern film). Then we see the credits during the carnage. But instead of Ryan Reynolds' name, we see "God's Perfect Idiot" and other names being replaced, such as; "A Moody Teen", "A CGI Character" and "A British Villain" amongst other humorous and clever changes. 

Deadpool is a very clever film and also has many Fourth Wall breakings. The whole movie is just Fourth Wall breaking. Deadpool includes the audience like another movie character, filling us in with every detail and assuring us that we are "caught up". I like this as it makes a change to mainstream films and makes us think we are on an adventure with the cast. My favourite fourth wall break was when Deadpool makes a comment on the studio having only Colosus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and no other X Men due to "budget".

http://www.mtv.com/news/2691712/deadpool-script-page-notes-doodles-12-days-of-deadpool/

Gore is another big feature of the film, however I was expecting more from all the press about it. Once scene which was particularly controversial is when Deadpool uses one bullet that goes through 3 heads. This, not sure if I am desensitised, didn't bother me. However, one of the deaths following this did. The worst death was one of the henchmen being flung off a motorcycle and full force into a billboard, making a horrific sound with guts and blood everywhere. *shiver*. What I did find funny in terms of gore though, was the end scene where Deadpool spells out 'Francis' (the villain) in dead bodies.

http://comicvine.gamespot.com/articles/new-deadpool-trailer-arrives-in-two-different-vers/1100-154574/

Another big feature of the film was innuendos. Deadpool has a very unique sense of humour and I must admit, some of Deadpool's whit and innuendos were lost on me, but I understood and laughed at most of them. One controversial part was a montage of sex scenes celebrating each holiday. And also some nudity with Deadpool fighting Francis which looked really painful to be honest. PLUS, SO MANY CROTCH SHOTS. I should have counted how many crotch shots in the movie there are.

http://www.mynewplaidpants.com/2016/01/our-second-deadpool-post-of-day.html

Overall I really enjoyed the film and people even clapped at the end of the film which is the first time I ever have seen this happen!! The gore was realistic, the humour was clever and funny, and definitely challenged superhero conventions. On track to be a hit with a $55 million opening, Deadpool is defiantly a one to watch.

9/10