Deadpool (2016)

Title: Deadpool

Year: 2016

Director: Tim Miller

Rating (by the MPAA): R for strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity

Official Synopsis: Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life. (via 20th Century Fox)

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Knowing only the toned-down version of Deadpool that appears in kid’s cartoon TV shows, but having heard much about its reality, I can say this movie does not disappoint. At all. In fact, I can safely say this movie is pure perfection. I found nothing wrong with it! Nothing!

The pacing was perfect. The movie opens in the middle of the action and takes a few breaks to explain how we got there. Or so I thought. The movie divided parts of action in the present and moments of drama in the past so well that I didn’t notice into how much detail the “narration” of the story went. The pacing was so perfect that I was halfway through the movie, super entertained and hadn’t noticed that most of it was the explanation for why we were there. I love that they didn’t take much time to explain that mutants existed in this world. Just one line and we already knew what we were dealing with. They didn’t take much time to develop the love story, just a few scenes over the years, the Deadpool way. They also didn’t take much time developing the Deadpool alter ego or his suit. These were all straight to the point and back to the action. It is a "origins story" and yet, it didn't feel like it.

What I enjoyed the most was, Deadpool’s sense of humor. His fourth wall breaking, his allusions to actors' names and production budgets were hilarious. The way he makes fun of everything could have gone bad, could’ve felt campy and forced, but it wasn’t. It was naturally funny.

This is a movie done right. This is an adaptation done right. Just give the fans (and soon-to-be fans) what they want. Is that so hard to do? I don’t think so! It was done perfectly in this movie. I hope they can keep this up in the sequel.