A close second to the first

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2018)

This week I chose to watch Deadpool 2. The logline reads "Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (AKA. Deadpool), brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg, Cable."
To be honest, the beginning of the movie was emotionally confusing. Deadpool is supposed to be funny but it started off pretty dark, even for Deadpool's standards. As the movie went on it got a little more funny and I did think the story was enjoyable. It had all of the dark and grotesque humor of the first film (maybe turned up a notch or two). I was pleased with the ending and am wondering if Deadpool 3 is in the works?
The story had a lot of action sequences and some interesting CGI, but it didn't feel overdone. The dialogue was classic Wade Wilson mucking up the jokes and of course I laughed. The editing was appropriate for the movie, in fact it was done extremely well and made me regret my life not becoming an editor because the editing was so pretty. The thing I did actually catch myself thinking in the theatre was that this film knows how to breathe. Many films nowadays are made so haphazardly that the directors try to shove too much in to the movies and don't allow the audience to feel anything before transitioning to the next shot. Deadpool did a fantastic job at allowing the audience to process and synthesize the information before cutting to a new shot. I found it pretty ironic that the rogue movie of the Marvel studios was the one who got this the most right. The story was pretty great too. I will be the first to admit that I liked the first one better, but this was a pretty good second and good for Wade to really be tested as a character. I think that worked out well.
All in all, I liked this film a lot and hope to own them at some point. Even though the movie started out on an emotionally confusing note, it found a way to come back to it's classic content. Watching the movie I could tell that Marvel gave Ryan Reynolds and his crew a lot more leeway on this film since the first one was so successful. The cinematics were fantastic and the film held a lot of good film classic production values. I feel that many films can learn from this one and I look forward to watching it again.