Was the opening theme song bit done as a means for Mr. Reynolds to vent out his in-the-running-for-James-Bond fatigue?

Rating: Null/10 (20 May 2018)

I'm the comic book idiot who don't know much of film adaptations of the other Marvel superhero franchise, and that is not necessarily due to snobbery. I just never had the chance. I only saw bits of the other superhero films in various places, never anything in its entirety, so all the Marvel universe references were totally lost on me. But after having seen the first DP movie that I have strayed upon on video and found it awe-spectacular, I made sure that I wouldn't miss watching the sequel in the theatrical big screen. And not to mention, I'm ga-ga for anything with a young, dashing Ryan Reynolds in it.
Though the comparisons to the first of the series would be inevitable, DP2 I'd say is way a different creature. The first film took pains in introducing the comic book character to the audience (especially to the non-comic book readers like me because those damn comic books are just expensive and not to mention expansive), managed to flesh it out to showcase Reynold's comedic acting range, (kind of did a Charlize Theron 2003 Patty Jenkins film Monster transformation there), which gave the Mr. Ryan his well-deserved Golden Globe win.
The second outing is more of just a means for upping the ante in Deadpool's horseplaying with numerous comedic references to instances that happened in DP1 that were hilarious. No, I don't think he's gonna be gunning for Academy Award votes for his acting on this one, but safest bet is for him nabbing another Golden Globe nom. But despite that, the movie still managed to be grounded in dealing with some exploitative topical issues, with DP's motives this time around pointing towards altruism to deflect his self-destructiveness.
The tradition of using the sappy songs (which are on my karaoke playlist) to juxtapose it those violent scenes and playing it for laughs still works great, but by the time the DP2 final battle came, all with the heroic slow motion involving Wade, the gimmick seems to have petered out there, I have to say.

So does the opening theme song done a la James Bond (which is a lampooning gold and a way better opening credits than the DP1) meant that the suave and debonair Mr. Reynolds have given up in being in the running in playing the iconic 007 (if he ever was) and used humour to help him deal with the fact that he will never be regarded ever as that kind of a serious action star? (Or perhaps just an attempt to dismiss specs if he wasn't in the running and remove his name from those odds-betting sites.) But he sure did look like one smelly loathing drunken guy in that parody with the Celine Dion song in the background. Hopefully, the X-Force separate film gig consolidates and DP franchise expands to make R. Reynolds a richer irresistible man more than ever instead.
My rating: A-minus.