Very pleasantly surprised

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2018)

I was actually very pleasantly surprised by this. I thought the original Deadpool, while amusing at times, was also super forced. It seemed to think that because it was R-rated and had gore and "bad words" it was something completely unique, but it still followed all of the conventions of the genre. While it wasn't a bad film, it wasn't one I liked very much because it was just so annoying. To my complete surprise, I found the sequel so much better. Although the first act was a little rough, it finds its groove in a way the original didn't- it actually has a strong main storyline, strong antagonist, and it actually does break away from the conventions of the genre in a way the first didn't. Not to mention I also found it a lot funnier (the "landing" of the new superheroes Deadpool recruits was an amazingly done scene). It's not perfect, but this is the super entertaining, funny and outrageous film the first wanted to be but wasn't.