Trite, unfunny

Rating: 4/10 (24 February 2016)

Full disclosure, I have not yet enjoyed any of the many critically acclaimed Marvel movies. I find 'The Avengers' et al. to be contrived visual spectacles devoid of any real cinematic merit. It's hackneyed film making. Trash. I went to see Deadpool with dampened expectations, but I had a bit of hope in me given the 'R' rating and the hints at it being a little more subversive than its sister films. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case.
This is just another lifeless Hollywood blockbuster, albeit with a mask on. Breaking the fourth wall (repeatedly), blood, guts, nudity and all of the crude humour you could ever want. Sure, sounds great, right..? Not this time. If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig. Marvel has been pushing pigs out year after year, this one is just wearing a little more makeup than usual. It's still a generic shell of a film devoid of any substance. The plot and comedic devices are all entirely predictable.
The jokes were forced and relentless. I dig profanity and violence and all things crude, but there was no nuance here. This film was a struggle to sit through, it was just all so... lame. They could have made something truly subversive and critical of the superhero genre, instead they just made another standard Marvel film with cursing. How disappointing.