Okay but could have been so much more.

Rating: 6/10 (22 February 2016)

I have been looking forward to this movie for a long time, and I really want to love it but I just can't. They could have done so much more with the movie that I can't help but feel disappointed.
The origin story takes up too much time while adding almost nothing. The movie failed to make me care about Vanessa (Morena Baccarin) and the only good the love story really added was a joke about pegging. The origin story also failed to make me think Ajax was a bad ass mercenary on par with Deadpool, he just never feels like much of a threat. It also fails to show us that Wade Wilson was an extremely skilled mercenary before he became Deadpool (which is what allows him to become Deadpool). They could have just skipped the origin story and done another story arc or explained his origin in another way that would still make us want him to kick Ajax's ass.
The jokes are hit-and-miss and in my opinion they failed to show Deadpool's wittiness and truly give us the merc with a mouth. They also failed to show what a deeply disturbed individual Deadpool actually is, and he doesn't have the same depth as he does in the comics. I guess the love story was there to show that he's more than just a wacky character but it, in my opinion, just doesn't work.
The upside to this movie is that when it gets things right, it truly does get things right. There are plenty of funny moments and some great action scenes and I guess it's worth watching, but as a fan of Deadpool I'm left unsatisfied. At least Cable will be in the sequel.