Impressive Reynolds, but it can be better!

Rating: 2/10 (26 April 2016)

Perhaps I have too many personal biases and am very ignorant of the character of 'Deadpool', so this may not be one of my better reviews. But here I go. I felt the movie had an extreme over-reliance on immature humour. It would not have been such a negative factor for me if it wasn't for what I felt to be a 2-hour contest of "how many dirty jokes can we fit in?". The excessive everything-sex dialogue only robs the characters of their other more interesting and relatable qualities. I'm perfectly alright with adult humour, but something about this film got in its own way and came across as only pretentious and unintelligent. What could have been a simple and compelling plot was muddied. I still don't know what any of the character's motivations were, but I don't care either. And just as in so many other superhero films, there were characters thrown in from other intellectual properties that didn't seem to serve any real purpose. I find it rather distasteful when a movie like this attempts to justify the inclusion of unrelated characters only through flashy, mindless action scenes. But I understand - marketing, merchandising, etc. Overall, there was nothing compelling about 'Deadpool' aside from the lead performance by Ryan Reynolds, which carried the film entirely on its own. It was probably the most comfortable and relaxed I've seen him in a role, and he made it his own.