Not the typical superhero film

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2019)

After watching superhero movies like Ant-man and Ant-Man and Wasp recently, along with Iron Man, X-Man, and others in the past, this movie stands apart. You may ask how. Well for one, the protagonist Deadpool is the narrator and he refuses to be classified as a superhero, seeing himself as more of a bad guy fighting other bad guys. So in that way, perhaps the film does subvert the superhero genre. Perhaps its funny as well. Still, like every superhero movie, it connects to the others (apparently more so in Deadpool 2), creating a Marvel Universe web, bringing more money in for Hollyweird producers.
This movie does tie into the X-Man movies, but it also has its own style. I think it effectively uses the tactic of talking to the camera, which doesn't always work in these movies, but it does work here. The playful nature of this movie, which is still relatively violent, should make it no surprise that this film did relatively well at the box office. You could also say that this film is part of an anti-hero superhero movie brand and that is probably accurate as well, but it does not pull away from the nature of this movie as a whole.
All in all, this is a fun movie. I don't think I would watch it again, but it was a nice break from other movies, especially typical superhero movies, nonetheless.