Pointless and Predictable

Rating: 2/10 (16 August 2016)

For all I've hardly read the Deadpool comics I did initially find the premise of a movie based on the anti-hero quite interesting with his wise cracking jibes and sarcastic humour. I thought that it could have delivered a fresh take on the well-established Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films of "the good guys vs. the bad guys", perhaps something a bit more daring and mature but still in keeping with the theme of its predecessors. Oh how I was wrong. Enter Deadpool, the most overrated and pointless MCU film currently out there.
It all seemed to start fairly well with more mature humour and some gory violence with a bit of foul language thrown in, everything I expected Deadpool to be. Slowly, however, the jokes became so similar to the point that they seemed to just give three decent ones at the start and then recycled them. This continued to the point that it became annoyingly predictable and for jokes that weren't greatly funny in the first place, I was becoming extremely bored by the end, especially when other people at the Cinema were laughing so hard at the same crude vulgar stuff over and over again. Don't get me wrong I'm no prude, but I don't think I laughed again after the first quarter of the film.
SPOILERS BELOW: So the film is basically about Deadpool getting revenge against the villain Ajax for disfiguring him completely during an experiment to make super soldiers. The experiment, however, has gifted Deadpool with accelerated healing factor allowing him to regrow limbs and mend wounds within a matter of hours practically making him invulnerable. That's my second problem with this film. Why did the writers decide to pitch an almost unbeatable protagonist against Ajax, a second rate villain who's powers basically include enhanced strength and speed combined with an inability to feel pain, which fair enough would give him an advantage when fighting normal people but against other super humans he pales in comparison. So, what happens when an invincible Deadpool fights a very mortal Ajax? You guessed it, Deadpool wins! That's why the plot is so predictable. Yes I understand its a comic book film and the protagonist always wins but why not pitch him against an actual threat? The MCU has thus far provided good matches for our heroes such as Captain America vs. Red Skull or Hulk vs. Abomination. Having Deadpool vs. Ajax was as expected a result as Superman vs. Robin, giving it no sense of danger or excitement.
This combined with the typical boy meets girl "oh wait I'm disfigured so she can never love me again" relationship which is...you guessed it; rekindled at the end, along with the seemingly stuck on X-Men only adds to how terrible the film is.
Well, that's basically all there is to this steaming pile that is the movie Deadpool. Its only redeeming quality I thought were the action scenes, though again they were dulled by the included jokes.
So, if you're someone who enjoys crude immature humour and a predictable plot then you'll enjoy Deadpool. If you like suspense, good jokes and a strong well written story, then avoid this at all costs.