Written by James M. Tate / 2/12/2016 / No comments / 2016 , ryan reynolds
RYAN REYNOLDS IN DEADPOOL
Ryan Reynolds as the fast-talking DEADPOOL doing an imitation of the 1970's hey-day magazine pic of Burt Reynolds |
Assassin-like Spider-Man |
Cyber Punk Chick |
And so, despite trying too hard to crack up the audience (and/or hurl pop culture references while sporadically breaking the fourth wall ala FERRIS BUELLER) at every twist and turn, it's not too bad a ride, using limited locations and a troupe of grungy hero-friend/sidekicks that seem like Garbage Pale Kids on Steroids, and aren't as fleshed-out as they are intentionally anti-likable and quirky, and a one-dimensional villain that, like all others, yearns to wield what could be good (creating a man with incredible powers) yet for nefarious reasons...
DEADPOOL Poster |
As for the Marvel Genre, the fight scenes are nice and bombastic while the supposedly important romantic side-story amounts to pretty much nothing but peripheral fluff to Reynolds playing it quick and witty and urgent and desperate yet at the same time, safely enough to make up for that damn LANTERN, which is well extinguished at this point. And now we have a franchise that will probably last a while, giving Reynolds something to take hold of on a semi-permanent basis.
Reynolds in FIFTEEN |
RANDOM TRIVIA: Of course not to be mistaken by the fifth (and worst) DIRTY HARRY movie with the same title, which was actually called THE DEAD POOL where Liam Neeson, who is mentioned by Reynolds as part of a joke on the TAKEN movie franchise, played the main villain against Clint Eastwood; Neeson who kills a non-famous Jim Carrey who sings a Guns N' Roses song, who all appear later in a cameo at the singer's funeral • And, for Cult Film Freak history's sake, once there was a roomful of hungover twenty-somethings who had a house they could all hang out at, and laugh at shows, even before MSTK 3000 taught 'em how... One in particular was a Canadian production of a literal soap opera based on the lives of teenagers... really young ones, unlike the likes of BEVERLY HILLS 90210... The show was titled FIFTEEN and co-starred a then-horrible actress named Laura Harris who turned quite good (and gorgeous) in films like THE FACULTY and SUICIDE KINGS... But the true lead was a little boy who uttered/muttered lines like he'd just learned them, but there was something friendly and trustful about the robotic tyke, making him the Jason Priestly-lead of the series, and he's the star of DEADPOOL and is named... you got it... Ryan Reynolds. And if you can ever, ever get your hands on a FIFTEEN bootleg, the show is a howler like no other in television history; so send an email/link to share with yours truly.
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