***Deadpool Spoilers***

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by AcGold

Pretty sure that Snowman wasn't actually alive very much like Hobbes, it was her imagination that was being ignored, that was kind of the point.

Wait.

Hobbes isn't real?

Oh my God this is so much worse than the snowman thing. You heartless monster.

Relevant:

Spoiler!

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by AcGold

Pretty sure that Snowman wasn't actually alive very much like Hobbes, it was her imagination that was being ignored, that was kind of the point.

Thanks for the clarification? I never got that, you know...

So wise. Symbolism... whoa!

Still creepy and fun to make fun of. They did it wrong. It's dumb. I tear up at chessy stuff too, but that commercial is all types of wrong.

#weepforthesnowman

[CaptainCrunch]

Man you people are weird sometimes.

[Sr. Mints]

Deadpool was a refreshing departure from the light-hearted, formulaic approach that I've come to expect from the comic movie genre. But beneath the swearing, and violence, and nudity, it wasn't as crazy or outrageous as I was expecting--and hoping--it would be.

I dare say it was a rather bland: It still felt a bit too much like a standard Marvel superhero movie to me, with the same generic villains, the pain in the ass comic relief, and the all-too-familiar origin story.

Don't get me wrong, I did like it: I'd put it in my top five Marvel movies.

[Regular_John]

Well, that was damn entertaining flick to say the least. I'm not super well versed in the comics, but from the portion of Cable & Deadpool I've read, they nailed it. The wisecracking got a little repetitive at times, but it's on point with the character, and was witty for the most part.

One thing that kinda bothered me:

Spoiler!

Colossus is giving his "4 or 5 moments" speech as Deadpool is about to kill Francis seemed a little contrived given that:
A) Colossus hopped into a cab with Deadpool and a duffle bag full of guns (also, where the hell was the X-Men's jet at that point!?)
B) Deadpool had spent a good portion of the previous 15 minutes killing dozens of henchmen, and even defiled the bodies to spell out Francis with a pile corpses

"Wade, the world can overlook dozens of dead henchmen, but this man who tortures desperate people to create a breed of super slaves deserves to live."

Overall it was a great flick however, I'm not sure how well it would hold up to repeat viewings, but Reynolds knocked it out of the park.

[Thor]

Deadpool is the kind of movie that encompasses my need for adult humor, violence and nudity. Its almost like how I felt watching Spartacus, just 10 times better.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by jaydorn

Well, that was damn entertaining flick to say the least. I'm not super well versed in the comics, but from the portion of Cable & Deadpool I've read, they nailed it. The wisecracking got a little repetitive at times, but it's on point with the character, and was witty for the most part.

One thing that kinda bothered me:

Spoiler!

Colossus is giving his "4 or 5 moments" speech as Deadpool is about to kill Francis seemed a little contrived given that:
A) Colossus hopped into a cab with Deadpool and a duffle bag full of guns (also, where the hell was the X-Men's jet at that point!?)
B) Deadpool had spent a good portion of the previous 15 minutes killing dozens of henchmen, and even defiled the bodies to spell out Francis with a pile corpses

"Wade, the world can overlook dozens of dead henchmen, but this man who tortures desperate people to create a breed of super slaves deserves to live."

Overall it was a great flick however, I'm not sure how well it would hold up to repeat viewings, but Reynolds knocked it out of the park.

The X-men still use deadly force but only when necessary. In a case where you have dozens of armed gun men guarding a hostage and firing their guns, the only way to stop them is to use deadly force. They don't show it as much as the x-men comics/films are not R rated. When you have guys like Wolverine running around, whose only weapon is razor sharp adamantium claws, he's either using them to kill people..or at the very least horribly maim and disfigure them.

However, when you have a bad guy captive and unable to fight, you shouldn't execute him.

Basically, similar rules to what police have.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Deadpool was a refreshing departure from the light-hearted, formulaic approach that I've come to expect from the comic movie genre. But beneath the swearing, and violence, and nudity, it wasn't as crazy or outrageous as I was expecting--and hoping--it would be.

I dare say it was a rather bland: It still felt a bit too much like a standard Marvel superhero movie to me, with the same generic villains, the pain in the ass comic relief, and the all-too-familiar origin story.

Don't get me wrong, I did like it: I'd put it in my top five Marvel movies.

It seemed like more of a market test to see if they could push things with the R rating and still attract an audience.

My guess is the next film will push things even further, as they've already established there is a purely adult audience for superhero movies.

[troutman]

Worldwide: $611,636,036
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/...adpool2016.htm

[blankall]

Originally Posted by troutman

Worldwide: $611,636,036
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/...adpool2016.htm

On a budget of $58 million too...although I'm guessing that they spent a lot on marketing on top of that 58 million, but still.

[Coach]

[Blaster86]

Jesus. The number one grossing film in the X-Men franchise.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by blankall

On a budget of $58 million too...although I'm guessing that they spent a lot on marketing on top of that 58 million, but still.

I wonder how much they actually spent though. Seemed like most of the marketing was just Ryan Reynold's running around, doing Youtube videos in a suit (a lot of them with that same backdrop with him sitting on the couch), and a few Photoshopped posters. I mean it was absolutely brilliant, but I bet it wasn't that expensive either (actually probably making it more brilliant).

[troutman]

Originally Posted by blankall

On a budget of $58 million too...although I'm guessing that they spent a lot on marketing on top of that 58 million, but still.

We should remember too that every box office $ is not pure profit for the studio.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-holl...ual-1409241925

"A dollar of box office is not a dollar of revenue," said Bill Block, chief executive of film finance and production company QED International.

The cut of each box office dollar that studios take varies from as little as 25 cents in China to about 50 cents in the U.S.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

I wonder how much they actually spent though. Seemed like most of the marketing was just Ryan Reynold's running around, doing Youtube videos in a suit (a lot of them with that same backdrop with him sitting on the couch), and a few Photoshopped posters. I mean it was absolutely brilliant, but I bet it wasn't that expensive either (actually probably making it more brilliant).

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...b3521b867a876c

Apparently, Reynold's salary was very low and bonus based. So that would keep the "budget" low too.

[polak]

Here they claim he made 2 million in salary. But his bonuses total over 10 million and he's set for another big bonus once it hits 800 million worldwide. It will.

https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/deadpool...182700804.html

[Pizza]

the movie and Reynolds deserve every penny earned from this

let this be a lesson to Fox, who was originally hesitant in green lighting this, that when you listen to fans, you will be rewarded with money from fans. LOTS of it

[FireGilbert]

Interesting tidbit: Deadpool's mask was done in CGI.

Supposedly the mouth movements did not show up well on film so Peter Jackson's Weta Digital in Wellington NZ was hired to fix it up. I'd say they did a pretty good job!

[Blaster86]

The eyes and mouth were cgi on one of the masks. They also had a fully done one.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

Jesus. The number one grossing film in the X-Men franchise.

The X-Men franchise isn't very good though.

Anyway, saw Deadpool yesterday. Enjoyable, kind of sweet at times and some pretty good action scenes which isn't really a given. Some jokes were a little forced, but some were pretty good. Not exactly deep, but it wasn't trying to be so what ever I went to the movies to be entertained and left satisfied. I really like it when movies aren't being pretentious about what they're trying to do.

I wasn't totally sold on that version of Colossus. I much prefer the Soviet boyscout version, and I think having him being actually horrified by Deadpools actions and really trying hard to find excuses to not stop him would have been funnier, made Deadpool stand out more and fit better with the Marvel films in general. Minor nitpick though.

Didn't expect to like Negasonic Teenage Warhead so much, the name alone hit it home for me I've always been annoyed with how much the Marvel universe tends to struggle with portraying teenage angst and rebellion, considering the amount of teenage characters it's supposed to have. She was a funny addition and a character that I think could work well in the future.

Apparently the name is picked from an existing character in the Marvel comics, but beoynd that she's essentially an original character, as this version of NTW has no similarities in powers, personality or even background (at least that we know of) to the one in the comics. Does she count as the first cinema-original character for Marvel?


I wonder if anyone ever takes a shot at Lobo? That's REALLY a character that's never going to have huge mass appeal, but maybe a miniseries or another film with a smaller budget? Pretty please? As a Christmas movie maybe?