The Good, The Bad and The Critic

Established on March 19th, 2012 and pioneered by film fanatic Michael J. Carlisle. The Good, The Bad and The Critic will analyze classic and contemporary films from all corners of the globe. This title references Sergei Leone's influential spaghetti western The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

Sunday, August 18, 2024

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Review

Title: Deadpool & Wolverine 
Year: 2024
Director: Shawn Levy
Country: US
Language: English



With Logan (2017)  Hugh Jackman had decided to be done playing the character of Wolverine. He had been playing this part for 17 years; since X-Men (2000) However, he saw Deadpool 2 & expressed regret killing the character off, telling Ryan Reynolds that he wished their two characters could meet onscreen. Welp! Something something multiverse & we get Deadpool & Wolverine.

Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) is offered a place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by the Time Variance Authority, but instead recruits a variant of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to save his universe from extinction.

When She-Hulk breaks the fourth wall, she gets cancelled. When Deadpool does it his movie earns a Billion dollars. That seems unfair. 

Crass, violent, and full of f***s to give out in every sentence,  Deadpool & Wolverine is a fun, goofy brainless film that will certainly work among those who want to see two immortal beings beat each other up for two hours. 

For everyone else the jokes are hit & miss. The fourth wall-breaking becomes tedious at times; like Deadpool will make fun of how stale the Marvel formula has become - only for the movie to fall into the same cookie-cutter plot tropes (ie. excessive cameos). The writing can be pretty bad at times, as some of the plot gets convoluted and confusing. Since when was "anchor beings" ever a thing in the MCU? 

This movie makes me reflect upon my distaste for the Disney series She-Hulk. I think my annoyance for that character was her reluctance to become The Hulk. "I'm great at controlling my anger." Then why am I watching She-Hulk? The Deadpool series is at least a fun time. If you can turn your brain off, you'll enjoy it. 



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