Deadpool

[Impossible]

Originally Posted by John Klein

Then don't watch Deadpool. You are trying to make Deadpool someone he is not. People like him because of the way he is, annoying, full of jokes, and isn't subtle.

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by Impossible

*snip*

[Karmasux96]

Originally Posted by romuald121

Ok, so you're telling me that at first it was supposed to be rate PG-13 which means that they would had to cut-off nudity, sex jokes, and gory scenes; instead, they "fought" for it to be extra-trashy, over-sexual, and extremely violent in order for it to be rated R. In order to make a good movie

They fought for an R rating to make a movie that would be true to the character. This includes crude humor and violence. Could it be done with a PG-13 movie? Sure. Maybe not as well as the current product, but sure. "Extra-trashy, over-sexual" are your opinions, not the goals of the writers/director/actors.

Originally Posted by romuald121

I prefer subtle over in-your-face-kind-of-movie.

Then why did you see Deadpool? How familiar are you with the source material?

Originally Posted by romuald121

Plus, whatever they will do, they would be not be able to accurately portray a Marvel fictional character so might as well keep it descent for people to see than try-hard to make a movie that shocks the audience in a negative way.

They did accurately portray a Marvel fictional character. The creator of the character even said as much. Any hindrances preventing wider Marvel/X-men scope, or any over-the-top antics he gets into are directly addressed. Just the same as in the comics.

For that matter, he even directly addresses the audience in relation to violence and crudeness when he's skewering a bad guy. I again say it isn't laziness or poor writing. It's 100% intentional. Maybe you took offence to that because it was directed 100% at people expecting a typical Marvel movie.

It's not your brand of movie. That's totally fine. There are tons of people who share your opinion. That doesn't make it a bad or poorly written movie, which is what you're trying to argue.

[romuald121]

Originally Posted by Impossible

It seems I made Comic geeks mad

[romuald121]

Originally Posted by Karmasux96

They did accurately portray a Marvel fictional character.

This is an opinion; even the director may give his opinion on his own work but that does not make it a fact; you can find a Deapool fan that would say otherwise.

[Impossible]

Originally Posted by romuald121

It seems I made Comic geeks mad

You didn't make me mad I haven't even seen it, I just dont see why you keep going on about something you disliked so much.

Maybe you should've gone to this instead...

[Karmasux96]

Originally Posted by romuald121

This is an opinion; even the director may give his opinion on his own work but that does not make it a fact; you can find a Deapool fan that would say otherwise.

I said the creator of Deadpool (a person who had nothing to do with the making of the movie), not the director. And sure you could, but you can find anybody to say anything. I think most people would argue that it's an accurate portrayal (especially the stuff you complain about) but sure, it's an opinion.

[Foggy]

Guys, he's messing with y'all, just ignore him.

[Taikero]

Originally Posted by romuald121

They weren't fighting for it to be accepted; they were just waiting for people to get dumber in order to get them to be receptive to that kind of humour; 12 years sealed the deal on audiences... and here we are number 1 at the box office.
The executives that had some kind of dignity to refrain from releasing that kind of movie, sold out for the mighty dollar.

Oh, I see. You came to this thread to puff up your "I'm superior" ego just because you want to look down your nose at people who enjoyed a film full of comedy you feel is low-brow.

News flash: There's not really a whole lot of royalty floating around in this day and age, so you can jump off that high horse you think you're riding and enjoy life like the rest of us. I doubt anybody would give a hoot one way or another if you actually decided to enjoy some "dirty" or "dumb" or "low-brow" humor.

As for me, I enjoyed Deadpool. The humor was frequent, topical, and spot-on. Great satire throughout. It's rare to see such great comedy surface in a film, but here we got it. For that, I can only be grateful, for the world already has too many reasons to be angry and sad, and far too few reasons to laugh.

What really grinds my fritattas is when I see yahoos looking down their noses at actually decent comedy. It may not be your cup of tea and that's perfectly acceptable, but there's no reason to act as if you're somehow more intelligent because you prefer one comedy style over another. All that matters is that whatever you pick, it makes you laugh, and if you're lucky it makes you laugh so hard you fall out of your chair. Whenever that happens, humanity gains another small triumph, and that should only be applauded instead of panned.

[romuald121]

Originally Posted by Taikero

What really grinds my fritattas is when I see yahoos looking down their noses at actually decent comedy.

I guess "decent" is a subjective word and we will agree to disagree on this film;

Originally Posted by Taikero

It may not be your cup of tea and that's perfectly acceptable, but there's no reason to act as if you're somehow more intelligent because you prefer one comedy style over another.

I never implied that I am more intelligent than any of you; you don't have to be intelligent to notice to which audience this film appeals to.

Originally Posted by Taikero

All that matters is that whatever you pick, it makes you laugh, and if you're lucky it makes you laugh so hard you fall out of your chair.

I rarely fall out of my chair laughing; if ever. Hollywood movies are the most scripted movies ever, you always see the joke before it happens

Originally Posted by Taikero

Whenever that happens, humanity gains another small triumph, and that should only be applauded instead of panned.

When you go out of the theatre after seeing this movie, you don't necessarily go out wiser than when you went in to see the movie. In addition, there are movies that capitalize on cheap laughs which is the case of Deadpool and other movies that have clever wit... So no a laugh is not just a laugh, it's also the thought behind the laugh that matters.

[bobbydrugar]

Originally Posted by Taikero

Oh, I see. You came to this thread to puff up your "I'm superior" ego just because you want to look down your nose at people who enjoyed a film full of comedy you feel is low-brow.

News flash: There's not really a whole lot of royalty floating around in this day and age, so you can jump off that high horse you think you're riding and enjoy life like the rest of us. I doubt anybody would give a hoot one way or another if you actually decided to enjoy some "dirty" or "dumb" or "low-brow" humor.

As for me, I enjoyed Deadpool. The humor was frequent, topical, and spot-on. Great satire throughout. It's rare to see such great comedy surface in a film, but here we got it. For that, I can only be grateful, for the world already has too many reasons to be angry and sad, and far too few reasons to laugh.

What really grinds my fritattas is when I see yahoos looking down their noses at actually decent comedy. It may not be your cup of tea and that's perfectly acceptable, but there's no reason to act as if you're somehow more intelligent because you prefer one comedy style over another. All that matters is that whatever you pick, it makes you laugh, and if you're lucky it makes you laugh so hard you fall out of your chair. Whenever that happens, humanity gains another small triumph, and that should only be applauded instead of panned.

Hopefully They remember to go inside when it rains because when a person looks down their nose at others it usually means cocking their neck way back to get the nose tip aligned with the one they are looking at and that could lead to someone drowning during rainy season.

T

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by romuald121

[Show spoiler]I guess "decent" is a subjective word and we will agree to disagree on this film;


I never implied that I am more intelligent than any of you; you don't have to be intelligent to notice to which audience this film appeals to.

I rarely fall out of my chair laughing; if ever. Hollywood movies are the most scripted movies ever, you always see the joke before it happens


When you go out of the theatre after seeing this movie, you don't necessarily go out wiser than when you went in to see the movie. In addition, there are movies that capitalize on cheap laughs which is the case of Deadpool and other movies that have clever wit... So no a laugh is not just laugh, it's also the thought behind the laugh that matters.

So you are just going to keep repeating the same crap over and over even though we just completely proved your point invalid because it wasn't Hollywood's decision but is the actual character?

[Taikero]

Originally Posted by romuald121

I guess "decent" is a subjective word and we will agree to disagree on this film;

I never implied that I am more intelligent than any of you; you don't have to be intelligent to notice to which audience this film appeals to.

I think it's clear that given the amount of money that has been thrown at Deadpool so far, opening with the best opening weekend an R-rated movie has EVER achieved in cinematic history (even when you adjust for inflation), Deadpool is more than qualified as both "decent" comedy and a good film.

As I said before, it may not be your cup of tea, but that doesn't make you objectively correct. The film on its initial release resonated with the American public more than any other past R-rated film has, period. This is astounding considering it even beat The Matrix Reloaded on opening weekend, which was arguably the most hyped movie sequel in the last 25 years.

Say what you want, but your smug comes off mostly as "sour grapes" and "i just didn't get it."

Originally Posted by romuald121

I rarely fall out of my chair laughing; if ever.

Clearly. You must also rarely use semicolons correctly, but hey, we can't all be perfect.

Originally Posted by romuald121

When you go out of the theatre after seeing this movie, you don't necessarily go out wiser than when you went in to see the movie. In addition, there are movies that capitalize on cheap laughs which is the case of Deadpool and other movies that have clever wit... So no a laugh is not just laugh, it's also the thought behind the laugh that matters.

When in the name of all unholy chimichangas did the point of comedy become post-laugh wisdom? I must have missed that memo. I thought the point was to laugh as much as possible, should a person be so inclined. Any comedy film that accomplishes that sublime mission has more than done its job. There are plenty of comedies out there that fall abysmally short, and Deadpool is not one of them.

I'm also fairly certain that "cheap laughs" are not synonymous or often linked with "clever wit", wit which you have ascribed to Deadpool.

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Guys, he's messing with y'all, just ignore him.

Didn't know they used Southern talk in the UK

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

Hopefully you weren't fired afterwards.

why would I??

there was time available in the day, I had enough PTO to cover it, so I went.

[UniSol GR77]

Hey hey hey hey guys.... wait..... "Fury Road" is FULL of plotholes...
Oh, no, wait, that is the greatest movie of all times along with "The Dark Knight".

Superexposition doesn't make the screenplay good, you know.

[BigLuvJason]

Originally Posted by romuald121

Ok, so you're telling me that at first it was supposed to be rate PG-13 which means that they would had to cut-off nudity, sex jokes, and gory scenes; instead, they "fought" for it to be extra-trashy, over-sexual, and extremely violent in order for it to be rated R. In order to make a good movie, I prefer subtle over in-your-face-kind-of-movie. Plus, whatever they will do, they would be not be able to accurately portray a Marvel fictional character so might as well keep it descent for people to see than try-hard to make a movie that shocks the audience in a negative way. I'm not saying for them to go the Disney route (making the character all polite and heroic-ish) but to cut some jokes here and there would make the movie less of a try-hard to be funny in the most indecent way kind of a movie.

agree

[Dreamliner330]

I just got back from Deadpool IMAX. It was good but I don't know why people are losing their minds.

I didn't see much that was overtly hard 'R' and could have easily PG-13 without losing anything. It being R doesn't detract from my enjoyment, I just disagree that it was necessary.

I'd probably put it fourth or so in the X-Men lineup behind X2, First Class and DOFP.

Winter Soldier is still the best comic book movie so far.

Personally, the lesson I hope studios learn is they don't need to spend $200 million to make a good movie. The $150M pricetag for Gambit is asinine.

[LinkMaster64]

Originally Posted by Foggy

You know how to fix a plot hole...stick a dick in it.

You have a very dirty mind young man...

[Show spoiler]

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner330

I just got back from Deadpool IMAX. It was good but I don't know why people are losing their minds.

I didn't see much that was overtly hard 'R' and could have easily PG-13 without losing anything. It being R doesn't detract from my enjoyment, I just disagree that it was necessary.

I'd probably put it fourth or so in the X-Men lineup behind X2, First Class and DOFP.

Winter Soldier is still the best comic book movie so far.

Personally, the lesson I hope studios learn is they don't need to spend $200 million to make a good movie. The $150M pricetag for Gambit is asinine.

1. Days of Future Past
2. First Class
3. Deadpool
4. The Wolverine
5. X2
6. Origins
7. X3
8. X1
I still like them all, kinda wish I didn't have the first 7 so I could get more movie $. Might be an excuse to finally buy another copy of DoFP.