By Brianna Ciniglio columnist
If you couldn’t tell already by the trailers, “Deadpool” is not your typical superhero movie. The latest Marvel film is highly graphic, violent and raunchy… and if you can appreciate that, you’ll love this film.
Ryan Reynolds’ acting as Wade Wilson (Deadpool) is so natural it seems as if he was born for this role, which makes sense considering Reynolds has wanted to play this character since he was first introduced to Deadpool in 2005, according to his interview with The Los Angeles Times.
Reynolds manages to make this brash anti-hero —who has no problem skewering people— into a loveable character.
Deadpool is a no-B.S. kind of guy. He pokes fun at every person he comes across unmercifully, leading to some absolutely hilarious encounters and scenes.
There is no such thing as bad timing for jokes for Deadpool; he even finds ways to laugh about his own cancer diagnosis. And Reynolds doesn’t allow the character to hold back on cracking jokes about the actor, himself, either.
When Wade Wilson goes into the experimental cancer-curing process, he makes sure to ask not to be given a green superhero suit, a poke at Reynolds’ role as the title character in the unsuccessful 2011 film “Green Lantern”.
Even Marvel’s other superhero films are taken a crack at. Two X-Men are characters in the film who want Deadpool to join them on the righteous hero side, but the anti-hero wants nothing more than to avoid Professor Xavier and his do-good gang of mutants.
Deadpool’s interactions with them are nothing short of hilarious, as is also the case with Ajax (*cough* Francis *cough*), the villain of the film.
Deadpool’s consistent drive to humiliate his foe, even during some intense moments of the film, will leave you impatiently awaiting their next encounter. Not to mention that the two also face off in some pretty epic fight scenes.
The movie is all around great. It takes real talent to be able to put highly humorous and highly gory scenes together in one movie and make them both work well. If you love movies with comedy, superheroes and/or violence, Deadpool is the film for you.