Deadpool

Newsflash, Deadpool breaks a crap ton of records in its opening weekend. Why? I'm going to tell you why and give you my own opinions on this movie.

So why is Deadpool so popular?

1. Its gritty. This is a growing trend for superheroes. It started with the Dark Knight series and reverberated across the genera. Superman is snapping necks, the winter soldier kills innocents, and they aren't afraid to kill people in Spiderman. The point is, the trend in these types of films is shooting towards a sense of dirty realism where not everything ends up all happy and you could realistically see that happening.

2. it’s funny. Actually the funniest movie I’ve seen in a while. That includes comedies. It’ll make you bust a gut and the best part is, it’s all completely natural. Nothing is forced. Watching this movie reminded me of hanging out with funny people, they crack jokes and make quips. If it’s your style, it’ll have you rolling.

3. it’s creative. This isn’t the movies doing but the characters. He is a bad superhero. It’s something I’ve never seen before. He makes bad choices, but you really feel good about them. He isn’t an anti-hero because he doesn’t do anything wrong, he just does the right thing in the most violent way possible.

4. Self-awareness. This movie is a giant walking fourth wall break. A lot of times that takes you out of the movie and breaks your focus. But this just sucks you in. A superhero making jokes about the acting skills of a Hollywood star, and the star is playing the superhero. It’s great.

5. Rating. Its rated R thank god. We all came to a movie and knew that a lot of people were going to die. When that is the case, you should go ahead and show that stuff and make it rated R. No one likes the kids in there anyway, they just ruin it.

6. Rudeness. This movie plowed forward with reckless abandon. They gave 0 fucks about the social implications behind what they showed and said. It is dirty, and it knows it, and it doesn’t care. For too long I’ve tried to watch movie that want to be edgy but fail to entertain because they are too afraid to go there. This movie goes there. To use an analogy, blood is to Terinino movies as nasty, dirty, rudeness is to Deadpool.

It’s a great movie with a great story and great characters. I can’t find anything wrong with it. Go watch it in the theatre while you can. It’s that good bro.