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My friend and I saw it on Wednesday and it was pretty damn good. There were a bunch of jokes poking fun at Fox and Disney.
Poking fun as they cash their checks lol real brave right there.
I mean, do you often get paid to tell your boss to suck your dick?
"Hey, Disney. Can I tell you to suck my dick?"
"Will it make me money?"
"Yes, lots of money."
"Will I have to actually change my practices in a meaningful way?"
"No"
"Lets do it. Now will you excuse me, I have legal battles to fight with the poors."
If the boss personally stands to make millions of dollars because I called them a couch fucker then I could easily call them a couch fucker.
We saw the same shit with The Boys. Ohhh what a biting satire of Amazon and the super hero media churning industry! They’re so upset!
If either was saying anything of consequence that actually spoke out against the people cutting their checks then they’d be left on the cutting room floor. I can’t believe people think for even a second these corporate sanctioned “acts of defiance” are in any way legitimate.
These shows/movies say a lot but that specific act is nonsense.
Edit: really and truly people need to take a step back and realize how boardroom influenced these movies are, even if they aren’t driven from the top. Studios don’t throw that kind of cash at a movie and not have a say and most of them really aren’t stupid.
id like to get paid to tell fox to get fucked
I'd like to get paid
Yea I do often lol
nice
Hey boss, cann i tell you to suck my dig? I'll make you billions of dollars. Uuuh okay
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I'm torn. Studio executives are not known for advanced level pattern recognition so they will see two data points of "billion dollar R rating" and "comic book" and want to make gritty, bloody reboots of things.
But I also like it when movies don't hold back on scenes and treats everyone as someone who wouldn't mind some light trauma with their movie snacks.
The Kraven movie just came out with a super brutal trailer so the executives definitely think "oh, the comic book stuff has to be bloody to make money now". Come to think of it, the jokey tone of Venom very much feels like a reaction to the first Deadpool as well.
I hope this means more R-Rated movies. Twisters was such a letdown and I can only imagine what it could have been if it wasn't so watered down. The upcoming Beetlejuice sequel will likely suffer the same despite the play getting it right. We need some damn adult entertainment!
Seriously. Kids already watch blood, gore, and sexuality in media on the internet anyway. This PG-13 crap is only there to make executives think they can reach the lowest common denominator for audiences without realizing it can make the story much less interesting for everyone.
Is R equivalent to our 15 rating? Older teenage can watch it fine.
R is 17+ in the US. Under 17s can enter with a guardian.
Is there a lower limit for accompanied kids?
Going to watch a second time tomorrow. First time I've ever done that and I'm 37.
Well the movie did just come out and you weren't 36 presumably when the movie came out that makes sense.
Just went a second time. If anything the movie is even better on rewatch. Easily the best of the trilogy. And the second time I actually enjoyed Emma Corrin even more as Cassandra Nova.
I mean, Alien Romulus is apparently pretty good too, but I understand.
The Hugh Jackman abs call to you.
Wonder what the list is adjust for inflation.
I think the numbers still stand. The long time adjusted R rated box office winner was The Exorcist which is $1.011 Billion adjusted. Joker beat that with $1.078 so Deadpool and Wolverine is now the clear winner and it still has lots of theatre run to go.
Good info here, although not adjusted numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_R-rated_films?wprov=sfla1
Before the deadpools, it was the matrix 2, and then T2.
I enjoyed this film.
Agreed. It's was very entertaining and sometimes, went far deeper than necessary - the drama was done so well.
Just wait til the Lady Gaga Joker comes out, that'll put them back on top.
J-j-j-joker face.
I haven't read the reviews. I dont even know what the reviews are saying. I just didn't like it as much as i liked the first two.
Also the parallel timeline theme really is being overused these days.
I really enjoyed the movie, but every super hero solving their problems by going through the "multiverse" is definitely getting boring
Honestly, I thought this movie was kinda terrible. Sure, I did enjoy some of the cameos, but I thought the jokes were a bit repetitive and felt overused about 30-45 minutes in. There was also barely any semblance of a plot. The only real plot development was adding the letter S in front of "He's going to destroy the universe". That's just not good enough to keep a movie interesting.
The fight scenes were pretty bland. The extensive use of slow-motion, bad cgi and most fight scenes being bad music videos made the movie feel incredibly drawn out and slow, which is killing for a movie relying on fast-paced jokes to keep the audience entertained. Watching a couple minutes of slow motion, 4th-wall breaking narration followed up by the same joke they've already done twice before got old quickly.
I got bored a third of the way through. The movie is also going to age poorly as a lot of jokes won't be relevant anymore in the future. The TVA was wasted, most actors reprising their roles had disappointingly little screentime. I liked the concept, but it was just... such a letdown to me.
I have little positive to say about it. Jackman was fun to watch, considerably more fun than Reynolds. Chris Evans as the Human Torch was fun, but he barely had any action and got killed very quickly. Then there were a couple others that just "showed up", basically unaltered from the originals with no real explanation as to why the TVA pruned them or what's unique about them.
Maybe the Deadpool movies are just a miss for me, seeing as other people do enjoy it. To me, it was a 4/10, just a continuation of the latest string of bad Marvel movies. Thinking about it, I think I even enjoyed Quantumania more than this one.
I'm kinda torn. The first fight scene was so awkward that i almost turned it off again. Then it got a bit more interesting, but the jokes were hit or miss. The story was kinda awkward, not horrible, not great. Deadpool and wolverine repeatedly fighting each other got kinda boring, but they keep insisting that's what the people are here to see, so okay i guess. I also have to mention that i haven't seen a single trailer, promotional material leak or anything at all. So everything was a surprise for me, and probably the thing that tipped the scale for me. But it's not a masterpiece or anything, but hopefully it paves the way for better r rated movies, or it will crash and burn and they use it to just make r rated movies for the hell of it. Who knows 5/10
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Your review is accurate but I went in with rock-bottom expectations and thought it was fine. The Marvel movies have been bad for so long that the best point of comparison is probably with The Simpsons at this point where it is a pleasant surprise to find a new episode is not a huge dumpster fire.
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Want can't people find an in between these days? What must a movie be either "100% amazing!" Or "terrible?"
It doesn't have to be either of those. Imo, it just had very little going for it for me. It's far from the worst movie I've ever seen, but I was disappointed when I left the theatre, so I rate it a 4/10. I'm allowed that opinion, no?
TIL people have far different movie expectations than others on a scale I really didn't know was so far apart.
This movie is fucking great joke her is also pretty damn good.
Don't read the reviews just watch it for yourself make your own judgement call and move on.
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