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Deadpool 2
I never got around to seeing the first Deadpool movie in the theaters, despite the rave reviews. I can't remember what exactly put me off; it might have been the R-rating for violence, which is not typically my cup of tea. We got it from Netflix instead, and I was really glad I did -- it was fun, and hilarious, and Ryan Reynolds was born for the part, and the violence was so cartoonish and over-the-top that it bothered me less than I thought it might. So I enjoyed it, and was looking forward to Deadpool 2, maybe even ready to pay theater prices for it....
And then I was spoiled for the thing that happens before the opening credits. Spoilers ahead.
When I heard that Vanessa was fridged early on in the film, and especially when it became apparent through review commentary and interviews with the creators that this was not a nudge-wink use of the trope, but a completely straightforward representation of it, I was irritated enough to take the movie off my see-in-theaters list. We finally got around to seeing it tonight, and I'm glad I made that decision. It was still often fun and funny (although some of the bits dragged on waaaaaaay longer than was really necessary), Reynolds is still bringing his A-game, Josh Brolin makes a perfectly fine Cable, and I'm in love with Domino -- she needs her own movie now, please and thank you. But the fridging. Ugh, the fridging. Even if I hadn't known it was coming, I would have known it was coming -- the business with the IUD was cute, but it could not have better telegraphed her impending death if it was spelled out in Morse code. And again, if I thought the writers knew what they were doing with it, I might have been more into playing along. But no. The opening credits were all about what horrible heartless monsters the filmmakers were, for doing such a mean thing to the nice lady, but there was no acknowledgement of what a hurtful and overused trope this is. And if any film should be making that type of commentary, it's Deadpool. He calls out the plot device of Cable only being able to travel in time twice as lazy writing; why not this? But no, of all the stale plot devices to play straight, it just HAD to be this one, and I found it every bit as annoying as I thought I might.
I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't think it could have been done better. There was so much space for it to be better. Dear movie makers: be better. Please.
And then I was spoiled for the thing that happens before the opening credits. Spoilers ahead.
When I heard that Vanessa was fridged early on in the film, and especially when it became apparent through review commentary and interviews with the creators that this was not a nudge-wink use of the trope, but a completely straightforward representation of it, I was irritated enough to take the movie off my see-in-theaters list. We finally got around to seeing it tonight, and I'm glad I made that decision. It was still often fun and funny (although some of the bits dragged on waaaaaaay longer than was really necessary), Reynolds is still bringing his A-game, Josh Brolin makes a perfectly fine Cable, and I'm in love with Domino -- she needs her own movie now, please and thank you. But the fridging. Ugh, the fridging. Even if I hadn't known it was coming, I would have known it was coming -- the business with the IUD was cute, but it could not have better telegraphed her impending death if it was spelled out in Morse code. And again, if I thought the writers knew what they were doing with it, I might have been more into playing along. But no. The opening credits were all about what horrible heartless monsters the filmmakers were, for doing such a mean thing to the nice lady, but there was no acknowledgement of what a hurtful and overused trope this is. And if any film should be making that type of commentary, it's Deadpool. He calls out the plot device of Cable only being able to travel in time twice as lazy writing; why not this? But no, of all the stale plot devices to play straight, it just HAD to be this one, and I found it every bit as annoying as I thought I might.
I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't think it could have been done better. There was so much space for it to be better. Dear movie makers: be better. Please.