Deadpool

I have a very funny memory of my comic book days, as a child. In my hometown Uddevalla, thee was a church called Fristaden, that used to have members out telling people were sinners. At one point i walked by and one of these people noticed my comic books with Conan The Barbarian. This man told me i was a sinner, and said i should burn the comic books. I just bursted out in laughter, and then he really got mad. I understand that in their eyes, comic books like Conan is not good, because of violence, blood and gore. At the same time, i think Conan makes more sense, than a cult congregation. Crazy people will always say bad things about comic books, or even say strange things about famous people. I recently heard Alex Jones call President Obama being demonic from flies on Youtube, so i love crazy people. . Comic books was a part of my youth, and i have mentioned before how much i loved The Hulk.I used to read Spider-Man, and some issues of Batman. As i grew up, watching the tv show of The Incredible Hulk, i found myself completely in love. I watched many episodes, and then discovered film adaptations of comic book characters. One of my most precious memories of comic book film adaptations is Tim Burton´s first Batman film. I simply loved Jack Nicholson as The Joker, and i think Michael Keaton did really well as Batman. My uncle Björn was old enough to see it before me at the cinema, and i had to wait until the VHS release. Plenty of more comic book characters got their own film adaptations, and some of them are really good. I did enjoy The Hulk films, X-Men, Batman, Superman, Thor, and many other characters. We also have The Avengers of course with plenty of comic book characters, that turned out to be really good. I think most comic book lovers don´t want to be reminded of the movie adaptation of Catwoman. If you have not seen it, don´t do it, for health issues. When i heard rumours that a movie adaptation of Deadpool is coming, with Ryan Reynolds in the lead role, i became very curious. We all remember his performance in The Green Lantern, where he at least tried to deliver something, while the film failed. As time went by, and i finally heard Deadpool was going to get a release date, i hoped that this would be a worthy film adaptation. I had to see it in a cinema, and i finally got the chance. Is this the best comic book adaptation in many years, or is Ryan Reynolds back with another comic book film, on the same level as Green Lantern ?

Wade Wilson ( Ryan Reynolds ) works as a mercenary in New York. He meets escort Vanessa Carlysle ( Morena Baccarin ) at a bar, and they become a couple. A year later, Wade propose to Vanessa, and she accepts. But everything changes, as Wade suddenly collapses. Wade is told that he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Vanessa is still by his side, even though the situation, but Wade does not want her to watch him die. Suddenly a recruiter from a secret program approaches Wade, offering him a chance to try an experimental cure for his cancer. At first, Wade is not ready for this idea, but he eventually agree on doing this, and leave Vanessa, to make sure this is kept secret. He meets Ajax ( Ed Skrein ) and Angel Dust ( Gina Carano ) who inject him with a serum, designed to awaken latent mutant genes. The process fails, and Wade is tortured for days. Since this failed, they decide to put Wade in a airtight chamber. The idea is to make him a super-powered slave, who can be sold to wealthy customers. Inside the chamber, he is cured from cancer, but leaves him severely disfigured. Wade tries to escape, but is left for dead by Ajax, as the laboratory is burning. He survives, and decides to revenge for what Ajax did to him. He needs a place to stay, so decides to move into the home of Blind Al ( Leslie Uggams ). Wade become the masked vigilante, known as " Deadpool ", and he will not stop until justice is done.

I was hoping that Deadpool would be funny, vulgar and ironic. And i have to say, this film adaptation manage to capture the character of Deadpool, just the way i imagined he could be. We all know that making movies out of comic book characters can be hard, and i think Fantastic Four proved that, since it failed to deliver much at all. Thankfully, Deadpool feels like a really good adaptation of this character. The look of Deadpool looks great, and the feeling of his personality fits into the plot. Ryan Reynolds really nail his performance with fast dialogue, really funny one-liners ( where even a loved metal band is included ), and his psychical performance is also really well made. There is a lot of action scenes included, so if you falled asleep during 50 Shades Of Grey first 5 minutes, you will without a doubt enjoy all the violence here. Director Tim Miller may not be known for many people, but he actually have worked on 2 big films, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ( as an title designer ), and on Thor: The Dark World ( as an second unit director ). Deadpool is his full feature debut film as an director, and i personally think he have proved himself outstanding. He knows exactly what Deadpool needed to look like in a movie adaptation, and combine many ideas together, with a really strong finish. I know a lot of people thought that it would be impossible to make a film out of Deadpool, but trust me, you will see why he was the right director. There are some great other comic book characters here also, like Colossus, or Negasonic Teenage Warhead . During the film, you will hear Deapool joke about movie characters, musicians, or other really funny situations, so be prepared to laugh when you least expect it. Since i did not have very high expectations, i am very pleased that this film manage to capture the spirit of Deadpool. A fast, explosive, funny ride, with unexpected turns along the way. Deadpool proves that comic book movies still have a bright future ahead. The plot may not be very important, i personally think that it was a great move from director Tim Miller, to make this film shine more on the character instead. Ryan Reynolds, thank you for this performance, i hope i will see you back in a sequel. Besides, we need Deadpool more than ever, knowing that 50 Shades Of More Grey Underwear Sequel...is on the way in 2017. 

Rating: DDDD