Deadpool was my favorite movie of 2016.\u00a0 I saw the movie on a recommendation and really didn\u2019t know what to expect.\u00a0 But from the first moment of the intro with Angel of the Morning playing over the comedic version of the credits revolving around a freeze-framed photo of a hyperkinetic centrifugal multi-villain murdering automobile rollover I knew it was gonna be great.\u00a0 Now granted, Deadpool viewing does come with some penalties.\u00a0 Deadpool is a fan of Wham and George Michael in general.\u00a0 This is painful.\u00a0 The end credits roles through an entire Wham song.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So, you take the good with the bad.<\/p>\n
I went to see Deadpool 2 today.\u00a0 I won\u2019t put in any spoilers.\u00a0 In the latest installment Deadpool puts together a team that he calls X-Force because he says X-Men is too sexist.\u00a0 He faces off against Josh Brolin as a time travelling mercenary called Cable who sports a bionic arm.\u00a0 And the scene where they first deploy as a team is hysterically funny.\u00a0 Negasonic Teenage Warhead is back but this time with hair and a Japanese girlfriend.\u00a0 Colossus is also back and even develops a little edge by the end of the movie.\u00a0 And Morena Baccarin and Leslie Uggams and that doofus from Silicon Valley are back too.\u00a0 And once again Wade Wilson is plunged into despair.\u00a0 And that means he will be employing barrels full of ultra-violence and mayhem will rain down on his enemies and of course also hilariously on his unkillable self.\u00a0 There is a scene where Deadpool is regenerating his lower body that is truly disturbing and symptomatic of some psychotic issues among the writers.\u00a0 And there is plenty of truly horrendous schmaltzy music.\u00a0 But Deadpool keeps the terrible sight gags and banter flowing throughout the show.\u00a0 And there are even a few scenes of tenderness and love.\u00a0 And unlike the terrible unhappy ending of Avengers: Infinity War, if you stick around during the credits there\u2019s a bonus that sets some things straight.<\/p>\n
Deadpool is a guilty pleasure.\u00a0 He is obscene, sacrilegious, depraved and extremely gross.\u00a0 But it cannot be denied that he is funny.\u00a0 And in our increasingly humorless politically correct environment that alone should be enough to justify the time spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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