{"id":160492,"date":"2024-07-29T18:35:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T00:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=160492"},"modified":"2024-07-29T18:35:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T00:35:05","slug":"movie-review-deadpool-wolverine-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2024\/07\/29\/movie-review-deadpool-wolverine-2024.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: “Deadpool & Wolverine” (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/meter> 3.5 Acting
\n<\/meter> 4.5 Production
\n<\/meter> 3.5 Story
\n<\/meter> 4.0 OVERALL<\/strong> with a \u2665<\/p>\n

We went to see\u00a0Deadpool & Wolverine<\/em> on Friday (opening weekend) night. I kind of pushed for it — we’ve enjoyed the DP movies in the past (usually to our surprise), but the rest of the fam didn’t seem enthused — until we were watching it.<\/p>\n

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Deadpool & Wolverine. Their relationship is … complicated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I run very hot and cold on Deadpool in the comics. I tend to take my storytelling fairly seriously, and DP — along with “fan favorites” like Ambush Bug and the Impossible Man and Mr Mxyzptlyk and G’nort and even Lobo — are intrinsically silly characters that I usually get tired of pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

I’ve also got only a moderate tolerance for Wolverine, as one of these characters who is so over-used it isn’t even funny.<\/p>\n

Live action is a little difference, since movies with a given character tend to come out far less frequently. I enjoyed the first couple of Deadpool movies, despite myself, and Hugh Jackman\u00a0is<\/em> Wolverine. So I figured … this should probably be worth a go.<\/p>\n

And, in fact, this movie is a very, very fun (and bloody) romp through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, tying together narrative lines from the previous Deadpool movies (with plenty of flashbacks and talky-talk for those who don’t remember that far back), things having to do with Wolverine movies (with the same caveats), recent doings in the MCU, and plenty of Fourth Wall commentary about 20th Century Fox, Disney, and whatever else turns out to be funny.<\/p>\n

There’s a plot or three here, much more coherent than you might imagine, especially with a zany character like Deadpool, slathered with a Church Spring Picnic-full of Easter Eggs, and much capering about the Marvel multiverse (with plenty of meta commentary). There are even some lengthy serious moments! And character advancement!<\/p>\n

But there are really two things about this movie that stand out (speaking broadly and non-spoilery). First, is that it’s fun. Well, unless you dislike F-bombs, and find huge gouts of CG blood disturbing. I was usually smiling, and I was laughing out loud (embarrassingly so) more than once.<\/p>\n

And second, it is a HUGE<\/em> love letter to the 20th Century Fox Marvel movies — various iterations of the Fantastic Four, Daredevil & Elektra, and, of course, the X-Men. With the Disney acquisition of Fox’s movie properties, they are able to — and actually do — some delightful things, even as they fade into the multiverse.<\/p>\n

Good times. I look forward to getting this one on Blu-Ray so I can pause a thousand times and point and laugh some more.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed\u00a0myself.<\/p>\n

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Besties — as much as that might mean for either of them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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