(From IMDb.com)
The Marvel Universe wins me over more and more each movie I see.
With the timing (and expense) of one-a-week in the big-screen theaters, I didn’t get to join in on the Deadpool hysteria.
I pulled it out of the Orange MediaBank machine with my card at the Liverpool Public Library – where you don’t have to work like I do to make the most of the well-stocked Blu-Ray collection – and watched on the flat screen with my dear wife Karen in the living room of the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood.
Even though every time I view one of these Marvel blockbusters I’m pretty much coming in as a Markie-come lately, not being one of the comic book crew (or even graphic novels brigade), it didn’t take but a few minutes to see why Ryan Reynolds wanted so dearly to make this movie.
He’s fantastic as this sharp-mouthed anti-hero who lives on the edge, prefers dark bars, loves a cocktail waitress pro as hard as he can until circumstances dictate otherwise, and fights for revenge against some really dastardly villains.
The two other Marvel characters thrown in by writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and directed by Tim Miller – Colossus (Stefan Kapicic) and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) – add greatly to the humor and action, both of which I’m finding to be pretty marvelous trademarks of this Marvel thing.
A harsh reality (From IMDb.com)
Mostly, though, it’s a rush to watch Reynolds play an ugly guy.
He’s convinced he is of spirit in the early part.
And then he really is of physical looks.
In both cases he’s foul-mouthed as Deadpool, the character who really will do anything for sex, revenge and cracking wise.
Who are your favorite Marvel characters, and why? Do you watch movies on Blu-Ray or streaming, and why? What’s your favorite Ryan Reynolds movie, and why?
Mark Bialczak 
i’m not a huge superhero fan but i do love ryan )
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This is quite the anti-superhero superhero movie, Beth. 🙂
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I looooove Deadpool. Love that movie 🙂
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It’s so different, Joey. Why I loved it, too. 🙂
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One of the best things about DP is that he knows he’s in a fantasy world and will joke about it with the audience often. Glad you finally saw it and liked it!
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Yes, I finally caught up and caught on, J. ❤
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My kids loved it but I wasn’t a huge fan. I think the jokes were a little too obvious, kind of like most lines were just the set up to a punch line.
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It was snarky, Marissa. I like snarky! 🙂
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That is a good word to describe it.
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You know the trailers for that movie intrigued me and I’m not much into graphic novels these days. The potential must be there because I can clearly remember running to McElmon’s comer store with my allowance clutched in hand on “payday” every week. I would return home with as many “comics” as my allowance would buy and close myself into my room until I was finished reading them all.
I sort of grew away from them and when I saw the Deadpool character I thought he was one I could get behind. Is he as irreverent and funny as the trailers Mark?
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You would be into his irreverence and humor, Paul. Indeed!
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Saw this movie and loved it!!
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Hey, cuz! It was pretty cool, indeed. Hope you are having a hot summer west on the Thruway. ❤
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Hot and desert dry, cuz! I’ve been playing the hose marathon! Hope all is well with you!!! ❤
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Cool beans, Amy Rose. 🙂
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