Movie Critics Thread

[Gutsman Heavy]

Maybe just find another place to keep it hidden.

ha!

[BigTransformerTrev]

The only issue I have is that they used my engagement ring idea and now I'm not sure what to do, I was weeks from proposing too! ARRGH.

The scary thing was that it was a lolly ring - given the previous scene 'Happy International Women's Day' would Wade have told her where it was hidden before she put it in her mouth?

Absolute pearler of a movie! Hoping they do a blu-ray directors cut of it

[M-bot]

Re Deadpool: I have not had so many laugh-out-loud moments at a cinema since... well, pretty much ever. I'm struggling to find anything to seriously criticise. The mate that I saw it with loved it and went again - he said it was a little less funny the second time around (which may seem a bit obvious I guess), but he was saying it was much better the first time as it was a big, very full cinema full of fans.

Personally I can't imagine it being any less funny on repeat viewings. Not only was it funny, but it had a whole lot of heart. It's seriously amazing how they pulled off the fluctuations in tone so deftly.

I did note that the movie only had basically 2 big fight scenes/set pieces - they were just revisited and used in flashback several times.

Big thumbs up. It is brilliant.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Re Deadpool: I have not had so many laugh-out-loud moments at a cinema since... well, pretty much ever. I'm struggling to find anything to seriously criticise. The mate that I saw it with loved it and went again - he said it was a little less funny the second time around (which may seem a bit obvious I guess), but he was saying it was much better the first time as it was a big, very full cinema full of fans.

Personally I can't imagine it being any less funny on repeat viewings. Not only was it funny, but it had a whole lot of heart. It's seriously amazing how they pulled off the fluctuations in tone so deftly.

I did note that the movie only had basically 2 big fight scenes/set pieces - they were just revisited and used in flashback several times.

Big thumbs up. It is brilliant.

Pretty impressed to learn it was a first-time director too - he has to be pretty happy with the results

Hmmmm, wonder if we could get him for TF 6 & 7

[M-bot]

Pretty impressed to learn it was a first-time director too - he has to be pretty happy with the results

Hmmmm, wonder if we could get him for TF 6 & 7

Tim Miller joins the ranks of first time directors who knocked their first feature out of the park. Kudos to him!

I read somewhere that the jokes in the pre-credits had another dimension to them - apparently who gets credit and for what is a super big deal in Hollywood - there are union rules governing who gets what billing (regarding writers, producers, etc) - and this movie broke a lot of those rules in order to get a laugh (or more accurately, several laughs). It represents some pretty brave comedy, especially in a world where hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake.

And the director literally called himself "an overpaid tool". How often you reckon that happens in Hollywood?

[twincobra]

Just saw deadpool, better than I expected, no boring bits!

[5FDP]

Add another to the 'just saw Deadpool' (although that was last Thursday) crowd. Loved every minute of it. It was my wife's b'day movie, guess who picked to go see it

[Paulbot]

I read somewhere that the jokes in the pre-credits had another dimension to them - apparently who gets credit and for what is a super big deal in Hollywood - there are union rules governing who gets what billing (regarding writers, producers, etc) - and this movie broke a lot of those rules in order to get a laugh (or more accurately, several laughs). It represents some pretty brave comedy, especially in a world where hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake.

Not really... The film's "opening credits" were at the end of the film and everyone got named correctly there. The "credits" you saw at the start of the film were just jokes on screen. Makes a good story though for the "Deadpool is so outrageous" stories.

(But then I feel like the only person in the world disappointed by the film...)

[Gutsman Heavy]

(But then I feel like the only person in the world disappointed by the film...)

feel free to elaborate! I'm in awe that it wasn't terrible. Obviously super low budget, but I'm glad to see a modest (sized) move do so well.

[M-bot]

Not really... The film's "opening credits" were at the end of the film and everyone got named correctly there. The "credits" you saw at the start of the film were just jokes on screen. Makes a good story though for the "Deadpool is so outrageous" stories.

(But then I feel like the only person in the world disappointed by the film...)

The credits at the start of the film are important to the movie industry as well, not just the end ones. There's rules about who can appear and in which order, and how they are described in the opening credits. It's not just the end ones that count.