{"id":11283,"date":"2016-03-06T18:55:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T18:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11283"},"modified":"2016-03-06T18:56:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T18:56:28","slug":"entertained-but-mildly-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11283","title":{"rendered":"Entertained, but mildly disappointed"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Deadpool
Deadpool not quite dead boring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To the local Showcase cinema last night, to watch the very much talked about Deadpool.<\/p>\n

A positive aspect of the evening was the refurb of the cinema.<\/p>\n

Electric reclining armchair seats with electric footrests.<\/p>\n

Nice.<\/p>\n

A negative aspect of the evening was having to tell the two spotty, hoodie-wearing twats beside me to shut the fuck up.<\/p>\n

Again.<\/p>\n

This seems to be a regular occurrence these days.<\/p>\n

And then there was the film.<\/p>\n

Deadpool is the latest addition to the Marvel superhero stable (except Mr Pool is firmly cast in the anti-hero mould).<\/p>\n

Ryan Reynolds excels in the role.<\/p>\n

And I’m not just saying this because he is<\/p>\n

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  1. Bearded (like me) and<\/li>\n
  2. A Triumph motorbike-owner (also like me)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    No, I’m saying this because Mr Pool (or Dead, to his friends) is a sharp-talking, wise-cracking, superslick-witted action character, and this sort of role is right up Ryan Reynolds’ street.<\/p>\n

    But.<\/p>\n

    There’s something about the film that is just not quite right.<\/p>\n

    It’s a slick production, the film is raking it in at the box office, and yet.<\/p>\n

    It would be easy to say that Deadpool is, heart and soul, an all-cylinder action film.<\/p>\n

    Except it isn’t.<\/p>\n

    I get the impression that although its heart is in the right place, its soul is on another plane.<\/p>\n

    The film is rich in swears (as Kick Ass was), has an abundance of eloquently-choreographed action (as Kick as did), has likeable characters (as Kick Ass had), and is rich in witty repartee (as so too was Kick Ass).<\/p>\n

    And yet Deadpool is no Kick Ass.<\/p>\n

    I was disappointed.<\/p>\n

    There are film gags, directors gags, and lines, that film buffs will wallow in with great enjoyment, from other films a-plenty, but I can’t help feeling that Deadpool was a box-ticking exercise.<\/p>\n

    Peter Bradshaw (a film critic to whom it is well worth listening) described Deadpool as ‘neurotic and needy – and very entertaining. An innocent pleasure’.<\/p>\n

    And it is an innocent pleasure, but it’s not without its faults.<\/p>\n

    Empire Magazine gives Deadpool 3 out of 5 stars.<\/p>\n

    Robbie Collin in the Telegraph also awards Deadpool 3 out of 5 stars (and says of it ‘This isn\u2019t the future of superhero movies, but it\u2019s an enjoyably obnoxious detour’).<\/p>\n

    Personally I’d give Deadpool 3 out of 5 as well.<\/p>\n

    And I gave Kick Ass 5 out of 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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