The cat so fast he's a streak 
The film starts off strong with a deliciously fun and subversive intro which gives the impression the rest of the film will be a no holds bar action romp which pisses in the cornflakes of the MCU and its self import drama. Sadly the next 20 minutes of solid exposition show that Deadpool has been fully MCUified . Don't worry there is plenty of gore, cursing, and s*x jokes to go around but one gets the distinct feeling Wade Wilson has taken the mantle of the mouse. From the fawning over the Avengers and main MCU timeline to the sappy ending everything feels very brand safe. Still there continue to be highlights: many of the jokes land and those that don't are sold by Ryan Reynolds love of the material, Hugh Jackman really seems to have regained a love for the character after some anemic performances in the later X-men movies, and the fight scenes continue to be well choreographed with a nice mix of cool and funny. Ultimately the movie ends up bogged down by its weaknesses with an insistence on long talking scenes, traditional sappy heroics over the action people actually watch these movies for, and a terrible villain.
I really think we've reached the tail end of the MCU's relevance as Disney begins drawing on nostalgia for the 2000s non-disney produced Marvel movies, movies which were formally dismissed as pure trash (minus X-men and Rami Spider-Man) compared to the MCU. When a certain string of cameos plays out they are all in slow motion, silent, and take way too long as if they expect audiences to be hootin and hollarin during the reveal yet the packed IMAX theater was totally silent despite audiences frequently laughing out loud at the jokes. Perhaps even more embarrassing is the fight featuring these cameo characters which is shockingly bad in comparison to every other fight in the movie. It looks more in line with generic trash like Ant-Man then a dead pool movie. When the credits featured a montage of X-men clips and production footage set to Green Day's Time of your Life it was arguably the most emotional part of the film, but it also made me question if this film had earned it. Most of the cameos could easily be replaced by other random characters and not effect anything, and all the montage seemed to do was remind me how much cooler and sexier the x-men looked in comparison to the MCU.
Total score: 2.5/5
The movie is very gay and basically slash fic between the two male leads
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I'm with you. Being a bit older I saw the X-men movies and stuff as a kid. Deadpool is really the only Marvel movie I liked other than the OG Iron Man (back when it came out it was something new and fresh and fun).
Deadpool was great because it stood on its own. It was a funny movie that happened to involve someone with super powers as the lead role. Deadpool 1, and even 2 is someone that could be enjoyed by anyone that just wants a good laugh and doesn't care about the capeshit part of it.
This is total MCU slop. It's honestly so bad in comparison. I still would say I enjoyed it, but I only knew what was going on because I've seen people talking about new MCU nonsense nonstop online. I only know of the time police because of hypersoys cumming their pants about Loki on Disney Plus, but I couldn't tell you much else about the show other than the time police are after him for being a jokester and changing the past. I had seen the OG Daredevil and Fantastic Four as a kid so I got what those references were.
Overall though I think the most disappointing thing was the clear Disney influence on some of the jokes and such. It just ruined any soul the character had already. Like the joke about getting canceled after saying another joke, I 1000% believe that wasn't Reynolds who wrote that. I'm convinced it was some soyslop mouse eared homo who was "trying to be edgy" without actually wanting to take the risk, where as I'd expect the character to unapologetically just rip a joke without ever referencing "being cancelled".
I don't even mind the capeshit fanservice because that was sort of expected with Jackman being in the movie, and the general plot that's established right off the bat. I could've overlooked that if it was authentic, but it just felt like they wanted to add a layer of Disney sanitation on a rated R movie.
It's a shame, because 1 was extremely funny, and 2 was still enjoyable but this didn't do it for me. Half the jokes just didn't hit in this one and felt shoehorned. At least in 2 with all the X-men stuff added, it was supplemental to the movie, not the focus.
I think the perfect way to explain it is actually that scene from Waiting where Anna Faris is Ripping Reynolds character and basically says(paraphrasing), "your life is just one shitty punchline after another because you lack anything." That's my exact reaction to this movie.
I'm in line with you OP and I'd say it's a 6/10 because it's kind of just there, and nothing stuck out. Typical capeshit formula and slop killed any uniqueness the character had. I don't hate the movie, but what what they did to the character.
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When you look in the mirror, can you tell that you're stupid?
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Yes, blogpostbot I can. I just admitted to watching capeshit and I have self awareness.
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