The Comic Books and Comic Book movies thread

jerseydevil said:
The New ?Deadpool? Movie Will Make You Want To Cuss
http://uproxx.com/movies/deadpool-review/

In the interest of fairness...this is less glowing.
Click to expand...
So this review brings up a point that has been gnawing at me as I have watched the previews debut. Sure there is gore and violence - we DP readers have come to expect it. He deals in death like no other Marvel character. The cussing is may be what will get me though. In the comics DP always brings you to the edge of the innuendo and doesn't need to go further. You know where he is going. In their effort to get the "hard R" I think they are going to make him seem over the top with this and that is NOT what DP is. The other thing if they make him naturally evil or bad (or at least ambivalent towards innocents dying) I am going to have an issue. DP pictures himself as the merc who stands up the innocent, at least in the comics. He deals in death with guys who have the guns or the guys (and girls) who deserve to die. I am not down with deviation from this in the movie.

Let's just say as a long time DP reader I am apprehensively excited about this movie now that it is so close to issue ... and not quite as excited as I was a few months ago. Downright worried may in fact be closer to what I am thinking.
 
I wouldn't worry too much. Yes, you have to manage your expectations...but this is a thing that should not exist. So whatever faults it may have should be forgiven. I know there may be a small element of disappointment, but that's on me for expecting too much. It is, after all, a studio product.

Deadpool on Selling Out to Hollywood and Always Being in Wolverine’s Shadow
http://collider.com/deadpool-interview/
 
The First Wicked + The Divine Collection Sold Six Figures

We want to do work that’s less obviously in its ghetto. We want our books to be more accessible, more emotionally and intellectually sophisticated. The book publishing industry would kill for our sales figures. We did 100,000 copies of the first collected volume of The Wicked + The Divine, and that’s a lot. So it’s cult, but it’s big.
Click to expand...

That's $1M (because cover price is $10) for a non-Walking Dead non-Saga TPB.

That's AWESOME.
 
roenick said:
So this review brings up a point that has been gnawing at me as I have watched the previews debut. Sure there is gore and violence - we DP readers have come to expect it. He deals in death like no other Marvel character. The cussing is may be what will get me though. In the comics DP always brings you to the edge of the innuendo and doesn't need to go further. You know where he is going. In their effort to get the "hard R" I think they are going to make him seem over the top with this and that is NOT what DP is. The other thing if they make him naturally evil or bad (or at least ambivalent towards innocents dying) I am going to have an issue. DP pictures himself as the merc who stands up the innocent, at least in the comics. He deals in death with guys who have the guns or the guys (and girls) who deserve to die. I am not down with deviation from this in the movie.

Let's just say as a long time DP reader I am apprehensively excited about this movie now that it is so close to issue ... and not quite as excited as I was a few months ago. Downright worried may in fact be closer to what I am thinking.
Click to expand...

You needn't have worried. It's glorious. I often say someone will make a great Xmovie someday. Well, someone did...but with swear words, extreme violence and lots of exposed skin. Huge rewatch value, constant laughs, and Ryan Reynolds finally in the place he has always belonged. It's just perfect. And stay through the credits.


On Monday morning, when all the studios fall over themselves to embrace the r rated superhero movie...unless you do it right...DON'T.


P.s. your concern about making him too antihero...they address that SO PERFECTLY! !!!
 
Last edited:
Deadpool has already won soundtrack of the year.

Ryan Reynolds was perfect. So was TJ Miller. So were the two xmen the "studio could afford".

It was good as soon as the movie opened with tag lines. "Directed by, some overpaid douche"

Wasn't even as violent from a "kill bill blood" perspective as I thought it might be.

And yes the after the credits scene was a nice throwback.


Spoiler alert





Chickachicka
 
‘Deadpool’ Takes in Giant $47.5 Million at Friday Box Office
http://collider.com/deadpool-takes-in-giant-47-5-million-at-friday-box-office/

After pulling down the biggest preview numbers ever for a February release, not to mention an R-rated feature, Fox’s Deadpool is headed for many more box office records this weekend. According to studio estimates, the Marvel adaptation earned an estimated $47.5 million from 3,558 locations yesterday, including that $12.7 million from its Thursday p.m. screenings.

Deadpool’s current Friday estimate is, by far, the biggest single-day opening ever in the month of February. The previous record was $30.2 million, set on this same Valentine’s/President’s Day frame one year ago by Universal’s Fifty Shades of Grey. In 2015, Fifty Shades went on to set a new weekend record for February ($85.1 million) and the four-day President’s Day holiday ($93 million). But now thanks to Friday’s outsized performance, those records will belong to Deadpool.

Originally projected to open between $65 and $75 million, Deadpool is headed for at least $105 million through Sunday and as much as $120 with Monday’s holiday included. Just to give you an idea of how huge a $105 million weekend would be, it would not only top all previous releases in Fox’s X-Men franchise but also all the opening weekends of all but three films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: The Avengers, Age of Ultron, and Iron Man 3. Considering Deadpool’s hard R-rating, its long development history, and the utter failure of Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot last August, the studio has got to be overjoyed with this morning’s estimate.
Click to expand...

Thanks to all those hereabouts that helped to make this happen by going opening weekend. The future looks interesting now, with R Rated superhero flicks back on the table. Of course, the studios will over correct, but we can hope that at least a few gems, that would not have been possible otherwise, slip through the cracks.
 
I'm not a big movie theater guy but everyone was having such a great time during Deadpool. Just constant laughs, giggles and overall enjoyment...
 


‘Deadpool’ Demolishes Box Office Records with $135 Million Debut
http://collider.com/deadpool-demolishes-box-office-records-with-135-million-debut/

That is nearly double what the industry expected from the R-rated superhero pic. And, just to be clear, had Deadpool wound up closer to its initial target of $75 million we would still have written it up as a big win for Fox. But as it stands? This is the kind of crazy-unexpected, record-breaking launch that just doesn’t come around very often.
Click to expand...

That's adjusted, as late as last week the predictions were in the $60 Million range...and that was enough to put Fox into hurry up mode on a sequel. So these numbers are ridiculously off the charts. There are Fox execs who are openly masturbating in public when they read the numbers.
 
Weekend Box Office: ‘Deadpool’s Shocking $135m Opening Is The Biggest Ever For An R-Rated Film
http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/deadpool-biggest-r-rated-box-office-ever/

As to why this is important, aside from paying for a lifetime cocaine supply for Fox execs, the conventional wisdom has long been that superhero movies were at least partly for kids, and that making one R-rated would be leaving money on the table. In fact, this was thought to be more or less true for all movies, leading to bizarre decisions like making a PG-13 Expendables movie. With Deadpool opening bigger than any X-Men movie (which is nothing short of shocking, frankly), all that goes out the window (at least, it should).

This was a movie that took 11 years for Fox to greenlight, and now it has an opening that couldn’t have been bigger. With Deadpool, not only did it go huge while being rated R, it went huge largely because it was rated R. The R rating proved to fans that it was serious, and while I don’t think what comic book superfans think matters nearly as much as studios think it does, Deadpool‘s R-rating helped differentiate it at a time when just being a superhero movie is no longer that big a deal. The kinds of movies that get greenlit from here on out will depend on whether people in charge see Deadpool‘s opening as anecdotal or as an example to learn from. At the very least, it should initiate at least a temporary moratorium on “Is Ryan Reynolds Really A Star” thinkpieces. And thank God, I’m so sick of people always picking on that poor, ridiculously handsome hunk of Canadian beef.
Click to expand...

so, could this revive the R rated movie in general? Will the studio execs actually start listening to the masses? Probably not, but we can dream.
 
Enjoyed it a lot, but it really has the usual Marvel problem... the villain(s). Just like Ant-man it tackled all the proper origin stuff in less than 2 hours and left you excited for more.

The movie was only rated 14A up here, so there were several 10 and under kids in the theater at my afternoon showing. Boobs do not get the instant R rating here.
 
jerseydevil said:
You needn't have worried. It's glorious. I often say someone will make a great Xmovie someday. Well, someone did...but with swear words, extreme violence and lots of exposed skin. Huge rewatch value, constant laughs, and Ryan Reynolds finally in the place he has always belonged. It's just perfect. And stay through the credits.


On Monday morning, when all the studios fall over themselves to embrace the r rated superhero movie...unless you do it right...DON'T.


P.s. your concern about making him too antihero...they address that SO PERFECTLY! !!!
Click to expand...

So glad I just listened to you and went with open mind. That was SO awesome and had all the right DP moments that the comics readers would fully understand. Thanks Ryan Reynolds! Glad you love DP as much as we do!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Now Chirping

Share this page

Back
Top