Why did people love Deadpool (2016)? [closed]

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It really hits me as I try to understand how people think about movies. The only thing I find interesting in the movie is the high-profile, very intense, tough action at the beginning of the movie. That's quite original, with all the comedy flavor. That was quite interesting.

But with an objective look at the story of the movie... I can tell the story in less than 2 minutes... as a cliché story that was remade many times...

Here it goes: A "hero" who wants something from a bad guy and pisses him off while trying to get it, and the bad guy takes the love of his life as a hostage, and finally the hero gets a final battle with the bad guy and wins.

Even the action there is embarrassing... I mean come on, just 2 X-men side-kicks? That's it?

What makes this movie any interesting that people loved it, and got the movie to make more money than any other marvel movie in the last few years? Could someone explain why people loved it that much?



Best Answer

I can point out a lot of reasons. But most of them are about the main character himself: Deadpool.

  1. The most obvious reason is "Humour". Deadpool can be a pretty complex character, but one thing that is certain about him is humour, which contributed greatly to his movie becoming a people's fave. He's not only making fictional humour, as in, humour that only applies in the movie. In the movie, he makes fun of even Marvel itself, and other superheroes/movies like Wolverine and Green Lantern. The character Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), also played as another superhero in the movie Green Lantern, in which he had a green CGI animated suit. In the movie Deadpool, he says “don’t make the suit green or animated”, referring to his superhero suit, and poking fun at the suit he (Ryan Reynolds) wore in the movie Green Lantern. This makes him a different kind of superhero, not like the "standard" superheroes that are serious and uninteresting.

  2. The movie's length is just perfect. A lot of superhero movies feel the need to be over two hours long! This movie is just 1 hour 48 minutes. Just enough time to tell a story with some action and comedy without padding it out with pointless scenes

  3. Deadpool contains very little racial, political and social conspiracy theories. Most superhero movies seem to have hidden political translations. An example is the X-Men Franchise. It draws deliberate parallels between the oppression of mutants and that of other marginalized groups, like the blacks and the LGBT community. But Deadpool doesn't contain any such content/tradition.

  4. The movie is balanced. It perfectly balances humour and drama/action, without completely overwhelming the audience with either. The movie gives you enough drama without being totally overwhelming. Most movies tend to bore out the viewers by over-emphasis of an event or plot. For example, Deadpool suffered very much when he was experimented on. But his suffering is not forever showcased in the movie. Every movie with Wolverine (X-Men Character), who experienced the same suffering from the same types of experiments (from the same organisation too), is constantly darted with flashbacks and references to the times he suffered. In the end, it becomes depressing as the movie comes out to be a suffering story, rather than being an action feature.

Deadpool went through so much and is no longer mentally well or sane but is ALLOWED to be funny by the movie. If Marvel had gone with the tradition of their other movies, Deadpool would either be a "scary psychopath" or a "sociopath" with no feelings.

Deadpool is a unique and even uplifting portrayal of someone with mental health problems.

In conclusion, Deadpool is a likable, fun, compelling and even sympathetic character. And the movie is well crafted, and that's why people love it.




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Why is the Deadpool movie so good?

Deadpool is a smart, fun and innovative superhero movie. It's wildly entertaining, violent , has stylish action sequences and the characters are well developed. Deadpool delivers a large dose of fun and it perfectly mixes elements of humor and over-the-top action. Rating: 8,3.

When did Deadpool get popular?

Between 2009 and 2012, there were an astounding 11 different comics series starring Deadpool. No character in comics history has been that prolific. Thanks to his surge in comics, games, and social media, Deadpool also became a massive hit in a very lucrative corner of the superhero world: merchandising.

Were Deadpool movies successful?

The film achieved both financial and critical success. It earned over $782 million against a $58 million budget, becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2016 and breaking numerous records, including highest-grossing X-Men film and R-rated film at the time.

Is Deadpool 3 Cancelled?

Deadpool 3 is, supposedly, still officially happening! Don't worry! Way back in November 2020, Bob's Burgers writers Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin were hired to write the threequel. It's still in development, but Ryan Reynolds did suggest in August 2021 that the movie would start filming in 2022.



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