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[kryptonitemonkey]

Been a good, productive day. Went and saw Captain America: Civil War, then came home and watched Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool, and Ant-Man. Good day.

Comments

[vorpalgirl]

Deadpool is quite violent but I would say that, in keeping with the comics, it's primarily a comedy.

The movie does have a dramatic arc but every step along the way is humorous, even if the humor is twisted. If you can take violence so long as there is humor to lighten the load, then Deadpool is fine. It's also VERY medium-aware; again in keeping with the comics, Deadpool's character is aware of and regularly ignores the Fourth Wall (though no other characters do...again, in keeping with the comics); in fact, there's a few jokes that are even funnier if you know the hell the production went through e.g. how difficult it was to convince Fox to make the movie and how the budget was cut towards the end of writing and production are actually given some very funny little nods.

I haven't seen Ant-Man yet because I'll be honest, I had heard they were cutting the Wasp out entirely and not knowing much else aside from "the Wasp was a huge part of Ant-Man and the Avengers in the comics, and keeps getting cut" that didn't help, given the MCU is SO dominated by male characters (who I generally love, but still! All those awesome female characters Marvel has, and they're barely used at all!). I had no real interest in the character otherwise and that little tidbit didn't help. But I will say seeing him in the CW movie (and knowing his sequel movie literally has The Wasp in the actual title) makes me want to see it. It seems like it could be fun, the character was fun, and I'm kind of a little regretful that I avoided it the first time around.

[phaea]

i'm not huge on violence, even with humor peppered in, so it sounds like a movie i *shouldn't* watch....hmmm. thank you for that excellent breakdown! :]

[vorpalgirl]

*nod* No problem! I mean, yeah it's a hilarious, great movie...but it is also EXTREMELY violent, especially as it's basically a Roaring Rampage of Revenge (which turns into Roaring Rampage of Rescue, later on) arc centered on a guy who was, from the start, a mercenary willing to kill people. So if violence really bothers you (even if it's generally to people who really "deserve" it), then you might not enjoy it nearly as much.

I don't know if I'd say it's quite Tarantino-level ultra violence, but it's somewhere in between there and "stuff you can't get away with in PG-13" (though I am pretty sure the R rating is actually for a combination of some sex scenes at the beginning, and "language", mostly. I'm consistently shocked at what DOES make it into PG-13 movies these days, as far as violence goes). Let's just say though that while I enjoyed it, I would totally understand if the violence was too much for a person. We all have different levels on tolerance on that front and it's definitely one that could be a bit much for some people. :) Glad I could help!

[phaea]

have you ever seen gross pointe blank? (i think i spelled it right.) that is a hilarious movie and one i can never watch again because *it's* too violent. something tells me deadpool would be worse. xD

[vorpalgirl]

I have not! But I would bet you're right XD