Each previous X-Men related film, including Wolverine’s two solo outings, have been rated PG-13. “Deadpool” is tongue-in-cheek humor that sets it apart from most of the superhero movies till date. Reddit user RayChaos posted an image of a poster for the film (which you can see below) which shows that Fox is “anticipating” an R-rating for the film. If the violence and stories of past superhero films have not satisfied you enough, “Deadpool” should do the trick. The-I dunno, probably?-big reveal of Ryan Reynolds’ dong only comes when his skin’s been burned all over and he’s left to die in a fire, impaled on a twisted beam of rebar.
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The Deadpool star and husband to actress Blake Lively sat with friend Jackman and presented a series of inquiries which could have doubled as sideways compliments about his acting career, looks and X-men persona. He reiterates several times he’s not a hero, but a bad guy who beats up worse bad guys, which is putting it lightly.
While the movie is hilarious, it can still pull off scenes that are serious or even poignant.
The movie, starring Ryan Ryenolds as the the titular character and directed by TJ Miller, has been raking in the box office and critics are also loving the film.
“Deadpool” is great because it obliterates the taboo rule of not interacting with the audience. There’s no moral lesson the movie hits you over the head with. His name wasn’t on the marquee with that flick, though, and it wouldn’t be until DC Comics’ 2011 effort Green Lantern that Reynolds would finally have his chance at superstardom and all of the riches of a comic book franchise.
While Deadpool is going to wildly further the ambitions of the very machine it lampooned, it also validates the new avenues a superhero movie can take. After all, the vast majority of fans over a certain age have been crying out for the comic book movie genre to once again embrace the more-forgiving rating. It is a movie that knows where it came from, and was made with love by the people that designed it. Deadpool hits us where it counts with some hilarious one liners, sight gags and just some fantastic nods to its counterparts in the superhero world.
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As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, “Deadpool” earned a record-breaking $132 million in its first three days of release in theaters. Therefore – surely – the timing of Deadpool couldn’t have been any better.
