Comments | ganimede: The Merc with a Mouth has a movie

ganimede

The Merc with a Mouth has a movie

Feb 16, 2016 20:05

I went to see Deadpool this afternoon. It's half-term this week and ordinarily I avoid seeing films then because they're usually full of noisy kids who ruin the whole experience for everyone. I didn't think that would be a problem this time because of the assurances that it would be an R rating so I expected it would translate to an 18 here. ( Read more... )

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qwentoozla February 16 2016, 23:10:49 UTC

That's interesting that it's a 15 in the UK! To be fair, I would probably let a 15-year-old watch it, though ( ... )

ganimede February 21 2016, 20:12:33 UTC

When I heard that it was going to be an R, I thought that would translate to an 18 over here, so I was quite surprised to find it was only a 15. Going off the amount of strong language, the nudity and the sex scenes, that's all quite more than a 15 certificate allows ( ... )

qwentoozla February 21 2016, 20:44:38 UTC

It doesn't surprise me that the movie went for a simpler plot, considering how much difficulty they had in getting it greenlighted in the first place! The execs probably wouldn't be able to understand a plot from the comics at all. Hopefully they'll be able to step it up a bit in the sequel. I didn't know there was a female Wolverine these days either! Comics, man. So hard to keep up with.

I expect the studio didn't want to relinquish one of their most popular and recognizable mutants to a movie they didn't really think would work. Or they couldn't get Hugh Jackman, or something. It would be cool if they could work together sometime in the movies though! I know the next Wolverine movie is supposed to be his last, though.

Thank you for the subtle push toward that website. Bookmarked! :D

ganimede February 24 2016, 20:45:52 UTC

That is a good point. I know Fox kept cutting back on the budget they were allowed, as pointed out by DP when he's at the mansion and makes a comment about 'funny how there's this big mansion but we only see two X-Men, almost as if the studio couldn't afford any more...' Some of the comics' plots have been pretty bizarre. There's been at least two where Deadpool has ended up with someone else's conscious in his head - one was a villain and the other was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Agent Preston. I wouldn't mind seeing her included at some point, she's a larger black woman with a husband and child, it would be nice to see a bit of diversity in there ( ... )

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hobbitblue February 17 2016, 01:12:00 UTC

Glad you enjoyed it despite the few quibbles, yay Avengers sweatshirts also :)

ganimede February 21 2016, 20:14:00 UTC

It's very entertaining and certainly enjoyable. It was only later on when I was thinking about the plot that I realised it was just a bog-standard superhero origin one. But hey ho, at least it came in a decent package.

hobbitblue February 22 2016, 00:07:13 UTC

as long as you enjoyed it at the time ;)

meathiel February 17 2016, 06:14:51 UTC

Not sure I'll manage to see it at the cinema with Saskia being out of commission ... *sigh*

ganimede February 21 2016, 20:14:33 UTC

Can you not go and see it on your own?

meathiel February 22 2016, 06:21:44 UTC

Boring! ;-)

ganimede February 24 2016, 20:46:58 UTC

Pbbbbbt. I have to see all films on my own, otherwise I'd never see anything! :P

ellierachael February 26 2016, 19:51:30 UTC

Everyone seems to have seen it but me! Maybe I'll go on Sunday...

ganimede February 26 2016, 20:34:42 UTC

Oh, you must! It's definitely worth seeing.