{"id":25105,"date":"2024-07-26T22:33:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25105"},"modified":"2024-07-26T22:38:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:38:29","slug":"deadpool-wolverine-review-the-odd-couple-would-have-liked-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25105","title":{"rendered":"‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: The Odd Couple Would Have Liked It…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let\u2019s get straight to the point: the entrance of the \u2018<\/span>Merc with a Mouth<\/b>\u2019 in the<\/span> Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/b> – which means <\/span>Disney<\/b>, let\u2019s not forget it – didn\u2019t change the character. At all. Since the very last sequence of <\/span>Deadpool & Wolverine<\/b><\/a>, the audience can experience once again the loud, vulgar, flamboyant adventures of the superhero with the same verve and rhythm of the two previous movies realized at the times of the departed 20th Century Fox. Whoever was worried that Deadpool could have been \u201csanitized\u201d by <\/span>Kevin Feig<\/strong>e<\/strong> & Co., can now stop holding their breath.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There is a lot of blood, profanities, meta-cinematic jokes, obscene comments, and whatever in <\/span>Deadpool & Wolverine<\/b>, and once again it works perfectly to create something different from the usual, standardized entertainment offered by Marvel in the last few years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

That said, we now need to address that the switch didn\u2019t make <\/span>Deadpool<\/b> a better character either. This new movie is the same shallow rollercoaster which is likely so much fun to watch and at the same time quick to forget. As too often happens in this kind of production, the need for entertainment takes over and kills the storytelling: <\/span>Deadpool & Wolverine<\/b> is based on a screenplay that assembles a huge amount of spectacular, surprising, thrilling scenes without really developing a real story, let alone any characters that are worth to be remembered. And here comes the movie\u2019s bigger problem, meaning Wolverine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What <\/span>James Mangold<\/b> was able to achieve with <\/span>Logan<\/b> was an astonishing, moving farewell to one of the most iconic superheroes ever seen on the big screen. A renegade with hard armor and a conflicted soul who finally found his redemption and peace. All who cried and embraced <\/span>Hugh Jackman<\/b><\/a>\u2019s last dance with the character, can\u2019t really connect with this \u201cMarvel\u201d version of <\/span>Wolverine<\/b>. If Deadpool\u2019s entrance into the MCU has been quite smooth, Logan\u2019s is instead quite traumatic. Even the supposedly painful character\u2019s backstory can\u2019t truly make him bi-dimensional, or at least not at the same level that we left him at the end of his last big screen appearance.<\/span><\/div>\n
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It is quite clear that the chemistry between Jackman and <\/span>Ryan Reynolds<\/b><\/a> is well developed and the two stars had a lot of fun shooting this cinecomic, but nonetheless, Wolverine has become a distant, dusty, and not particularly smart cousin of the antihero we saw dying in the forest seven years ago. Even the real villain <\/span>Cassandra Nova<\/b>, played by the always interesting <\/span>Emma Corrin<\/b><\/a>, has no depth, with the consequence of being a weak antagonist to the two superheroes. But that\u2019s the Marvel Cinematic Universe: take it or leave it!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

Trying to summarize what we think of <\/span>Deadpool & Wolverine<\/b>: is it then worth spending money to watch this new roller coaster? The answer is: yes. Because a Deadpool movie has established some rules that in the end guarantee more fun and some kind of shallow originality to the cinecomic universe, that\u2019s undeniable. No one can argue that all those stupid, over-the-top, irreverent jokes and situations are not funny.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because they truly are. <\/span>Shawn Levy<\/b><\/a> is as usual a smart director who packed a shiny and gritty container for all of those moments, seasoned with the usual show of great special effects and those geek surprises that are part of Marvel\u2019s gift box to their fans (no spoiler of course, but at least a \u201csurprise guest\u201d is truly an one hundred percent guilty pleasure!).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Does all of this make <\/span>Deadpool & Wolverine<\/b> a good movie, or at least a decent story to follow? Not really. But at least, compared to what the Major has produced in the last few years, this one is not boring, especially thanks to its endemic silliness. In the end, it\u2019s just a raunchy buddy movie with a lot of blood, action, and F\/X. So what? I have the chilling suspicion that <\/span>Jack Lemmon<\/b> and <\/span>Walter Matthau<\/b> would have probably enjoyed this movie. And I would never question The Odd Couple<\/strong>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Rate: C+<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here is the trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine:<\/strong><\/p>\n