Deadpool & Wolverine

August 21, 2024

 

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It’s over! My long review-writing dry spell might just be over…

…my last new review was Barbie, well over a year ago. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the past 12 months or so have been FUCKED. In addition to finishing up a Masters Degree, my husband got diagnosed with cancer. He went through treatment and is cancer-free now (and unlike Deadpool, kept his good looks in the process)…but his sister got a terminal diagnosis in the same timeframe. We lost her just a few weeks ago. I’ve also been feeling unmoored after my firstborn moved away for college. Overall, I’d just been feeling like I’d been kicked in the dick. One of the things keeping me going has been Movie Theme Months with my daughter. It started last December, with us trying to watch as many Xmas movies as possible. We watched 27 Xmas movies and 7 non-Xmas movies. Since then, we’ve set monthly themes and gave stuck to them for the most part. We’ve allowed each other one “veto” per month, which we haven’t had to use for the most part. I feel like I’ve been avoiding watching movies for the last decade or so, just so I didn’t feel obligated to write about them…once I let that go, I was able to enjoy just watching something without having to get too critical.

But enough about me and MY tragedies…Deadpool & Wolverine is about Deadpool’s tragedies. Without giving anything away, the makers of this film managed to respect and acknowledge every single previous Marvel movie while creating an entertaining new lens to view the MCU through. I feel like Deadpool & Wolverine is a gift for watching 60 some-odd films and dozens of show episodes over the last 26 years. [Citation needed, but I believe the merging of the Sony Marvel Universe into the MCU makes Deadpool the 66th MCU film. I’ve seen them ALL, except Daredevil and Elektra.]

To be honest, I’m starting to get bored by Multiverse/TVA’s shenanigans. It’s like every single person who works there is a complete asshole. I get that it’s a fantastic plot device to tie together different casts and different realities, but it’s also turning into a crutch.

The cameos were magnifique. I wasn’t able to block enough social media, so I was aware of the big ones, but there were enough surprises to have me gasping in the theater. I’m kind of .glad the biggest rumored cameo – Taylor Swift as Dazzler – didn’t happen. That would’ve been a bit too much.

…and speaking of cameos, T.J. Miller wasn’t missed by a single person.

Surely this isn’t the last we’ll see of Deadpool (I REALLY want to know why Thor was crying)…or Wolverine. Wolverine has been my favorite since the first X-Men (please don’t judge me for how horny I was in that review, I was in my early 20s). I’m hoping Hugh and the rest of the elder X-Men start popping up in future MCU battles. I’d even accept a recast at this point…what’s Daniel Radcliffe up to these days?