"The MCU hasn't been any good since 'Endgame' blah, blah, blah.". How many times have we heard and/or said that over the last five years? I've lost count. Heck, there are Youtube channels that have based their entire existence on it. To be honest that drumbeat has gotten a little tiresome, even if it is completely true. So I'm pleased to say that Marvel finally has a winner. But is it a fluke? A bandaid on a mortal wound. Maybe. Probably.
You see 'Deadpool & Wolverine' succeeds by largely turning all of the played out MCU conventions on their collective heads. Kudos to Disney for having the courage and foresight to let Ryan Reynolds and his team do it, but there's little evidence that this will be the new template.
But all of that conjecture can wait. Here and now is 'Deadpool & Wolverine', a fun (and relentless), witty (but overstuffed), fresh (yet somehow still contrived) bit of steroid-infused fan service.
Is it a classic? Nah. Something I can envision ever watching again? Probably not. But this is just the sort of thing that the once powerful Marvel juggernaut (no, not *that* Juggernaut) needed.
You see 'Deadpool & Wolverine' succeeds by largely turning all of the played out MCU conventions on their collective heads. Kudos to Disney for having the courage and foresight to let Ryan Reynolds and his team do it, but there's little evidence that this will be the new template.
But all of that conjecture can wait. Here and now is 'Deadpool & Wolverine', a fun (and relentless), witty (but overstuffed), fresh (yet somehow still contrived) bit of steroid-infused fan service.
Is it a classic? Nah. Something I can envision ever watching again? Probably not. But this is just the sort of thing that the once powerful Marvel juggernaut (no, not *that* Juggernaut) needed.