Deadpool

I just got out of Deadpool at the theater. Now, this stuff with Scalia’s death went down while I was locked up in a big, dark room of strangers and I will think about that in a bit. But I’m still giggling from the movie and want to talk about that first.

I loved Deadpool. I don’t know that everyone will. If you don’t like the superhero genre in general and the X-Men franchise specifically, some of the jokes won’t make much sense. But if you do and do, then you’ll probably laugh your ass off. I had tears streaming for my eyes by the end of the opening credits and didn’t stop for most of the movie.

And here’s maybe the weird thing… I really liked Colossus. He was a bit part and a cheesy one, but he felt like the Colossus I knew as a child, from the old cartoon. He was big, heavily accented and playing babysitter while the A-list X-Men are out doing A-list type stuff. Despite not being a long-time Deadpool fan, the movie managed to give me a huge bump of very fun nostalgia in addition to the silly, over-the-top batshit fun.

If you’re a Marvel or X-Men nerd at all, I highly recommend Deadpool. And so does he.