Deadpool and Wolverine, a fan letter to the lore (for those who already know it)
Deadpool and Wolverine is the final film in the Deadpool trilogy. As far as franchise finales go, I have seen far worse, though that doesn’t mean this film is without its faults. My primary complaint coming out of this film is the way in which the film almost expects you to have already seen previous marvel productions, or have an understanding of the Marvel canon. Without such prior knowledge (which I myself only possessed some of), parts of the movie that may have been intended as bigger moments fell flat, as I barely had any idea as to who or what the movie was attempting to reference. While this in no way makes the third Deadpool movie incomprehensible without having seen previous works, it does make it much more difficult to follow the fever dream of a plot.
Though the references were laid on much thicker than previous films, it seemed that the humor of this film was focused towards perhaps a wider audience, or in other words, that the jokes throughout the film tried to appeal to different senses of humor. Some jokes were more lighthearted or slapstick, while others were darker and more conventional to the Deadpool franchise. While some jokes felt almost forced in nature, others landed seamlessly and were perhaps some of the best gags in the Deadpool franchise.
The titular action this time around felt subpar, compared to what I came to expect from the first two films in the trilogy. Outside of the notable physical confrontations between the two leads (enhanced by both characters’ regeneration factor), the fights seemed flat and lacked much of the grit or adrenaline I had come to appreciate from previous Deadpool films.
Overall though, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman brought convincing performances and continue to cement themselves as iconic representations of their comic book counterparts. I give the film 4 out of 5 stars.The Regal Stonefield venue is located at 1954 Swanson Drive, and from what I was able to glean, has showings of Deadpool and Wolverine at Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., and 9 p.m. most days at the time of this article’s writing. The theater itself has yet to lose its charm, though whether that is due to personal bias from nostalgia, the grace that comes with an aged place, or the theater’s surrounding setting, is undecided. I suspect it is a mix of both though.
