For all its self-deprecating quippery, the crossover superhero smash represents corporate brand synergy at its most ruthless
This person’s basically complaining about Deadpool breaking the 4th wall, not taking the Marvel franchises seriously, and having a cavalier attitude towards storytelling. Has he never heard of Deadpool before? That’s, like, the core of his personality. This movie was the most Deadpool that a Deadpool movie could be. I mean, I get it if you don’t much care for Deadpool, but if that’s the case, why go to see a Deadpool movie in the first place? This entire article just makes it sound like this guy loves the smell of his own farts.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This article reads like kicking a puppy because it’s purebred. It’s not Reynold’s or Jackman’s fault that every other movie sucks butt right now. They earned their franchise moment. Don’t blame them because Hollywood can’t come up with an original idea, they’ve been working towards this film since 2016, Jackman said as much in an interview. Now, if they drop Deadpool & Wolverine 2: The Search For More Money in 8 months, then we can lump them in with the rest.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’ve been banging this drum for years, but there are a significant number of movie critics who just hate comic book movies. They hate them. It won’t matter if the movies are good or not. They will never have as much fun watching them as they do picking them apart to declare the genre worthless. They come out of the woodwork to dance on the failures at the box office, and they write pithy counter-culture shit like this when they are successful.
bizarroland@fedia.io 4 months ago
I mean if movie critics weren't critical of movies then they would be out of a job.
What I need though is like a movie critic critic, as someone who will look at all the people whose job it is to be critical of movies and filter out the ones who are doing it because it's their job to be critical and the ones who are actually critical of the movies.