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Deadpool on track to eclipse Passion of Christ as highest grossing R-movie ever

 
 
 
Underseer said:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friend...hrist-as-highest-grossing-r-rated-movie-ever/

Oh my. I think we can guess who is going to claim that this is "evidence of the persecution of Christians."
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I think it's simply delicious idea if that were to happen. Just picture it: a violent, morally bankrupt, foul mouthed, fourth wall breaking dickwad who thinks he's God's gift to humanity, and the last person anyone should look up to as a role model, losing his number one spot to Deadpool.
 
Original?--it reminded me of Blade crossed with Tom Jones
 
prideandfall said:
ronburgundy said:
Sadly, the Studios are now scrambling to mimic Deadpool, rather than realize that its success lies in its originality.
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but it's not original, on any level, so i don't see what lesson they should be learning with that regard.

it's a boilerplate origin story with an incredibly lame and generic villain that has zero viable characterization or motivation - not original.
it has a quippy swearing anti-hero who's cheeky attitude covers the fact that the plot of the movie is just about them being selfish - not original.
highly stylized and well directed action that is fun to watch - not original.
even the fourth wall breaking, the winking references to other movies in this movie's franchise orbit - all not original.

what deadpool did that nobody (studios or op-eds included) seems to what to recognize or acknowledge is to be well done - it was trying to be funny, and it was funny. it wanted to be good action, and it had good action. it tried to be fun to watch, and it was fun to watch.
the success isn't because of its genre or some cliche commentary on the particulars, it's because it was generally well written and had an appealing hook.
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I agree--very enjoyable combination of genres--like 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy or whatever it was called.
 
prideandfall said:
as per usual, what in the hell are you talking about?
this is the nth time you've replied to a post of mine in this sub-forum with a response that in absolutely no way addresses or is relevant to my original post, it's getting a little weird.

It's Deadpool. The plot and all the characters are nothing more than excuses for Deadpool to be a wiseass. He's a very violent and vulgar version of Bugs Bunny in a superhero costume. Do you honestly remember the plot of any Bugs Bunny cartoon? If you do, did the plot impress you?
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what part of my post confused you as to the point being "it's not originality that made the movie awesome, it was good execution of the premise"?
i wasn't saying it's not original to slag the movie, i was simply arguing against the statement that anything about it is original, because "it's original" isn't a good point to make about why Deadpool is a great movie, because it isn't original.
it's a great movie and there are a lot of reasons why, but "it's original" isn't one of them.
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Your complaints about originality were dealt with already by others.

I was just addressing your complaint about the plot.
 
Originality? You aren't going to find that in anything Deadpool related. The character was unashamedly ripped off from the DC Comics character Deathstroke, mashed up with a bit of wisecracking in the vein of Spider-Man, so there was very little original about him in the first place.

Plot? Deadpool's other famous characteristic is his propensity to break the fourth wall, and weak or nonsensical plots actually feed into this part of the Deadpool phenomenon. He is aware that he is a fictional character, so he can make fun of the plot where other comic book characters remain blissfully unaware of just how terribly thought out the plot devices that drive them forward are.

So, if you went to the Deadpool movie expecting either of the above, you just haven't been paying attention to Deadpool for the last 25 years. If you went to be entertained by Deadpool's antics, then you should have enjoyed the movie thoroughly, just like I did. I laughed more with this movie than any other film in recent history. It was well worth my $12.

Now, if they could just get the comic back on track...
 
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