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Oh definitely. It was so good I actually forgot it was Fox XD I've disliked pretty much every X-Man movie, and like most people thought the only real high point in Origins Wolverine was Reynolds as Wade Wilson (for all of 15 seconds).



And damn it's made 5x its budget in box office opening weekend alone XD.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
It was easily the best Fox produced comic movie ever.

Probably because they had so little to do with it aside from trying to make sure it didn't happen. They were pretty hands off, likely because they assumed it would be a flop anyway - the reason they chopped 9mil from the budget a week before production started, and took like 10 years to decide to greenlight it.

Hopefully they're just as hands off with the sequel, and get the same writers and director back.

It's amazing what can happen with a movie's budget isn't out of control, is made by people with a passion for what their doing, and isn't focus tested into a soulless cliche (you know, like all the other X-Man movies ).

 -Loki- wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
It was easily the best Fox produced comic movie ever.

Probably because they had so little to do with it aside from trying to make sure it didn't happen. They were pretty hands off, likely because they assumed it would be a flop anyway - the reason they chopped 9mil from the budget a week before production started, and took like 10 years to decide to greenlight it.

Hopefully they're just as hands off with the sequel, and get the same writers and director back.

Oh, believe me; I know Fox was hands off on the whole thing. And I hope they stay that way on lots of things in the future. It'll be good for their health. And pockets.

I enjoyed myself quiet a bit.

 generalgrog wrote:

 motyak wrote:

 generalgrog wrote:

I'm just unhappy that I wasted time and money on this film, and am adding my dissenting voice to the forum.

No, you're purposefully getting people's backs up by saying it was a bad movie and they only liked it because boobs and blood. Which is a ridiculous stance to hold if you then come back and try and say "I'm just saying I didn't like it". Trying to aggravate people like that isn't a very constructive posting habit.

Forgot.. I was dealing with super sensitive dakkites.

GG

Well, if you stop looking in the mirror while you post on Dakka, you won't have to deal with those.

I think we can leave the commenting at grog alone now, if he's backed out of the thread it serves no real purpose.

Instead let's focus on the awesomeness that was/is deadpool

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
It was easily the best Fox produced comic movie ever.

Probably because they had so little to do with it aside from trying to make sure it didn't happen. They were pretty hands off, likely because they assumed it would be a flop anyway - the reason they chopped 9mil from the budget a week before production started, and took like 10 years to decide to greenlight it.

Hopefully they're just as hands off with the sequel, and get the same writers and director back.

Oh, believe me; I know Fox was hands off on the whole thing. And I hope they stay that way on lots of things in the future. It'll be good for their health. And pockets.

Funny thing is tonight I saw an Asian family sit next to me in the theater. There was, I estimate, a 14, 9 and 6 year old girl as a part of their group. I could only shake my head in disbelief at these parents. However, at about the 15 minute mark during the fight at the beginning of the film, the family packed up and left the theater. Guess they learned, from now on, to read the review of a film to see if it's family friendly.

They went to an are rated film expecting a family friendly experience?

I'm actually really looking forward to going to see it a second time. I don't often see movies twice in the theater, but I think this one warrants it.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
They went to an are rated film expecting a family friendly experience?

But... it's a comic book movie. Right?

 -Loki- wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
It was easily the best Fox produced comic movie ever.

Probably because they had so little to do with it aside from trying to make sure it didn't happen. They were pretty hands off, likely because they assumed it would be a flop anyway - the reason they chopped 9mil from the budget a week before production started, and took like 10 years to decide to greenlight it.

Hopefully they're just as hands off with the sequel, and get the same writers and director back.

What happens is that they throw a pile of money at the sequel and intensely micromanage every aspect of its production to 'ensure' another hit. Deadpool was obviously a fluke, company executives can't stand the idea people can produce good films without them, it makes their input seem redundant. Now for the sequel to be a success, they'll have to take back the reins especially after throwing all that money at the film. First thing is obviously widening audience appeal to sell more tickets by diluting the sex and violence. If it did this well as a 15, it'll sell five times as much being a PG!

Please tell me this isn't exactly how it works.

Deadpool the Destroyer?

 Breotan wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
They went to an are rated film expecting a family friendly experience?

But... it's a comic book movie. Right?

Deadpool himself addresses that in the redband trailer. I mean, he literally spells it out.

"You thought this was a superhero movie, but that guy in the suit just turned that other guy into a fething kebab. Surprise, this is the different kind of superhero movie".

I have no sympathy whatsoever for parents who ignore movie ratings then complain about said movie. In fact, I regard them with contempt.

Edit: Wait a minute...whats the film rated at? I thought it was Rated "R", but Showcase Cinema (UK) has it listed as 15.

Why were young children allowed in? The cinema shouldn't be allowing parents to buy tickets for a 6 and 9 year old to go into a 15 or R-rating.

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
Why were young children allowed in? The cinema shouldn't be allowing parents to buy tickets for a 6 and 9 year old to go into a 15 or R-rating.

Because the ratings are guidelines not absolute laws, and the cinema cannot overrule parental consent?

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

Edit: Wait a minute...whats the film rated at? I thought it was Rated "R", but Showcase Cinema (UK) has it listed as 15.

It's only R (or equivalent) in about 5-6 countries. It has a 15+ or 16 rating in most other places, with a few (*looks at Canada*) giving it a 14+ rating.

It's weird when most countries are more light-handed when rating a film than the US...

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

Edit: Wait a minute...whats the film rated at? I thought it was Rated "R", but Showcase Cinema (UK) has it listed as 15.

It's only R (or equivalent) in about 5-6 countries. It has a 15+ or 16 rating in most other places, with a few (*looks at Canada*) giving it a 14+ rating.

It's weird when most countries are more light-handed when rating a film than the US...

Outside the T&A it really wasn't as violent as I expected. In the U.S. T&A scenes get a hard R, what is odd is usually if you got violence, swearing, some dong shots and vajajay you normally get NC-17. Must of been some DP fans doing the movies ratings or the US is getting more lenient on these things.

I'm surprise it even made it to Australia without being heavily censored, going by the government's gross mistreatment of video games lol.

Thankfully the treated of video games isn't as gross anymore because the one politician who was opposed to an R-rating for games (coz they're for kidz, yo) got the boot/quit and we got it really quick.

There is still the occasional "WTF we have an R-rating, why is this banned?" moment. Saint's Row IV initially was refused classification soon after the R rating was introduced and more recently Hotline Miami 2 was refused classification because of a supposed rape scene that wasn't actually a rape scene.

Thankfully they don't seem to be as strict or stupid with their ratings (or rather their refusal to rate things) when it comes to movies.

This movie was everything and then some. Went and saw it Yesterday, I will see it again this weekend. The Stinger was great

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
Why were young children allowed in? The cinema shouldn't be allowing parents to buy tickets for a 6 and 9 year old to go into a 15 or R-rating.

Because the ratings are guidelines not absolute laws, and the cinema cannot overrule parental consent?

Maybe in the US but not in the UK. 12A allows kids under 12 in with an adult. 15 or 18 required you to be of that age to go into the cinema regardless of who is with you.

 Howard A Treesong wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
Why were young children allowed in? The cinema shouldn't be allowing parents to buy tickets for a 6 and 9 year old to go into a 15 or R-rating.

Because the ratings are guidelines not absolute laws, and the cinema cannot overrule parental consent?

Maybe in the US but not in the UK. 12A allows kids under 12 in with an adult. 15 or 18 required you to be of that age to go into the cinema regardless of who is with you.

That'd be nice. Here it's pretty much if you have an adult 18 or older. Hell, at Deadpool there was 9 14-year old boys with what looked like their 60 year old grandpa.

Heck, it at least used to be you could get in with a permission slip written by your parents, though I think most theaters don't accept that anymore.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Breotan wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
They went to an are rated film expecting a family friendly experience?

But... it's a comic book movie. Right?

Deadpool himself addresses that in the redband trailer. I mean, he literally spells it out.

"You thought this was a superhero movie, but that guy in the suit just turned that other guy into a fething kebab. Surprise, this is the different kind of superhero movie".

I have no sympathy whatsoever for parents who ignore movie ratings then complain about said movie. In fact, I regard them with contempt.

Edit: Wait a minute...whats the film rated at? I thought it was Rated "R", but Showcase Cinema (UK) has it listed as 15.

Maybe the parents got confused when Deadpool told them it was a love story.



As others have stated, different ratings for different countries.

My personal favourite laugh out loud moments are

I cheered when I saw in there. Definitely doing service for the comic fans.

I was a bit disheartened that the Hellhouse had a crew of no-names in it though.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I cheered when I saw

Spoiler:

Bob, Agent of Hydra

in there. Definitely doing service for the comic fans.

I was a bit disheartened that the Hellhouse had a crew of no-names in it though.

Wait! How did I miss that? When did it happen? I was forced to briefly leave to take a potty stop.

So was it just me or was the final fight on a helicarrier?

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Breotan wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
They went to an are rated film expecting a family friendly experience?

But... it's a comic book movie. Right?

Deadpool himself addresses that in the redband trailer. I mean, he literally spells it out.

"You thought this was a superhero movie, but that guy in the suit just turned that other guy into a fething kebab. Surprise, this is the different kind of superhero movie".

I have no sympathy whatsoever for parents who ignore movie ratings then complain about said movie. In fact, I regard them with contempt.

Edit: Wait a minute...whats the film rated at? I thought it was Rated "R", but Showcase Cinema (UK) has it listed as 15.

Small point:
Redband trailers aren't usually aired anywhere beyond online or alongside other R-rated movies. It's also not unbelievable that some people as well don't understand that there even exists a "greenband" and "redband" trailer.

 BrotherGecko wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I cheered when I saw

Spoiler:

Bob, Agent of Hydra

in there. Definitely doing service for the comic fans.

I was a bit disheartened that the Hellhouse had a crew of no-names in it though.

Wait! How did I miss that? When did it happen? I forced to briefly leave to take a potty stop.

So was it just me or was the final fight on a helicarrier?

It was in the final fight scene. After Angel does her "super hero landing". Not spoiling anything, since that was in the trailers.

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 BrotherGecko wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I cheered when I saw

Spoiler:

Bob, Agent of Hydra

in there. Definitely doing service for the comic fans.

I was a bit disheartened that the Hellhouse had a crew of no-names in it though.

Wait! How did I miss that? When did it happen? I forced to briefly leave to take a potty stop.

So was it just me or was the final fight on a helicarrier?

It was in the final fight scene. After Angel does her "super hero landing". Not spoiling anything, since that was in the trailers.

HA! Nevermind I do remember that....just for some reason didn't put two and two together.

I just liked that the backdrop was a busted up helicarrier. Great send up to Winter Soldier.