It was with a bit of trepidation that I went to go see Deadpool 2 at the cinema the other week. Apparently, the first showing of the film to test audiences didn’t go down too well, and there ended up being a load of reshoots. Usually, for a film, this news does not bode well for its quality.
However, it turns out the reshoots were just to add more screen time for Cable and Domino, and that the initial showings were well received (the joys of skewed/fake news!), and the film I went to see was just as hilariously violent, chaotic, and fourth-wall-breaking as the first.
I gave both Avengers: Infinity War, and Deadpool 2, 10/10 on IMDB, but I think Deadpool 2 just squeaks into the lead at the decimal point level for me. The laughs came fast, it didn’t take itself seriously (quite the opposite), and I crushed a bit too hard on Cable. Plus, the post-credit scenes were quite cathartic in a couple of places for Marvel fans like myself.
In other Marvel-related news this week, I got a free £10 from PayPal to add to my wallet, and this time I bothered to spend it, getting the first Avengers film on Google Play. Sweet!
K. Llewellin: Novelist 