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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ obliterates R-rated record with $205 million opening weekend, eighth-biggest in box office history
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- Authors
- Rebecca Rubin
- Published
- Jul 28 2024
- Word count
- 785 words
Usually critics and audiences tend to agree on MCU movies but this is the first time an MCU flick has gotten mixed reviews but overwhelmingly positive audience reception.
I personally think this is one of the worst MCU movies. But I’m clearly in the minority. I’ve seen a lot of people hyping up all the cameos.
I think this is one of those where it's no expected to be a "good" movie in terms of plot, script, or acting. In fairness, I don't attribute those things to this franchise at all. It makes sense to me that the audiences would love it even though the critics don't. It's a fun summer popcorn flick and doesn't try to be more than that.
My issue is that I do think the first two Deadpool's are good in that regard, as are many MCU movies. As are many Summer popcorn flicks. Being a good movie and being a blockbuster aren't mutually exclusive things. It's just that none of that is present in this one.
I would of liked it more if it was cohesive about where Deadpool as a character was, and that his internal struggle was more than he needs to feel like he matters and his relationship suffers for it, again. But as far as a fan service piñata, the movie does its job, and either it’s going to falloff or we’re going to run out of formative superhero franchises to mine.
Gentle reminder that there is a Tildes spoiler okay discussion for this movie here