So Deadpool opened at the movie theaters this weekend much to the delight of teenage boys across the English-speaking world (it was banned in China). Of course I went to see it and of course I wore a comic book t-shirt. I took advantage of having Friday off and saw it during the day before the teenagers came.
This isn't a movie review, but I liked it. Comparing it to recent movies, it was better than Spectre but not as good as Star Wars VII, I still haven't seen The Revenant so I can't make that comparison. Although a better comparison would be Ant-Man to Deadpool. Both star comedians as super-heroes but have vastly different styles of humor. So Deadpool would be more like a South Park style super hero movie versus the other, family friendly Marvel movies. It took Ryan Reynolds producing to get a movie where Ryan Reynolds could be as disgusting and sarcastic as he wanted to be.
Apparently all of the teenagers showed up for this one too because it broke the record for best opening over the President's Day weekend and best opening for an R-rated movie beating out Matrix Reloaded which had the previous record.
Yes, as it relates to Deadpool, I remember seeing the comic where he first appeared, New Mutants 98, on the rack at the store in 1991. Around that time, I had bought New Mutants 96 and 100 but not 98. The price was $1.00 back then and today it would have been worth $200-500 depending on how well I kept it. Instead, I'm sure I bought some sort of Spider-Man, Punisher, Ghost Rider, or X-Men book instead with my $1.00. But when you are a kid, you have to make those choices. Who knows, maybe I spent it at the arcade.
Update:
OK, I just checked releases for February 1991. I think I ended up getting Amazing Spider-Man 344 which was the first appearance of Cletus Cassidy who became Carnage, so I didn't completely waste my $1.00....but I think I also got a Web of Spider-Man and a Ghost Rider (doh!). I should have also gotten Silver Surfer 46 for the build up towards the Infinity Gauntlet series. I'm looking forward to that movie too.
