Still hitching a ride on my son's Disney+ subscription, I got to see the film yesterday.

I laughed out loud a few times, but altogether I thought it wasn't as good as the first two. The surprise of hearing heroes swear so much or stabbing each other in the crotch gets old quickly, and there was zero emotional involvement. Even the redemption aspect was lost on me, because Deadpool himself never got me to believe there was any depth to his character and Logan has had so many of these moments before that the effect is diluted. Plus, given the tone of the movie,


What truly thrilled my inner nerd were the countless cameos and the constant breaking of the fourth wall, especially the many barbs aimed at Fox and at Disney itself. I laughed out loud when Deadpool explained why Logan wasn't shirtless.

"He's gonna say it..." was also a great joke, which was alas spoiled for me because of the interwebs. My fault, I shouldn't have watched anything related to the film before seeing it.

I'm also tired of villains with insane amounts of power and zero imagination. If she wants to play God so bad, why doesn't Cassandra Nova just do it in a particular timeline without wasting time destroying all the others? Why does Thanos solve malthusian problems by killing half the population of the universe instead of doubling its resources? Why didn't Wanda just ask for Dr. Strange's help in finding a universe in which her counterpart had just died, thus allowing her to replace her and make everyone happy?

Anyway... This was advertised as zany and fully assumed fun for comic-book geeks, and that's exactly what it was. It just wasn't anything more.