Post by Cool Papa Con on Jul 30, 2024 5:23:56 GMT -6
This movie is going to kill it at the box office for these reasons:
1.) Marketing - has been OFF THE CHAINS. Reynolds & Jackman really delivered this critical piece of the process, probably because they’re not just professionals, but actual enjoy the material.
At some point over the last decade, when the hero genre was an unstoppable printing press for money and major studios started imposing their will on the industry by releasing formulaic films w/generic stories and poor writing, those marketing the films couldn’t tout the creativity, show their dedication for, and provided a honest assessment of their affection to the individual film.
This became obvious with studio talking points, rehearsed messaging, and subject matter that had nothing to do with the story and everything to do with the political climate.
What you saw w/Reynolds & Jackman was a desire to tell anyone and everyone out there that they made a movie they poured every ounce of effort they could muster into it, AND THEN KEPT GOING after the sets were torn down and the stage was cleaned up.
2.) Those who made the movie read and enjoyed the source material.
How many times have you attempted to watch a TV Show or Film that absolutely swung and missed on the material it was based on? I can think of TONS of video game, comic book, and/or novel adaptations the film makes completely ignored or even openly mocked. What is the point in ignoring the source material and spurning the audience the film makers desperately need to cater to?
While I’ve not read a Deadpool comic, I knew more than a decade ago that Ryan Reynolds was. I knew many of the film makers crafting the early 2000’s X-Men movies were. Ryan Reynolds not only earned the trust with his words, but the comic creator ‘s words, and Ryan’s dedication to make something so different that it took several years to convince a studio to create. His actions to get it made gave credibility to the film(s) and his likability turned it into a very successful franchise.
3.) It gives the people what they want.
The Movie Industry currently sucks and this movie knows it. Nothing like having a movie and or character willing to take the industry, studio, and even individual executives to task. It might not have gone as far as some would like, but it is nice to know that someone in the industry has the huevos to fire back in a meaningful way.
We get a lot of ‘preachy’ films, but they often don’t back up their message. Rather than use catharsis to change your mind or influence the audience, they often piss people off by completely missing the point why the audience is even there in the first place.
All stories have a message. Deadpool delivers the message that it’s not the genre that is bad. It’s the lack of creativity, risk, and love for the project that is sorely lacking.
4.) It’s exactly what you want from a Deadpool movie. And that’s the point.
It has a surprising amount of heart in it, but then again, Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool movies always have. The first one not only had a “love story” but the underlying message was a love story to get the movie created.
The second one was about grief, and that desire to rekindle that love. In a way, it was symbolic of needing to show the movie and character’s success wasn’t a fluke nor simply riding the wave of a popular genre, but was in fact carving its own path and breaking from the formula.
Finally, the third one had another message of love… love for a studio that took risks and didn’t always find success, but didn’t stop and propelled the genre on a path to great heights. It was a love letter to the studio who took the risk on Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool. It was also a love leader to the artists who attempted to put something unique out to the world.
I saw it yesterday and laughed my ass off. I’ve often enjoyed these movies, having seen the original X-Men movie as an 8th Grader and subsequently saw most of those Super Hero movies in the theaters all the way up to End Game.
If you saw the prior two Deadpool movies, you’ll love it, and I encourage you to go see it. Just do it soon, because spoilers are starting to become unavoidable, and to not know beforehand is to benefit from it in real time.
1.) Marketing - has been OFF THE CHAINS. Reynolds & Jackman really delivered this critical piece of the process, probably because they’re not just professionals, but actual enjoy the material.
At some point over the last decade, when the hero genre was an unstoppable printing press for money and major studios started imposing their will on the industry by releasing formulaic films w/generic stories and poor writing, those marketing the films couldn’t tout the creativity, show their dedication for, and provided a honest assessment of their affection to the individual film.
This became obvious with studio talking points, rehearsed messaging, and subject matter that had nothing to do with the story and everything to do with the political climate.
What you saw w/Reynolds & Jackman was a desire to tell anyone and everyone out there that they made a movie they poured every ounce of effort they could muster into it, AND THEN KEPT GOING after the sets were torn down and the stage was cleaned up.
2.) Those who made the movie read and enjoyed the source material.
How many times have you attempted to watch a TV Show or Film that absolutely swung and missed on the material it was based on? I can think of TONS of video game, comic book, and/or novel adaptations the film makes completely ignored or even openly mocked. What is the point in ignoring the source material and spurning the audience the film makers desperately need to cater to?
While I’ve not read a Deadpool comic, I knew more than a decade ago that Ryan Reynolds was. I knew many of the film makers crafting the early 2000’s X-Men movies were. Ryan Reynolds not only earned the trust with his words, but the comic creator ‘s words, and Ryan’s dedication to make something so different that it took several years to convince a studio to create. His actions to get it made gave credibility to the film(s) and his likability turned it into a very successful franchise.
3.) It gives the people what they want.
The Movie Industry currently sucks and this movie knows it. Nothing like having a movie and or character willing to take the industry, studio, and even individual executives to task. It might not have gone as far as some would like, but it is nice to know that someone in the industry has the huevos to fire back in a meaningful way.
We get a lot of ‘preachy’ films, but they often don’t back up their message. Rather than use catharsis to change your mind or influence the audience, they often piss people off by completely missing the point why the audience is even there in the first place.
All stories have a message. Deadpool delivers the message that it’s not the genre that is bad. It’s the lack of creativity, risk, and love for the project that is sorely lacking.
4.) It’s exactly what you want from a Deadpool movie. And that’s the point.
It has a surprising amount of heart in it, but then again, Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool movies always have. The first one not only had a “love story” but the underlying message was a love story to get the movie created.
The second one was about grief, and that desire to rekindle that love. In a way, it was symbolic of needing to show the movie and character’s success wasn’t a fluke nor simply riding the wave of a popular genre, but was in fact carving its own path and breaking from the formula.
Finally, the third one had another message of love… love for a studio that took risks and didn’t always find success, but didn’t stop and propelled the genre on a path to great heights. It was a love letter to the studio who took the risk on Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool. It was also a love leader to the artists who attempted to put something unique out to the world.
I saw it yesterday and laughed my ass off. I’ve often enjoyed these movies, having seen the original X-Men movie as an 8th Grader and subsequently saw most of those Super Hero movies in the theaters all the way up to End Game.
If you saw the prior two Deadpool movies, you’ll love it, and I encourage you to go see it. Just do it soon, because spoilers are starting to become unavoidable, and to not know beforehand is to benefit from it in real time.
