2) New Deadpool Fixes What Was Wrong With X-Men Deadpool
The version of Wade Wilson that Ryan played in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine was very much watered down. With a PG-13 rating for the movie, you couldn’t really explore Deadpool as the merc with the mouth. Sure, Reynolds slings some funny one-liners, but they’re all pretty tame.
When Wade Wilson becomes Weapon XI (AKA Deadpool), his mouth is sewed shut, making him unable to talk. We do see the dual swords, but never the suit, and we certainly don’t see any sort of origin story where Wade Wilson becomes Deadpool through an operation that horribly scars him. In fact, his handsome face is untouched until the end, when he becomes bald and scarred and closer to what Deadpool looks like under the red suit.
Thankfully, the new movie doesn’t flinch from representing the character from the comic books in all his nasty, mutilated, and mouthy glory. Director Tim Miller takes those stitches out and lets Deadpool talk all he wants, and with that R-rating, the script lets him speak unfiltered and raunchy as hell.
And that’s just what we expect from the character.
Published: Aug 6, 2015 09:55 am