Deadpool 2016 Explained | It's a Rom-Com?
Deadpool 2016 Explained | It's a Rom-Com?
In today's video, I do a deep dive into Deadpool to cover all the relevant details and explain exactly how everything went down. Deadpool explained!
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What is Deadpool all about? What’s the structure of the film? What does Deadpool’s character arc look like? And what’s the overall premise of Deadpool?
In today’s video, I’ll explain and do a complete breakdown of… Deadpool—a film that wasn’t an MCU film when it was released in 2016, but now that Disney has purchased Fox and is releasing Deadpool and Wolverine, technically, this film has become part of the MCU.
[ACT 1]
Deadpool’s opening sequence does an excellent job of capturing the tone of the film.
One, Deadpool is NOT a traditional comic book character…
And two, this is a genre-bending movie…
Deadpool tells Dophinder: “Love is a beautiful thing. You’ve gotta hold onto love. Tight. And never let go. Don’t make the same mistakes I did.”
Which means that Deadpool is a violent, action-heavy, revenge-driven, rom com.
At around the 14-minute mark, Deadpool tells us that this film is a love story, and that prompts a flashback sequence where Wade begins to share his origin story…
One other theme weaved into the film revolves around whether or not Deadpool is a villain or a hero. He tells us that he’s not a hero and that he’ll never be one. But Colossus wants to try and get Deadpool to become a hero and maybe even join the X-Men.
As we head into the origin story flashback sequence, we meet Vanessa—Wade’s love interest, played by Morena Baccarin. At the end of that year, Wade proposes to Vanessa, and she says yes.
But, as Wade tells us: “Life is a series of train wrecks.” And that’s when we learn Wade has terminal cancer. In my opinion, this is Plot Point 1.
Ajax is responsible for Wade being horrifically deformed. Oh, also, because Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead interrupt Deadpool, Ajax escapes.
Wade is approached by an associate of Ajax to recruit him into a study. They promise him that he’ll be cured of his cancer and will be given special abilities.
One: Wade Wilson wants revenge against Ajax for disfiguring him—this is the conflict between Ajax, Wade, and Vanessa, and…
Two: Deadpool, a mercenary—literally the “Merc with a Mouth”—doesn’t want to be a superhero, but Colossus keeps pressuring him to do the right thing.
Wade becoming Deadpool—gaining his powers, being horribly disfigured, and then escaping from Ajax’s lab—that sequence, in my opinion, works as the Midpoint of the film.
After this transformation, Wade initially wants to go back to Vanessa, but his vanity gets the best of him.
Wade meets Al, a blind woman, and they become roommates. She tells him what we’re all thinking: “Love is blind.” Vanessa will still love him even if looks more like a glazed cronut and less like the Sexiest Man Alive. Wade doesn’t believe her.
At about the one hour, fourteen-minute mark, Vanessa is kidnapped by Ajax.
Act 3 brings all the major players together, and they all have motives for facing off against each other:
Everybody faces off at Ajax’s warehouse and a giant fight ensues.
At the end of their fight, Wade tells Ajax he needs to cure him. He needs to go back to looking like Ryan Reynolds or shallow-ass Vanessa will never love him. Unfortunately for Wade, Ajax informs him that there is no cure.
Deadpool kills Ajax, which feels appropriate for his character arc. Wade then apologizes to Vanessa, who’s—understandably—furious with him. But, Vanessa removes his mask and tells him she wants to get back with him, proving Al right: “Love is blind.”
Ryan Reynolds has given us a film that feels like it fits in the MCU while simultaneously breaking a ton of the MCU’s rules. Deadpool is beloved by fans who feel like it really captures the essence of the character from the comics.