There was a time in the recent past when the world of sports was dominated by a few single men and women, of course!, and teams. The Formula One was dominated by Ferrari and Red Bull. Tennis by Fed-Ex and Nadal. William Sisters' as well. Cricket by Australia. Golf by Tiger Woods. It was like these men, women and team can do nothing wrong once they are on the field. Flawless was given a whole new meaning and it looked like they were literally making the word 'flawless' kowtow before them to an inordinate degree. Such was their flamboyant excellence that they had tremendously and painstakingly imparted to their arduous practice and impeccable perfection in their selection of shots and timing that they mercilessly decimated and reduced their opponents to ashes.
The war between DC and Marvel Comics is one such highly lucrative battle between the two heavy weights comprising of multitude of our admired superheroes and their triumphing fantastic abilities over the bad guys. A myriad of spin-offs, prequels, sequels and reboots are hitting the big screens every now and then like the villains beating our beloved characters. At times, these atrocious characters win but most of the times, they end up on the losing side. Oh My GAWDDD! I have side-tracked big time from what this blog was actually intended to be. Or Did I? :)
It was very refreshing when the first installment of The Avengers was released. It took the super hero movie to an entirely all new level and set the benchmark for the rest. Unfortunately, even the second Avengers flick couldn't match the phenomenal success of its predecessor. Be it from Marvel or DC, the genre was becoming more banal and highly predictable in their scripts and visual cacophony that a new inspiration was needed to revive the interest. It really doesn't matter to the hardcore fans who pay out and fight over whether DC is better or Marvel is the best but this important point really matters to those who are otherwise yet love to watch their superheroes in action - DC or Marvel - it doesn't matter.
Just as the world was reeling under the effects from the Avengers 2, Ant Man was a blessing in disguise, pun giANTly intended!, for the Marvel Studios. Not that Avengers 2 was bad but it could have been better. I am not going to go into the review for Ant Man here as much has already been talked about how freaking awesome the movie was by all the reviewers. It's just that movies like Ant Man are what the general people need to see when they shell out their money and indulge themselves to some stunning actions.
Take for instance. The final action sequence set in Lang's daughter's house. That is one of the best choreographed VFX in a while. You know that the Yellow Jacket and Ant Man are so small yet strong when they viciously combat each other on the railway track and derail a train in their battle. But, from the perspective of the girl, it's just a toy train that merely flips and falls to one side. You are simply wowed and definitely have to admire the director's ingenuity and creativeness for such an unbelievable and memorable setting involving the two fun-sized pocket dynamites.
Not to forget the dialogues. The Ant Man has really got some cracking one-liners that has surely left everyone in stitches. "Ant-thony". "No No. Not those 3 wombats". 'trail by fire..or water". Or the 'n' number of such situational comedies that simply lit up the screens alight with laughter. Ant Man was on the lines of The Avengers 1 which completely revolutionized the parochial and stereotyped view of how a super hero movie can be - entertaining yet funny, serious yet light-hearted instead of merely breaking down buildings and destroying cities - God knows how many times the Golden Gate Bridge was destructively demolished and quickly reconstructed using the CGIs!
We have had a whole lot of superhero movies that has been released this year as of date - Batman Vs Superman, Suicide Squad, X-Men, Captain America. But, none of them could even close to Deadpool that was screened in the very early time of the year.
Just like how the titular character has his face severely marred by the execrable actions of the villain, Deadpool is also beautifully ugly - in a positive sense especially with reference to its humorously dirty jokes and use of abusive language and crude connotations in the movie. Deadpool is one whirpool of a wacko who is eccentrically childish and insanely funny with his utterance of profanities.
Right from the start of the first scene where the title credits read "A CGI character, A Gratuitous cameo" etc., you know that you are in for something different - something new - something original and Deadpool hit the nail on its head from its first frame till the please-stop-my tummy hurts- End Credits Scene.
There was not even a dull moment or a yawn-inducing or when-this-would-end kind of feel when you watch this movie. It's paced fast, Dementedly Insane. Bloody Humorous, Pun is Gorily intended!. And absolutely not at all a family friendly flick. Gosh! I am in love with my beautiful alliteration - family friendly flick!
Now, these are the sort of inside and pop culture reference jokes that has elevated Deadpool from being dead to being alive! I will just make my point here by giving small examples. "Did you see 127 hours? Spoiler alert". "You will come talk with Professor Xavier. McAvoy or Stewart. These timelines can get so confusing". These are some of the decent delicious hilarity that is definitely bound to warm the cockles of your heart. Yes. There is plenty of violence. Brutal bloodshed. And with Deadpool's magical and surgical healing ability, it was like Ichor flowing in his body!
Deadpool was crazily ridiculous, lunatically zany and provided many a hysterical laughter that the sanguinary which splashed all over the screen did not cause much revulsion. It was more like watching a Tarantino film with dashing entertainment!
Ant Man and Deadpool are the rare breed of super hero flicks that defy the conventional formulaic standards by being idiosyncratic and quirky from their genre yet it is these kinds of out of the bolt movies that really makes our innate child-like attitude to tune in and watch our much adored superheroes battling against their enemies and save the day time and again.
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Why the hell did I write about Ant Man and Deadpool now? Simple. I wanted to watch something amazingly side-splitting and at the same time, it should involve super powers. What best can cater to such a need of mine other than to see back to back the soft, pleasant rib-tickling Ant Man and the crude, gross screamer Deadpool to make it a very gratifying day.
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