I came across this post via a Google Search, which I did after seeing Ryan Reynolds in online ads this evening for two completely unrelated things (and was like, who the hell is this guy and why is he famous?). I never saw Deadpool, so no association with that franchise in my brain. I saw the trailer before it was released and it seemed stupid to me. (I'm a Marvel fan, but wasn't impressed by the character and attitude.)
I thought it interesting that you saw North by Northwest, then made the comment about Ryan Reynolds having played one character and one character only for the past few years. Cary Grant always played Cary Grant...didn't matter what movie. The different, I think, is Cary Grant had a charming, affable, likeable persona attached. Deadpool persona seems like a perpetual smartass who's just not as funny as he thinks he is.
Don't give up on film as an art form! There's still some good stuff out there to be had, just don't expect as much from the money machine Hollywood seems to have become. Indie films might not have the production value that large budget blockbusters do, but there is really good stuff out there if you dig around enough.
I came across this post via a Google Search, which I did after seeing Ryan Reynolds in online ads this evening for two completely unrelated things (and was like, who the hell is this guy and why is he famous?). I never saw Deadpool, so no association with that franchise in my brain. I saw the trailer before it was released and it seemed stupid to me. (I'm a Marvel fan, but wasn't impressed by the character and attitude.)
I thought it interesting that you saw North by Northwest, then made the comment about Ryan Reynolds having played one character and one character only for the past few years. Cary Grant always played Cary Grant...didn't matter what movie. The different, I think, is Cary Grant had a charming, affable, likeable persona attached. Deadpool persona seems like a perpetual smartass who's just not as funny as he thinks he is.
Don't give up on film as an art form! There's still some good stuff out there to be had, just don't expect as much from the money machine Hollywood seems to have become. Indie films might not have the production value that large budget blockbusters do, but there is really good stuff out there if you dig around enough.
And if you've gone to TIFF, you already know this.
Big money kind of ruins everything good, doesn't it? Rush got it right in the first verse of that song.