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As we’re all aware, Deadpool was a fantastic success both critically and financially. It broke opening weekend records and I suspect will continue to break records as the weeks fly by.
But what lessons are Hollywood taking from the movie? The right ones? Or entirely misguided ones?
James Gunn, director of Guardians of the Galaxy, is more worried about the latter.
I think the fear is that Hollywood are looking at the Deadpool movie and are thinking, “R-Rated comic book movies sell!” and believe the audience is maturing and therefore r-rated movies are a cash cow worth herding, but they are SO missing the point. The point is to give the fans what they want.
Fans have been wanting a true to the comic book’s Deadpool movie for quite some time and Fox delivered that. They didn’t deliver an entirely dogshit of the character version the writer of that particular movie envisioned (*cough* Wolverine:Origins */cough*).
Cue the critical acclaim and money.
“After every movie smashes records people here in Hollywood love to throw out the definitive reasons why the movie was a hit,” Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn wrote in a Facebook post. “I saw it happen with Guardians. It ‘wasn’t afraid to be fun’ or it ‘was colorful and funny’ etc etc etc. And next thing I know I hear of a hundred film projects being set up ‘like Guardians,’ and I start seeing dozens of trailers exactly like the Guardians trailer with a big pop song and a bunch of quips. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.”
“Deadpool wasn’t that. Deadpool was its own thing,” Gunn continued. “THAT’S what people are reacting to. It’s original, it’s damn good, it was made with love by the filmmakers, and it wasn’t afraid to take risks.”
The imitators of Deadpool ARE coming and, like me, James Gunn believe’s that Hollywood’s take on what made Deadpool popular with the audiences will be way off the mark.
“They won’t mean ‘good and original’ but ‘a raunchy superhero film’ or ‘it breaks the fourth wall.’ They’ll treat you like you’re stupid, which is the one thing Deadpool didn’t do.”
When he’s right, he’s right.
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