{"id":5983,"date":"2016-06-13T14:25:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=5983"},"modified":"2021-09-17T10:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:12:19","slug":"why-is-deadpool-so-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/06\/13\/why-is-deadpool-so-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Deadpool so popular?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Deadpool <\/em>has made over \u00a3500 million worldwide, making more money than <em>Iron Man <\/em>and every single <em>X-Men <\/em>movie. It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/news\/Deadpool-Just-Snagged-Most-Appropriate-Box-Office-Record-121097.html\">the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<p>So, how did a movie about a pansexual mercenary with a thing for unicorns become one of the biggest movies of the year?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a question our grandchildren will undoubtedly ask, once we\u2019ve explained how the Kardashians came to be Grand Rulers of the Universe. And this is what we\u2019ll tell them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>It\u2019s funny <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Alright, so the Marvel movies have a couple of decent wisecracks but no-one goes to a superhero movie for the laughs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Deadpool, <\/em>on the other hand, is as much a comedy as it is a superhero movie. Imagine an amoral Van Wilder thrown into the middle of <em>Avengers Assemble <\/em>and you\u2019re pretty much there.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xithigfg7dA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Ryan Reynolds<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that <em>Deadpool <\/em>was a passion project for Ryan Reynolds. He first became interested in the role after a Deadpool comic described the character as \u201cRyan Reynolds mixed with a Shar-Pei\u201d\u009d and has been trying to get a film made for at least 10 years. Although he got to play the role in <em>X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/em>, it clearly wasn\u2019t the Deadpool he imagined.<\/p>\n<p>Now he\u2019s been given the chance to let loose, it\u2019s clear that Reynolds is having the time of his life. As well as turning in an amazing performance in the film, he\u2019s made skits for adverts, spoofed Kanye West\u2019s Saturday Night Live rant and shown up in character on YouTube videos too.<\/p>\n<p>You get the impression that, if he could, Ryan Reynolds would spend every waking moment playing Deadpool. It\u2019s hard not to love that kind of enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>It doesn\u2019t take itself seriously<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Superheroes are ridiculous. Superman is an alien who fires lasers from his eyes and disguises himself by wearing glasses. Thor is a Norse god with a big hammer. Even Batman, the most realistic of all heroes, is a billionaire who dresses up like a bat to beat up a clown.<\/p>\n<p><em>Deadpool <\/em>is about as serious as farting in a library. It\u2019s hilarious from beginning to end: it\u2019s dirty, clever, rude and packed to the brim with pop culture references.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>It has violence and swearing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you stub your toe, you swear like a sailor. If you get smacked in the face by a giant green mutant with rage issues, you bleed.<\/p>\n<p>So why are superhero movies about as violent as an episode of <em>The A-Team? <\/em><\/p>\n<p>With blood and foul language abound, <em>Deadpool <\/em>conveys the true consequences of a superhero\u2019s actions. Then makes fun of them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>It\u2019s different<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Most superheroes are goodie two-shoes. Captain America, Thor and even Tony Stark (despite the attitude and one-liners) are do-gooders. It\u2019s the kind of person you have to be to do the job, we suppose.<\/p>\n<p>Deadpool, however, is a despicable character and terrible person who just happens to be doing a good thing. He\u2019s the hero we deserve and the hero we need right now.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Deadpool <\/em>is available now on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/dvd?megamenu_creative=DVD&amp;megamenu_name=DVD-TNDVD&amp;megamenu_position=L&amp;megamenu_id=TNDVDL\">DVD and Blu-Ray<\/a> from the musicMagpie Store! Click below to check it out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadpool has made over \u00a3500 million worldwide, making more money than Iron Man and every single X-Men movie. It\u2019s the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time too. So, how did a movie about a pansexual mercenary with a thing for unicorns become one of the biggest movies of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1747,1748],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13019,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983\/revisions\/13019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}