Deadpool’s movie release was as bold as its star character. Deadpool broke 8 records its opening weekend, including largest winter season opening weekend and largest R-rated opening weekend, and movie buff discussion has hardly slowed down. With loud marketing tactics and an R-rated script, Deadpool has changed conversation around super hero movies.
With an opening box office gross of $132.75M, you can expect that someone in your circle of friends has seen the movie. And those involved in movie-related review forums can expect to argue the true cinematic worth of the movie. With an astonishing 8.6/10 on IMDB and 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, Deadpool has earned great praise. Yet many commenters are fighting the Deadpool user reviews. Is Deadpool undeserving of its high movie reviews?
As one review put it, “I’m just a guy, watching a superhero movie, asking it to entertain him.” In a thread Why I gave it(and many others) a 10, viewers explain that movies like Deadpool should earn high ratings because of their ability to entertain audiences, not necessarily to compete against timeless movies. Others argue that a perfect movie is idealistic, therefore impossible, but movies that fascinate audiences from start to finish deserve the highest rating.
However, some movie buffs truly believe that 10 ratings should be reserved for movies with classic potential. They criticize the “teenagers and man-children” that skew movie ratings with their amateur IMBD accounts. These review forum opinions ask for unbiased ratings, in which yes, personal entertainment evaluation should not affect ratings. Instead, a movie should be determined by its entire cinematic performance including its artistic value.
Many of these message boards stem from Deadpool earning a ranking in the IMDB top 50 movies. With spot #49, Deadpool is among movies like Gladiator, Back to the Future, The Lion King, and Sunset Blvd. For comparison, the top five movies include: The Shawshank Redemption (9.2), The Godfather (9.2), The Godfather: Part 2 (9), The Dark Knight (8.9), and Pulp Fiction (8.9). So yes, Deadpool’s current pop appeal is just .3 away from all-time favorites.
Do you think Deadpool is deserving of a 8.6 movie rating? Do you think that comedic superhero movies deserve a place in the top 50 movies of all time? What do you think will happen to Deadpool’s rating in the coming months, and once available for DVD and streaming?
