Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks, so let us talk about the ‘Deadpool 3’ film instead – spoilers alert ahead!
…As it was written before, this is a redemption story,
and hence a monotheistic, rather than a polytheistic one. Both of the titular
characters of the film are down on their luck and are not handling it too well,
so enter the TVA to shake the situation for them up even more. The TVA is also
supposed to tie them into the MCU multiverse, but as the events of ‘Loki’ S2
showed, MCU has largely shoved the TVA itself to the sidelines, so this aspect
of the movie is kin of doubtful – even for the movie.
No, seriously, the main element of ‘Deadpool &
Wolverine’ are the titular characters, as they get their bearings in gear, (or
whatever the phrase is), and have to defeat both Dr. Cassandra Nova, and deal
with the TVA, which still has its’ own problems, reminiscent of ‘Loki’ S2 once
more. The TVA, however, quickly becomes sidelined (until the end of the film,
and even then it is not too important any longer), and we are left with an
X-Rated MCU mutant movie instead.
The plot is straightforward: Wade needs to save his
world by fixing the whatever problems his world’s Wolverine has made. Logan –
from this universe – also needs to save his problems, and save their world in
the process of doing so. Logan, however, has lost his mojo, and Wade is trying –
in several meanings of the word – to help Logan recover it. Pause.
The fact that both of those characters have very
tangled timelines from the RL perspective does not help. Therefore, D&W has
relocated itself largely to the Void from ‘Loki’, (introduced in S1), where they
encounter various mutants and several other characters, both from MCU and
otherwise. Mind, that the movie’s plot is a straight-out redemption story, seen
through an equally straight-out RPG plotline, where the titular characters have
to defeat tougher and tougher opponents until the final boss – Dr. Cassandra
Nova in this case. Moreover, since the end of Phase 3, MCU did not really go
for in-depth, rounded villains, (the situation with Kang and his actor had not
helped things either), and so, Dr. Nova is rather forgettable, as is Paradox,
(who gets arrested in the film’s end too, as part of TVA’s cleaning up its’
house at the end of ‘Loki’ S2. Isn’t interconnectivity clever, cough?). What
next?
The movie is carried by emotions rather than logic,
and by visuals rather than anything too in-depth – R-rated or not, D&W is
still a Marvel comic film, and as such the next ‘Gawain and the Green Knight’
movie it is not. Thank goodness for that, too. What else?
Ah yes, the extra mutant variants of the films.
Guess MCU has not yet given up on the Multiverse concept, and RR is doing a
better job in fixing it than the Rock did with DCEU… before it ended. In
addition, Wade broke up with Vanessa (at the beginning of the film)? Seriously?
After the emotional wrangler, that was their second film? Well, weirder things
have happened… The point is that D&W
film has delivered a good story, and it is good, even if it isn’t seminal,
semiotic, or anything else high-brow. It has not recharged me per se, but it
did bring something of a smile to my face after all.
This is it for now. See you all soon!
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