Many screen productions were originally adapted from books, usually because the original was successful or the subject matter was more suitable for the film. But there's always been a perception in the film industry that it's hard to get the original work on the screen, and that few adaptations make it to The Godfather or To Kill a Mockingbird . We can only try to compensate for the loss of art with the box office.
In the case of comic adaptations, they often have a group of enthusiastic readers themselves. Therefore, when making screen adaptations, what is more stringent than the censorship system is the scrutiny of supporters of the original works, and readers' deep love for comics cannot be taken lightly.
But in many cases, movies and comics cannot establish a common context, especially for certain genre-specific themes, and the screen expression is more cramped than books. Therefore, readers will always think that adaptations are not satisfactory, especially works like "Deadpool" .
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Even in the flamboyant Marvel, Deadpool is a unique hero. This character has many complex characteristics. He is not a hero with a normal mental process, nor is he an innate power user.
Deadpool was a mercenary before gaining his abilities, but was transformed by fate. This turned Deadpool's life upside down, making him a monster of a peculiar description. He hates his own ending, has a marked self-denial of life, is always addicted to walking on the edge of firearms and blades, and is keen on gender-inverted cross-dressing and sarcasm.
From the appearance, Deadpool is more like God's funny creation. He is unrestrained and amazing. Like a humorous and bloody executioner. He has a sense of justice but at the same time has an extreme personality.
Deadpool is a mischievous creature of fate, and his power is accompanied by a curse, allowing him to dwell on the dark side of justice. So in terms of maverick, he can come out on top.
His fate is tragic, and his body modification and abilities are based on the symbiosis of self-healing factors and cancer cells. He hated this body and deliberately created loneliness for himself. He scorns authority, but takes principle seriously. He doesn't think the big picture can take away free will, even for mutants.
The root cause of this attitude is that he has been monitored and used as an experiment for a long time, and he has lost his life and hated manipulation.
Deadpool on the screen that makes people addicted to drugs
Such a role is too deep for the movie, and Marvel on the screen is entertaining, so it is destined to be difficult to vividly present this role.
At the same time, the production company, like the guardian of the audience, will seek a suitable framework, so that the dark side and the entanglement of the soul will not conflict with people's perceptions.
Therefore, the deadpool on the screen is no different from the comics, although it is said that learning to sing and sing. But it always seems pointless, because it does not have the original ecological context of "Deadpool".
If you have read the original "Deadpool", you will find that the character's humor often has a certain connotation. The movie Deadpool, on the other hand, was built as a culturally popular talk show, as if opening a magazine filing cabinet, full of references from the Marvel and DC universes, as well as pop culture puns.
This makes it a language arts textbook, especially with the bespectacled Weasel character almost telling us a rhetoric of genitalia.
What's more, "Deadpool" strips away Marvel's unique fantasy romance here, and replaces Deadpool's emotions with traditional emotions.
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This is destined to be a castrated Deadpool, especially "Deadpool 1" makes people feel out of touch with the original. His character setting is so vague, like a mixed and stacked promotional film. Just like a shelled crab, the whole body is jerky and restrained. Although fully armed, he has been disarmed, but his gait remains ostentatious.
The quirk of Deadpool is in his soul, not in his attire to be tagged. ——So the movie Deadpool is like Harry Potter who lost his wand and can only understand through his glasses.
The film tries to make up for this lack with a lot of banter, so much so that it relies too much on the mental boost of drug use. In addition to the cynical pleasure, there are countless Dick jokes, slang and easter eggs, which make people overwhelmed and tired to deal with them.
The frequent use of this technique makes the creation lack style, like traveling through a strip club to add a sense of dust. And the oriented experience is hallucinogenic, driving the brain so much that it confuses different scenes.
Squirting Skittles
Fortunately, "Deadpool 2" brought some comfort, probably because the first episode received too much negative feedback from fans of the original book. The second episode began to focus on perfecting the characters and content. The director began to get rid of the shackles and played the director of Deadpool. He takes more character involvement and taps into deeper character traits.
Especially in the battle in the Japanese bath, the style of Deadpool has been restored to a large extent.
The camera reference to other works is a major feature of Deadpool culture, and "Deadpool 2" still maintains this feature, but he ensures the vitality of the scene, so that these elements are no longer astringent.
As far as a comic comedy is concerned, "Deadpool 2" is enough to surpass its peers. But inevitably we will still refer to Marvel's standards, so "Deadpool" has not received more attention in the critics. In fact, as far as "Deadpool 2" is concerned, it should get more lucky points.
After all, this character is too difficult to control, and the most difficult thing for screen creation is: to shape this character, you should make him really look like a deadpool, but you can't let it really be a deadpool.
Perhaps out of kindness to Marvel, media critics were lenient enough not to give the two Deadpools a low rating.
Maybe it's a sign of love for a stylized character like Anti-hero, encouraging filmmakers to create more genres. Despite its difficulties, if Deadpool can find an intersection of entertainment and creativity, the series will be much longer and more exciting.
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