MOVIE - Deadpool 2

R (1:59)

Wide release 5/18/18

Viewed 5/19/18
IMBd: 8.1/10

RT Critic:  82  Audience:  86
Critic's Consensus:  Though it threatens to buckle under the weight of its meta gags, Deadpool 2 is a gory, gleeful lampoon of the superhero genre buoyed by Ryan Reynolds' undeniable charm.

Cag:  4/ Liked it a lot

Directed by David Leitch

Twentieth Century Fox

Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin

My comments:  So many funny parts, I tried to ignore all the violence and mayhem because it's so tongue in cheek and laughable.  Some jokes went right over my head, mostly because I couldn't quite understand what was being said.  Ryan Reynolds is such a natural in the part and it was a real blast having Josh Brolin enter the mix.  Music choices were wonderful, and all the additions right up to the very end of the credits were great fun.  Totally packed movie, I got the last seat, but it was smack in the middle of the back row and perfect.  Fun watching it with so many others even if I didn't know any of them!

RT/ IMDb Summary: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Miami's hottest bartender, while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor - finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World's Best Lover.

30. Paper GIrls: Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

Illustrated by Cliff Chiang
Colors by Matt Wilson
Letters by Jared K. Fletcher
read the actual book at Barnes and Noble on Easter, 4-1-18
2016, Image Comics Inc., Berkeley, CA
144 pgs.
Graphic Novel
Finished 4/1/18
Goodreads rating: 3.86 - 35,618 ratings
My rating: 3
Setting: 1988 Cleveland, OH

First page/s:  Erin is dreaming and thinks she's in heaven, being greeted by Christa MacAuliffe.

My comments:  I went onto Litsy to see what "comics"/graphic novels seems to be a top read in recent months and discovered a few titles, but this is the only one I could locate at Barnes & Noble.  There were lots and lots and LOTS of superhero comics/graphic novels, but not too many others.
      There were a couple of places in the story that no matter how hard you looked at the illustration or read the text, you couldn't quite figure out what was going on.  I skimmed through a second time and got a few answers...or at least answers that might have been correct, but satisfied me.  It was an okay read, and would be interesting to see what happens in Volume 2
     Erin is the "new girl" to the now-foursome that delivers the Cleveland paper together before dawn each morning.  Mac/MacKenzie is the pink-haired, swearing, smoking, unafraid of much leader,  Tiff/Tiffany is the darker skinned walkie-talkie owner, and KJ has the back ponytail and a bat mitzvah coming up.

Goodreads synopsis: In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and otherworldly mysteries collide in this smash-hit series about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood.