Pablo Honeyβs review published on Letterboxd:
There's 206 bones in the human body, 207 if i'm watching this film. β€οΈπ
GOD, I JUST LOOOVE MY BOYHOOD. WE ARE SO BACK.
Things this film did not do: 1. Let Kevin Feige corniness and current outoftouchness ruin it; 2. Put a chick in it and made her lame; 3. Delivered a bad joke; 4. Disappoint.
Things this film did: 1. Lived it up to the "promises" and expectations; 2. Gave INSANE R RATED ACTION (seriously, if you thought Deadpool 1 and 2 were gore-heavy enough...) 3. Respected the Marvel-Fox legacy, and also respected the MCU legacy; 4. Brought the perfect balance between fanservice, emotion, humour and action; 5. Respected and celebrated the fans.
THE SOUNDTRACK????? IT WAS FOR US Y2K FAGGIES, I SWEAR. THEY WERE DROPPING THEM POP BANGERS ONE AFTER ANOTHER!!!!
This is a love letter to us Marvel fans, who lately were being giving crap after crap after crap. This film gave me a little bit of hope in cinematic Marvel again. I was missing being happy for 2 hours+ with a Marvel movie. As i said many times, i grow up with Marvel and it was very sad to me seeing how shitty the MCU was turning out.
Seriously... the actions scenes are living rent free in my mind. I KNEW SHAWN LEVY WAS GOOD, BUT GODDAMN IT!!!!!!! It was soooo good seeing comic-accurate Wolverine!!!!!! FINALLY THE MULTIVERSE STUFF WASN'T SUCH POOR BAIT AND SWITCH!!!!!! EMMA CORRIN, GIRL!??? THE ACTRESS/ACTOR THAT YOU ARE. I KNEW BECAUSE OF "THE CROWN" BUT GODDAMN IT, YOU PLAYED CASSANDRA NOVA TO PERFECTION.
One thing that is "out of the movie" that i have to mention is the fact that Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin and Shawn Levy during the press tour of promotions did nothing but show gratitude, love and respect for the fans! SOMETHING SO RARE NOWDAYS IN FRANCHISES, RIGHT? Not one single "Marvel fans are bigoted, sexist and rayyyycists", not one single "Marvel has a representativity problem and we need to fix it" or "We need to adjust this character to reflect current times" N O N E of that bull, just love and fun during the promotions all around the world, just straight gave us the characters in the way they are written in iconic comic books. This reminded me of the gold old days with the OG6 Avengers. These four are such special people!
WE ARE SO BACK, EVEN IF IT IS JUST FOR A WHILE.
Thank you Hugh, Ryan and Shawn. Def not thank you Kevin Feige, you can CHOKE. Seriously, Kevin should be ashame of putting "A Kevin Feige production" in front of this movie, because the last few "Kevin Feige productions" showed us how senile and without his business-hat this man became. The real producers and writers of this film are Ryan and Shawn Levy, and they are the reason we have this masterpiece.
RYAN IS MARVEL JESUS INDEED!!!!!!
I am writing this review as i leave the multiplex and go back home, sorry if there's any typo, i'm just too emotional that THE MOVIE IS FUCKING GOOD!!!!! AND I SAW ALL-GROWNUP LAURA KINNEYYYYYYYY!!!!!!! DAFNE KEEN ILYSM!!!!
TIL YOU'RE 90. π