The Negative ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Reviews Are From Fans Who Lack Prior Knowledge of the Universe: “I Don’t Get It, So I Don’t Like It!”

‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ is MCU’s most recent release, and it’s been a helluva ride for everyone involved. The movie sees Deadpool and Wolverine for the first time in the MCU. It gives a proper – and very Deadpool farewell to the Fox X-Men Universe and sets up a huge future for the mutants in the MCU.

It’s also on a good track to becoming the most lucrative R-rated movie this year, and a true box-office hit for the studio.

The reactions to the movie have been overwhelmingly positive, the movie currently stands at 80 % on Rotten Tomatoes (going 1 point down since yesterday, as I predicted) and it has 97 % audience approval when it comes to audiences with 5000+ reviews.

We’re still a long way from seeing the objective state of these ratings, but even for a movie that never presented itself as being anything more than a fun ride, there is a loud minority of fans (and critics) who don’t like it. This is perfectly valid, as you can never truly please anyone. The most common complaint among the bad reviews is that the movie doesn’t have a plot and that it’s too heavy on cameos, references, and jokes.

I have to agree that the plot is extremely thin, it’s been developed around cameos and variants and around jokes, I also have to agree that it has too many cameos and references but under one condition only – you’re not going to like it if you don’t get it.

Despite the movie’s producer claiming that the movie doesn’t have a barrier to entry and that pretty much anyone can understand and watch the movie without prior knowledge of the X-Men and Deadpool universe, this cannot be farther from the truth. Many jokes won’t land, and you won’t recognize the key characters. I mean easily 50 % of the movie won’t make a shred of sense if you haven’t watched previous X-Men installments.

Let’s take a look at some of the bad reviews from Rotten Tomatoes:

The movie was made just to cash upon the wolverine and Deadpool duo. There was no real story, no real motive, and no real villain. The movie was made so that another movie could be made.

It was the typical Disney ruining something good, and Hugh and the cameos didnt save it. Probably better than most newer Marvel movies but not worth 20 dollars a head. I got a free ticket so that was the only reason I saw it. Not too big on Disney films anymore. But be warned it makes Deadpool 2 a great film.

The movie was terrible. No plot and just a cameo of Marvel characters. Total money grab. Dont waste your time.

I am very sequel fatigued at this point. The story is so boring. The beginning jokes sound like it was written by an out of touch A-list actor. Nothing new. Nothing that screams ” innovative”. Just something to stare at when bored and have nothing better to do. Walked out cause I could not stand it . SKIP.

This movie was so unbelievably bad. No story that made any sense or plot development. No meaningful attempt to make you care about the characters. A bunch of bad short lived cameos that added no plot depth as filler. A ton of raunchy jokes (which I’m all for, but were overdone and didn’t hit well). And a bunch of action scenes and special effects which again are a great filler for an objectively very poorly done movie on every level in terms of plot or acting. The good old Marvel Disney special. But everyone seems to love it so they’ll just keep it on goin. Looking forward to the next! SMH lol.

Worst Deadpool movie ever. Ruined as the last few avengers movies were ruined.. i miss good movies like the first iron man. Only one hero, not all that noise and senseless movement around. No “multiverse” stupidity….

I once again have to stress that I agree if you don’t have a prior knowledge of the universe, you will not be able to enjoy this movie and it’s just going to seem like a neverending mishmash of cameos and pop-culture references. But there is a good reason why it had to be this way, and why it’s the only sensible transition for Deadpool into the MCU, and you’d know it if you did some viewing beforehand.

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