First up was the Blu-ray of Deadpool. Lot's of violence and swearing, laced with some Rap and constant chatter. Director Tim Miller is mostly been a special effects guy, this is his first film. He does a pretty good job on the stuff that isn't effects and he does a great job on those. The screenplay is by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The two of them previously wrote a bit of TV and the screenplay for Zombieland. Rhett wrote the script for GI Joe: Retaliation. The two of them have written scripts for Zombieland 2 and Deadpool 2. Ryan Reynolds is the guy who becomes Deadpool. Except for TJ Miller I didn't really recognize anyone else in the cast from other movies and TV. Leslie Uggams plays an old blind lady. I only learned that from the credits on the IMDb. There's plenty of action and huge set pieces that fill in the origin story. I liked it and would want to see it again someday. I'd buy a copy if I saw it really cheap.
I'd definitely want to watch our second feature over again. Shorts: The Adventure Of The Wishing Rock is a 2009 comedy family film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. He also wrote some music, did the cinematography, supervised the special effects, was co-editor and co-producer. A kid finds a rainbow wishing rock and chaos ensues. The story jumps back and forth as our hero, Toby Thompson, narrates the action. The rock changes hands and various people all wish for something. Some of the wishes aren't good ones, one kid gets really big, another is turned into a dung beetle, you get the idea. Toby's parents, Leslie Mann and Jon Cryer, get stuck together as a half man and half woman. William H Macy, James Spader, Kat Dennings and all five of Robert's kids are in the movie. There's plenty of silly things going on and they made me laugh. I liked the kids quite a bit, most of them do a great job, and I especially liked Jolie Vanier as Tobi's nemesis Helvetica Black, and the kid who played Loogie. You can see the trailer here, to see what's going on.
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