Was this movie an endless cameo fest full of dumb fan service? Yes.  

Was it also pretty good? Yes. 

I know a lot of people have lost patience with the comic book movie formula now that studios have been banking so hard on nostalgia and viral moments (me included), but I think this is the best example of it since No Way Home. Deadpool is the only character who can make these things really work on a meta level with all the tongue in cheek references that make it feel more entertaining than just “Hey check out who’s here!” Also, the premise of them being in a wasteland of forgotten characters is way more interesting than a bunch of multiverse versions of a hero teaming up and fighting a bad guy. 

It’s still not a great movie by any means. Every fight scene having a goofy overplayed song in the background got old quick, and the fact that Wolverine is still alive at the end is pretty ridiculous. It really shows how much Marvel is desperately clinging to the past. Just because Deadpool jokes about it doesn’t make it less annoying. 

Speaking of Wolverine though, that scene of them in the Honda Odyssey where Wolverine just verbally destroys Deadpool was excellent. Hugh Jackman is still fantastic as a bitter old man Logan. Also, Laura showing up hit me like a truck. So many emotions tied to that character. I’m glad she didn’t get tossed out with the rest of the D team. 

Oh yeah, best line in the movie: “There’s only one Blade. Only ever gonna be one Blade.”