User blog comment:Amontgomery1432/Deadpool 2 - Amont's Movie Reviews/@comment-5101200-20180729163530

I put Deadpool 2 above the first one, honestly. It's mainly because there's a heart to the character and lore of Deadpool that the first one has but is overshadowed by comedy, but the second one has a better balance to them. Except for Dopinder, Domino, and Juggernaut, the characters have family-based motives.

Wade and Vanessa wanted to start a family together, Wade feels guilt over losing Vanessa, Colossus wants to make Wade part of the X-Men family, Russel wants revenge against the only "family" he's ever known, and Cable wants revenge for his family being killed by Russel. While this isn't much of a motive, it's still got a bit of heart/family feel to it because Negasonic and Yukio are a couple now.

Even with there being some joke/gag rehashes, I feel like this movie is a bit funnier than the original. I honestly prefer the X-Men Origins and Green Lantern jokes in this one to those of the first.

Anyway, yeah, I prefer DP2 to DP1 only because the humor and heartfelt points are perfectly balanced, as all things should be. Wait, shit, wrong movie. Though, that does remind me that Brolin is in both movies, and his acting as both Thanos and Cable is so fucking good. Goddamn, he has become one of my favorite actors.

Also, Ashes is one of my favorite songs now.