Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016)
Not a capeshit classic by any stretch of the imagination, but decent enough entertainment. The modest budget hurts it at times, judging by the minimal action (comparatively speaking) and effects that look a little dated, but the cast give it their all, and the title character's running commentary is generally pretty funny. The one criticism I do have of the humor is that because so many of the jokes are, well, jokes even within the context of the story, when they don't land, they absolutely backfire. Most good comedies, I would argue, try to avoid this. The humor frequently comes from the story itself, or the characters communicating with one another. That way, if something doesn't make you laugh - say, a line where Alice insults Bob - it won't detract from your enjoyment of the show/movie. You'll simply focus on the fact that Alice has insulted Bob instead. The story is still progressing, the characters are still communicating, etc. But here, most of the comedy comes from Deadpool simply telling jokes, whether to the audience or to other characters. They don't advance the story or develop anyone's character, their sole purpose is to make us laugh. And most of them do, like I said. But when they fall flat, they really fall fucking flat, because nothing else is achieved by them. We have nothing to focus on but how shitty the joke we just heard was. The "brown pants" joke is probably the worst part of the movie. They spend so much time delivering it, too! It's like thirty or forty seconds of buildup to the punchline of an incredibly old joke that most people have no doubt already heard.
John Wick (Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, 2014)
Keanu Reeves gets mad and kills fucking everyone. That's pretty much this movie. I mean, there's a story, but who cares about that when Keanu is busy finding new and creative ways to score headshots? Anyway, this is great. A lot of style, a lot of awesome action, and Keanu does in fact turn in a pretty good performance. Bonus points for Michael Nyqvist chewing the scenery vigorously as the villain.