It looks it is stabilizing in that number, now with 176 reviews.
I take that as a positive for a late sequel where the originality and novelty of Deadpool is long past.
This is pleasing but also surprising to see, I managed to get to see this a little early before reviews and RT really hit, I thought this film would be a lot more divisive given some of its drawbacks and reviews would be move mixed but it seems a lot of the high notes, surprises and just sheer amount of fun you can have with it at times has carried it over the line and round out a nice triple for DP movies.
My concern is critics don't seem to like the Mcu films like they used to. When movies like Guardians 2 and Ant-Man and the Wasp are in the mid 80s despite being "mid". Whats going to be the rating for upcoming mcu films like Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, First Steps, Doomsday and Secret Wars. And I know part of the issue, is the quality control at Marvel Studios, but after so many critically acclaimed films, its going to be a challenge for Marvel Studios to be scoring somewhere in 85% to 93%.
This is probably (more or less) the right order, in my view, of the Deadpool and/or Wolverine movies so far, in terms of film-making quality. But Deadpool & Wolverine has lots of repeat viewing potential due to the cameos and sheer fanboy-aimed content of it (I'll be going for a second time this week), more repeat viewing potential than the other Deadpool movies, I'd argue.
Hasnt the general consensus been though that since Endgame both critics and fans have had a lot more issue with the MCU films and they have been a bit more up and down since then in terms of overall quality so review scores will just reflect that. I dont think the majority of critics or fans for that matter, those that are more level headed at least anyway, will view these new films on anything else but on what they see in front of them, those films you list will be fine with critics and fans if they make a "good" film, which will always differ on what that means from person to person anyway.
Logan lacks replay value for me. While Deadpool & Wolverine the movie has tons.
Whatever happens after SW, it's safe to assume DP/Ryan Reynolds will be a part of it. That is certainly a bonus. I also think this is the start of more R rated fare, which ironically is something Marvel always had in their pocket over DC in the comics, the edgy/violent/anti-hero, horror elements. So it may be something that could be new for audiences in the future, to spice things up. I'm not saying I want mostly that, NO, these are still stories that are built on inspiration at the end of the day, but anti-heroes like Deadpool should play a part for older audiences. Still, this is a studio that has gone from hiring RDJ when it was seen as one of the riskiest things they could do in '07, to now casting him because its the easiest (safest) thing they could do. The underdog spirit is completely gone, and been replaced by ego, greed and the desperate desire to hold on to the status quo for as long as possible. That's reflected in recent projects. Nothing new in Hollywood. Everything comes to an end at some point. House of Ideas, meet House of Cards.
Yes, there is less replay value in Logan for sure. Fox became obsessed with killing people off (or curing them) rather than thinking in the long term. I'm so keen to see what the MCU will do with the X-Men.
