16.) Deadpool [2/19-IMAX, 2/23, 2/28/2016]

Recently, I've been hard on superhero movies (all action movies, really). There has been a formulaic quality to most of Marvel's movies (Antman, The Avengers: Age of Ultron) and a fundemental misunderstanding of the characters in DC's movies (Superman: Man of Steel).  And then there was The Fantastic Four reboot, which holds a special place as one of the worst movies I have seen in living memory.  I was nervous about Deadpool.  His portrayal in Wolverine: Origins was almost aggressively bad, like the film-makers hated the viewer, and the studio was not really invested in what was turning out the be Ryan Reynolds passion project.  My anxiety could not have been more displaced.  I really enjoyed this movie.  This is not to say that it was perfect.  The masturbation jokes missed a few times, Colossus looked terrible, and the bad guy had some incredibly inconsistent powers.  Regardless, the movie was fun while working within and pushing against the confines of the genre.  I put Deadpool in the same category as Iron-Man, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Batman: The Dark Knight: superhero films that were good stories that happened to include superheroes.