Ready to go and see Deadpool and Wolverine? Watch these 3 must-see Marvel and X-Men movies first
How to speedrun getting up to speed with the not so dynamic duo
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As you might have noticed,Deadpool & Wolverineis out this week and it’s a pretty big deal. This year’sMarvel Phase five moviecomes with a ton of expectations from fans of the fourth wall-breaking wisecracker, and I’m literally heading to the IMAX theater to see it as soon as this article is done.
If – like me – you want to ensure you get the maximum enjoyment from the mouthy merc and his amusingly intense pal, you might want to watch these three movies onDisney Plusfirst. Because two things are certain: there are going to be callbacks aplenty, and nobody has time to catch every X-Men and relevantMarvelmovie before hitting the theater this week. But in the rare instance that you do, here are our guide tohow to watch the Marvel movies in orderandhow to watch the X-Men movies in order.
Deadpool
I know: duh. But while it’s absolutely possible to enjoyDeadpool and Wolverineon its own terms (despite myself I’ve readthe first reviews), the firstDeadpoolmovie is so much fun that it’s an absolute treat to revisit it again and again and again. It gives us the full Wade Wilson origin story, a very affecting and tragic romance and a ton of sight gags that make me laugh so hard my kids get embarrassed and threaten to disown me.
Logan
The tenth X-Men movie and the final installment of theWolverinetrilogy is pretty dark and more like a tragic western than a brightly colored CGI fight-fest. It’s the superhero movie as art,Unforgivenwith Adamantium claws, and the description ‘No Country for Old X-Men’ sums it up beautifully. And that seriousness, that weight, that feeling of it being ‘A Big Important Movie’ sets Wolverine up beautifully for the tomfoolery and mockery ofDeadpool vs Wolverine.
Deadpool 2 / Once Upon a Deadpool
The secondDeadpoolmovie and its hilarious family-friendly version featuring Fred Savage isn’t as good as the first. But there’s a montage of superhero flight that’s genuinely one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in a theater, and that section made me laugh so hard and so uncontrollably I thought I was going to get kicked out of the movie. It’s gloriously silly, it does a wonderful job of showing how the other X-Men see our anti-hero and it’s exactly the amuse bouche you need before heading to see the third instalment this week.
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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.
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