I've been thinking more about my reaction to this film, and I think it comes down to a fundamental problem, a vagueness, in my own understanding of what makes a film or any other art good.
On the one hand, I found this film enjoyable. Which seems like a good thing, and is. We all like enjoying ourselves.
Yet, I also found it disposable. By which I mean: it didn't change me.
So let me posit that to be truly good, in the sense that Aristotle might have used the word good, a work of art has to generate some change in the audience. And that's what makes it memorable. We keep thinking on it, coming back to it. Considering some new angle on what it means to be human, at least in the context of this art we have just spent time with.
So let me revise my previous judgment of Deadpool vs. Wolverine: it was enjoyable, but not particularly good. For me, anyway. Art is subjective, after all, and what changes me is going to be unique to me. If this was my first superhero film, I would likely have a very different reaction.
