It pokes fun at comic films without having to remove itself too much from the comic book fray.
Everything lives or dies by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick’s script, as it not only has to make sense of the fourth-wall breaking/smart-assed humor Deadpool is know for, it also has to keep up with the cast’s fast mouths.
Best Adapted Screenplay is almost a given, considering the writing is what’s probably the strongest point of Deadpool’s total package.
Also, it’s drop dead funny, and humor should count for something in a screenplay.