GOTG 2 wasn't anywhere near the calibre of the first movie. Once you know the name of the bad guy, you know what's about to happen. There is no clear indication of what his ultimate goal is. At least Ronin was out for revenge. This also felt like a set up movie.
People are still hooked on that Guardian feeling
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"More of the same" doesn't sound that good. I've heard similar things about AoU, and that turned out forgettable.
So, I saw the movie today, and it was...fine. Okay. Enjoyable. Decent popcorn flik. Pretty much your standard Marvel movie. Not among the MCU movies I consider to be genuinely good, but probably the best "okay" one (so, off the top of my head, think that would give it the #4 spot of all the MCU films I've seen).
Which, by extension, makes it better than the first Guardians, and, yeah, I think it is. The characters have a bit more depth, the writing is about 70% humour to 30% serious, and I think it's a balance that works. This also includes the villains - Nebula feels a bit more fleshed out, Ego is more interesting than Ronan (if nothing amazing), Yondu...come to think of it, I think it's the villains that benefit the most in this movie, at least as far as characterization goes.
Oh, and you know what else is nice? The movie is a sequel to Guardians 1, and little else. Unlike Civil War, I didn't feel I was missing out by not having watched non-Cap films. If you're a fan of the wider MCU, then this film could be considered filler, in that it doesn't really add to any wider story outside the Guardians themselves, but hey, I'll take it. In a way, that's a benefit for me.
So, decent space flick.
Edit: Come to think of it, there's blatant exposition at the start (yes, discuss what the gold people hired you for for the sake of the audience, and have said golden people start talking about their culture AFTER they hired you), and blatant product placement (a big "Sony" close-up on the walkman, the Zune...gah!), so, um, boo.
Which, by extension, makes it better than the first Guardians, and, yeah, I think it is. The characters have a bit more depth, the writing is about 70% humour to 30% serious, and I think it's a balance that works. This also includes the villains - Nebula feels a bit more fleshed out, Ego is more interesting than Ronan (if nothing amazing), Yondu...come to think of it, I think it's the villains that benefit the most in this movie, at least as far as characterization goes.
Oh, and you know what else is nice? The movie is a sequel to Guardians 1, and little else. Unlike Civil War, I didn't feel I was missing out by not having watched non-Cap films. If you're a fan of the wider MCU, then this film could be considered filler, in that it doesn't really add to any wider story outside the Guardians themselves, but hey, I'll take it. In a way, that's a benefit for me.
So, decent space flick.
Edit: Come to think of it, there's blatant exposition at the start (yes, discuss what the gold people hired you for for the sake of the audience, and have said golden people start talking about their culture AFTER they hired you), and blatant product placement (a big "Sony" close-up on the walkman, the Zune...gah!), so, um, boo.
So are most team based movies and series since forever. The five guys (or four and a girl) team archetype is old as dirt, from the Carebears to The Rolling Stones, from Voltron to Last Airbender, from Conan to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Final Fantasy 13.Johnny Novgorod said:
If we are going to stretch the definition of superhero movies to include team movies were most character has some defining archetype then Ghostbusters, Star Wars and Robin Hood are all superhero stories (we have the Leader: Robin/Cap/Venkman/Luke; the Lancer: Azeem/Ironman/Drax/Ray/Han; the Big Guy: Little John/Hulk/Groot/Chewbacca; the Smart/Serious Guy: Friar Tuck/Hawkeye/Egon/R2D2/Gamorra or Rocket and the Chick: Marian/Widow/Gamora/Janine/Leia)
Hawki said:
*Prepares shotguns and crowbar*
OT: I am Groot.[footnote]I am hyped and looking forward to this.[/footnote]
I enjoyed the first movie, so I'll likely enjoy this one. Doesn't come out here for another week though.
There's plenty of mainstream media outside Guardians, or even the MCU. Certainly far better movies.undeadsuitor said:
While I enjoyed Guardians 2, as I said above, it does get a stamp of "okay" rather than "good."
genuinely interested, please list these *plenty* of other similar and better movies.Johnny Novgorod said:
I have missed some gems in the past that I didn't hear about until people online talked about them, but I've also been suggested extremely overrated "hidden gems" from people online, so I'm genuinely curious/hoping to add to my library.
awesome, I love those movies sometimes to bits, so I'll be sure to seek it out when I have a movie night.RaikuFA said:
Holy fuck, a Do You Even Lift? In 2017? And here I am without Pokeballs.undeadsuitor said:Shitting on mainstream media? Oo la la someone's getting laid in college.Johnny Novgorod said:Yeah, they're clamoring for brains because this movie doesn't have any.bjj hero said:
I saw this this afternoon and its good, as everyone says, its more of the same. But in my opinion, not as good as the original and quite slow in places. I know this was to build the characters but to be fair, I wasn't bored and the finale was a lot of fun.
I will say though, does Stan Lee need to be in every single Marvel film? I get it, you are Mr. Marvel and it was cute to begin with, but your appearance in every damn film is getting beyond annoying now.
I will say though, does Stan Lee need to be in every single Marvel film? I get it, you are Mr. Marvel and it was cute to begin with, but your appearance in every damn film is getting beyond annoying now.