Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is another one of Marvel's examples that they can pull off a genuinely well done film if they hire the right people for the work. In my opinion, it does not quite reach the quality of the first but still a highly worthy sequel.
One thing I have to say first is, wow this film made a lot of memes. I'm surprised more memes came from this film than any other MCU film.
As always, there's amazing to see action scenes of a MCU film. However, instead of just people shooting at each other, the action scenes rather take a more creative approach with a bit of humor mashed into it which works for me. They decided to make Yondu's arrow really overpowered which makes for some hilarious moments.
All of the characters actually changed a lot personality wise from it's predecessor. Rocket's character is far more comedic this time. Although I liked his angry approach more in the first, I still have no problems with the new Rocket as some comedic scenes with him are really funny. Groot is still a legend but I did not like Drax. I liked his redemption in the previous but he is just so unfunny. That one PP joke with him literally got me yelling at him. Speaking of which, the film is mostly funny but some of the jokes really miss
This film continues the tradition by having a mysterious opening and revealing it later. Which made for an amazing 1st and 3rd acts. But you still have to fill the gap that is the 2nd act, and this is where the film falters on.
In the 2nd act, I just mainly have problems with certain characters. The yellow people were ok... Gamora's character is still mediocre but the 2 people I strongly disliked were the father and the son. Quill is literally just yelling half the time. I don't know what happened to the sweet, understanding Quill from the first but I wish he wasn't so pissed the entire film. His father does not fair well either. He had no charm, characterization which makes for a really lame twist villain. Nebula and Yondu's twists were far more interesting than the main twist simply because both of them had characterization and deep moments.
Overall Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is still a satisfying film due to it's own distinct charm and humor. But certainly has problems the first didn't really have
Rating: 8.4/10.
One thing I have to say first is, wow this film made a lot of memes. I'm surprised more memes came from this film than any other MCU film.
As always, there's amazing to see action scenes of a MCU film. However, instead of just people shooting at each other, the action scenes rather take a more creative approach with a bit of humor mashed into it which works for me. They decided to make Yondu's arrow really overpowered which makes for some hilarious moments.
All of the characters actually changed a lot personality wise from it's predecessor. Rocket's character is far more comedic this time. Although I liked his angry approach more in the first, I still have no problems with the new Rocket as some comedic scenes with him are really funny. Groot is still a legend but I did not like Drax. I liked his redemption in the previous but he is just so unfunny. That one PP joke with him literally got me yelling at him. Speaking of which, the film is mostly funny but some of the jokes really miss
This film continues the tradition by having a mysterious opening and revealing it later. Which made for an amazing 1st and 3rd acts. But you still have to fill the gap that is the 2nd act, and this is where the film falters on.
In the 2nd act, I just mainly have problems with certain characters. The yellow people were ok... Gamora's character is still mediocre but the 2 people I strongly disliked were the father and the son. Quill is literally just yelling half the time. I don't know what happened to the sweet, understanding Quill from the first but I wish he wasn't so pissed the entire film. His father does not fair well either. He had no charm, characterization which makes for a really lame twist villain. Nebula and Yondu's twists were far more interesting than the main twist simply because both of them had characterization and deep moments.
Overall Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is still a satisfying film due to it's own distinct charm and humor. But certainly has problems the first didn't really have
Rating: 8.4/10.