Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

 

Hi All,

This is a repost from my old blog The Conist: http://theconist.blogspot.com/2017/05/guardians-of-galaxy-vol-2.html .

May 08, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Directed by James Gunn

I was very excited when the previews first came out for the film, but after seeing it, I’m not sure where I stand. It did indeed have great moments, like baby Groot with a death button… but we had already seen that in the previews. The movie opens with a great dance that has Groot dancing around, but it seemed very drawn out and much longer than it needed to be. The film was good in that it answered a lot of questions that fans had after the first one. Then there was the music. There are certain songs that were used in the first film that whenever I hear them now the scene from the movie jumps into my head. Not with this one. The music they had in this film was lack luster and many times didn’t really go with the scenes. It was very disappointing since I think the music really made the first movie strong. Whoever pick it for this one really didn’t do a good job. I can only hope they get someone new to do that for the next movie. Overall, this movie was just eh. If you’re a Marvel fan I would tell you to see it if nothing else for the information that they give us. Also instead of just having one scene during the credits there were several little ones. Let’s see what “Adam” will bring in the next film. 7/10

09/6/21 Update: Looking back on this and then my recent review of the second Suicide Squad makes me really think about what kind of director James Gunn really is. The movies he makes seems to be a hit or miss with no real consistency. I'm wondering why production studios trust him...I know I wouldn't. When it comes to directors he's still on the younger side I think he has a lot of learning that he needs to do, but I'm not sure that he should be trusted with major pictures until he improves his skills and story telling ability. 

The Previews:

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: The graphics alone for this movie make me want to see it. This movie is based off of a French comic and it will be interesting to see the story adapted to the big screen.

Thor: Ragnarok: All the different creatures for this movie look amazing. You can tell the creature designers worked overtime on this one. Very excited, but I hope they cover how the characters get into the positions that were shown in the preview.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A total tease and really doesn’t show much….