Review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) by Steviegjd — 04 May 2017
It is not even close to as good as the first movie. If your only gauge of movie quality is special effects then you would like this one better. But what made the first movie great exists only sporadically in this sequel.
The interaction of the Guardians and their banter was the heart of the first movie and there isn't as much of it here, largely because for a big chunk of the film, the group is not together. There are two plot lines about family that are pretty corny and both involve lots of effects.
The movie is too long at over 2 hours. There are new and different bad guys to deal with, one which you learn about in depth, one group you know very little about and thus far, are not that interesting.
You get a nice cameo from Sylvester Stallone that looks like it could end up in a spin off movie at the end. Things end abruptly on a high note that is a little too contrived. But there are good things too.
Quill and Gamora's relationship develops. A returning character gets to right a previous mistake. Quill finds out about his father and about who raised him like a son, the latter of which is quite touching.
Rocket continues to be an amusing jerk. Drax is amusingly unaware. Baby Groot is very cute in several scenes, including the beginning titles. Awesome Mixtape Vol. 2 contains a number of great songs, but not all.
Still it is cool to see 70s music be the main soundtrack. I truly loved the first GotG; I liked this one, I wanted to love it. It is very hard for lightening to strike twice in the same place. I would give this a 6 1/2 if I could, but my sentiments for the first one will bump it up to the 7.
This review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) was written by Steviegjd on 04 May 2017.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has generally received very positive reviews.
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