Review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) by Zhuwangp — 05 May 2017

I AM GROOT!!!

O ya, this is exactly you get. Cute baby Groot and actions, why not!!!!

So the story took place only a couple of months after first movie. It continues the team's adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage. Literally 60% of the movie is about Peter’s heritage. At this time I want to say Kurt Russel is absolutely amazing in the movie. He is extremely likable, very light-hearted and funny. You believe everything he says. The same can be said for Michael Rooker, who played Yondu, he felt more human in this movie rather than being a dick like the last movie. Everyone else were… good. No one is bad and everyone played their part well.

However, the biggest problem with this movie is the writing. At one points all the characters are separated and at one stage the movie seemed to lack direction. It felt like they had a lot of subplots and most of them are going nowhere. They tried to give every character a reason to root them for, which we do, but it is more set up from the previous movie. The only arc I really liked was between Drax and Mantis, because it is more natural (by that I mean the writer tried least hard to make characters interesting). It proves that sometimes less is more. Also I found the joke is way too much. Literally every minute there is a joke. The problem is not the joke itself. Most of them are really smart and funny. The problem is that I feel like sometimes it got in the way of the plot development. There should be some serious moments in between. O and they used the cute factor of baby Groot, way way too much.

But on the plus side, the cinematography is absolutely amazing. It is the most beautiful of all the MCU movies. Watching it in IMAX is an absolute pleasure, I imagine if you watch it on D-BOX…. It will be an experience you cannot forget. I love the design of the planets and the aliens. They are more unique than the first movie, even better than the ones in Star Wars and Star Trek. Set designs are gorgeous. Fight scenes were one of the best I have seen in any movie, in terms of space battel that it. In short, very eye candy and there is nothing wrong with it.

All the bad things I said about writing is saved with the ending. One of the best ending for any MCU movies. It is so great that made me tear up, not kidding. It tied up all the subplots and made me realized that, yes they are going somewhere (what I meant is that, it saved the movie from the mistake of Age of Ultron). When the “Father and Son” by Cat Stevens started…. O man….. (The mixtapes also not only great, but played an important part in the plot). In the end, Guardians 2 may be as good as one, but it doesn’t matter: all the hearts and fun are there and if it is a bit messy, so what. I enjoyed it.

O and stay behind for the post-credit scenes, there are five of them.