The pants feel a bit tight after such a varied and filing meal that sets you up for another round. It just suffers a bit of a Thanksgiving effect. 2 absolutely soars and the movie as-a-whole succeeds for the most part. The heavy lifting of setting up the Guardians is done but, on the other hand, there's heavier lifting yet in following up such par excellence. The second finds Gunn, who returns as director as well, working solo. Though they pull from the comic books as source material to a large degree, James Gunn and Nicole Perlman's script for the first flick has a monumental task in setting up this interstellar world and, yet, brilliantly feels like a amusement park ride as it does exactly that. 2 is only 11 minutes longer than its predecessor, but it feels lengthier because of all of the padding caused by the numerous threads. Everybody's role gets beefed up, which beefs up the overall story. Casting played a key role in this, getting everything letter perfect down to Vin Diesel's different inflections for his character's only - though oft repeated - line, "I am Groot." Here, their camaraderie is on fine display again, as is that of the influx of newbies (Kurt Russell, Pom Klementieff, and Sylvester Stallone among them).
Returning players get fleshed out more, new players get added into the mix, and the dynamic between them all becomes the fulcrum.Ī huge gamble in that they weren't members of the Avengers or Spider-Man, the first Guardians thrived by spotlighting the largely unknown - yet fully formed - characters and their interaction with one another. What the movie gets more right than wrong is in furthering the Guardians' development as a family, showing that all familial units experience peaks and valleys. It's not confusing, mind you-just busy and overlong at the expense of the overall joyride. Not all of it melds together in the fantastic way of the first go-round, however, because more plotpoints equal sprawl. In regards to set pieces, comic situations, and screentime spent on each character, it's a case of more, more, more. Moviegoers are right to assume that the sequel abides by the laws of the Andrea True Connection. Guardians of the Galaxy ranks as one of the top comic book movies of all time, on par with Superman and The Dark Knight. 2 to surpass the out-and-out awesomeness of the original simply asks too much of a follow-up. In this PG-13-rated sci-fi actioner, the Guardians (Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, et al) must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage. Checking all of the obligatory sequel boxes as it unfurls, a super-sized second helping of Guardians of the Galaxy brings more action, gags, and story to the fray but lacks - albeit slightly - the taut fun abandon that made the first volume gel so well.
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