Guardians of the Galaxy The Official Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Rotten Tomatoes/Critic Reaction Thread

[Webfoot Hero]

My thoughts exactly. The first one took people by surprise with its humor and style (like use of classic rock), but that novelty is over. That said, my personal opinion is that the plot/story for Volume One was indeed little stronger, but the difference in the RT fresh rating should only be by a few percent, not ten. Too many critics just have "sticks up their butts" I guess.

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"Who put the sticks up their butts?"

 

[GeckoMoria]

The same thing will probably happen to deadpool 2 as well. Movies that are so fresh and bizarre are hevily praised oon thier novelty. of course that wears off in the sequel. It's still a very good RT score with a good percentage score

 

[StormC]

"Who put the sticks up their butts?"

GOTG2 would have gotten 90+% on RT if it had Kevin Bacon in it.

 

[Fist of Khonshu]

GOTG2 would have gotten 90+% on RT if it had Kevin Bacon in it.

True, but surely Stallone and Hasselhof should have done that?

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[hafizbat]

I've held the opinion that the actual score diminishes in importance after a certain threshold. Above 75-80%, you can expect that the movie doesn't have deal-breaking issues and is overall a well made movie. Above that point it really comes down to your personal taste and enjoyment. To get 85% and above requires some special effects like novelty or innovation or an Oscar contender curated to please film critics. Or just being undeniably excellent.

Vol.1 might have had a 5-10% boost from the novelty while Vol.2 might have had a 5-10% penalty for the opposite reason.

In any case, Vol.2's RT score definitely should not put it out of consideration as one of Marvel's best, because imo it was the perfect follow up. Definitely deserves to be in the top tier with IM1, TA, TWS, GOTG, and CW. Dr. Strange and IM3 could make a case too.

 

[Timebomb]

At 82% which is great but from all the feedback I'm seeing and the reactions being posted everywhere some of those rotten seem ill deserved.

 

[TheVileOne]

I agree Vol. 2 is one of Marvel's better efforts, especially for a sequel. The emotions the movie depicted were legit, and the character arcs were very fulfilling and satisfying. I enjoyed all the personal stakes and character moments. And I think it also uplifted other moments from the first movie as well.

I think maybe as an overall movie, the first is better just for it's novelty and how well it treated such an obscure group of characters and made them so well. But to me this wasn't like a case of Batman going to Batman Returns. I think the story went to a place it needed to. It was a natural place after the events of the first movie and what was set up regarding Peter Quill's father.

I think the score shows that this was still a well received and overall good movie. I can kind of see what the more negative reviews mean even though I don't agree with them. But again, this wasn't like a Dawn of Justice situation. This is another win. I would just say accept it and move on.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

I agree Vol. 2 is one of Marvel's better efforts, especially for a sequel. The emotions the movie depicted were legit, and the character arcs were very fulfilling and satisfying. I enjoyed all the personal stakes and character moments. And I think it also uplifted other moments from the first movie as well.

I think maybe as an overall movie, the first is better just for it's novelty and how well it treated such an obscure group of characters and made them so well. But to me this wasn't like a case of Batman going to Batman Returns. I think the story went to a place it needed to. It was a natural place after the events of the first movie and what was set up regarding Peter Quill's father.

I think the score shows that this was still a well received and overall good movie. I can kind of see what the more negative reviews mean even though I don't agree with them. But again, this wasn't like a Dawn of Justice situation. This is another win. I would just say accept it and move on.

I can see what some of the negative reviews were saying but some of them made those issues overblown, especially on the film being overly long or being confusingly edited/structured. I do agree about the comedy not hitting on all cylinders, poor/uninteresting villains in the Sovereign, and Gunn not making it clear that the movie takes place only a short time after Vol. 1.

 

[Curmudgeon]

I'm not going to lose sleep over this not having as high a score as the first one. Obviously ending up in the low eighties is still really good. I just think it warrants being in the same ballpark score-wise as vol. 1.

 

[InCali]

"Who put the sticks up their butts?"

I don't know, but they really shouldn't be allowed to do that. It just doesn't seem polite or fair.

It's not going anywhere up or down at this point. Almost all of the reviews are in. This IMO was a very, very good followup and Gunn more than did his job. The natural comparisons to the first probably hurt the RT scoring and, as someone mentioned in the speculation thread, the same will probably happen to Deadpool 2. Just do as good a job on that followup and I'll be a happy camper.

Fan reaction is very solid almost across the board. 90% like it and give it a 4.3/5 rating. ALL these numbers are very good (including the critics scores).

 

[InCali]

I'm not going to lose sleep over this not having as high a score as the first one. Obviously ending up in the low eighties is still really good. I just think it warrants being in the same ballpark score-wise as vol. 1.

Agreed. I liked the fact that there was more character development and you got to see what their motivation were.

 

[InCali]

I can see what some of the negative reviews were saying but some of them made those issues overblown, especially on the film being overly long or being confusingly edited/structured. I do agree about the comedy not hitting on all cylinders, poor/uninteresting villains in the Sovereign, and Gunn not making it clear that the movie takes place only a short time after Vol. 1.

Oh for god's sake. Does he have to spell everything out for people in the most minute detail? Maybe he should have handed out coloring books that were already outlined with the right color. This was a VERY easy movie to follow and blew by. Too long? Give me a break. If he HAD gone into more detail, people would have just whined more about how it should have been shorter. I'm fine with a long movie if it's entertaining.

I saw Silence, and while good, I found it excruciating to get through (most likely the subject matter which I find very hard to deal with). Appreciate a good movie and let it go. You'll have more fun.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

This is one of the few times I disagree with the collective critic opinion.

This movie deserves to get a 90% imo.

 

[InCali]

This is one of the few times I disagree with the collective critic opinion.

This movie deserves to get a 90% imo.

One soda Ike was the one who decided how much to pay the critics.

 

[jr24tw]

Why is the RT score important at all? It's not like it represents reality. All they take into consideration are reviews by critics that are written in English. That frankly tells me nothing. Take all the critics ranking in every country a movie plays and then put out a score. RT is too pick and chose and limited.

 

[Ivan Drago]

Why is the RT score important at all? It's not like it represents reality. All they take into consideration are reviews by critics that are written in English. That frankly tells me nothing. Take all the critics ranking in every country a movie plays and then put out a score. RT is too pick and chose and limited.

That's not true. A lot of Spanish reviews also get submitted.

 

[iEquinox]

Why is the RT score important at all? It's not like it represents reality. All they take into consideration are reviews by critics that are written in English. That frankly tells me nothing. Take all the critics ranking in every country a movie plays and then put out a score. RT is too pick and chose and limited.

This is not true, there are reviews in other languages, that get translated for RT. Not that it really matters what language a reviewer speaks anyways.

This is one of the few times I disagree with the collective critic opinion.

This movie deserves to get a 90% imo.

It seems like you're not the only one. GotG2 currently has a 90% audience score on RT. The only MCU movies that have gotten 90%+ audience scores on RT so far are Iron Man, The Avengers, CA: TWS and GotG, which are generally seen as the top 5 MCU movies with Civil War, which scored 89%. Thor: TDW is the only MCU movie with a bigger difference between audience score and the critic score on RT. The WOM also seems to be on par with the first GotG.

 

[InCali]

Why is the RT score important at all? It's not like it represents reality. All they take into consideration are reviews by critics that are written in English. That frankly tells me nothing. Take all the critics ranking in every country a movie plays and then put out a score. RT is too pick and chose and limited.

It's not really that important to me personally. I look at it as sort of a game. It's like watching some sort of sporting event. I remember watching TDK BO numbers and wanted it to keep going and going. I'm just sort of fascinated by outliers.

 

[InCali]

Also, speaking of things that aren't that important , RT made a mistake when they reported 82% with 205 fresh out of 252. That's really about 81.3 or thereabouts. It looks like they fixed it.

 

[TheVileOne]

This is one of the few times I disagree with the collective critic opinion.

This movie deserves to get a 90% imo.

I mean no disrespect to Ant-Man, but Ant-Man's a much weaker movie and has a similar score. But you have to remember the Rotten Tomatoes grade can sometimes be misleading. And not all fresh or rotten reviews are created equal.

 

[Iceman]

This is one of the few times I disagree with the collective critic opinion.

This movie deserves to get a 90% imo.

I don't call that a disagreement. You agree with the 81% who gave it a positive, ie the majority of RT critics.

 

[Iceman]

Also, speaking of things that aren't that important , RT made a mistake when they reported 82% with 205 fresh out of 252. That's really about 81.3 or thereabouts. It looks like they fixed it.

I think sometimes the percentage and number of reviews don't always update at the same time. Either that or a dumbass is manually updating it lol.

 

[Vartha]

Why is the RT score important at all? It's not like it represents reality. All they take into consideration are reviews by critics that are written in English. That frankly tells me nothing. Take all the critics ranking in every country a movie plays and then put out a score. RT is too pick and chose and limited.

heh the only score I care about is the MUSICAL Score Still looking for an actual soundtrack, there's more music than the Awesome mix 2 tape

 

[Raiden]

This is one of the few times I disagree with the collective critic opinion.

This movie deserves to get a 90% imo.

Yeah, I just saw this movie today and I don't get why it only has 82% RT score. It has more character developments, more excitement, and the ending really hit you where the feel is. It cannot replicate the fresh feeling from the first movie, but it packs more emotions and it is an outstanding sequel.

 

[Curmudgeon]

The score is also a little baffling because this movie delivered in areas (cinematography, villain, etc.) that people usually count as negatives of the MCU. I'm surprised it didn't get more credit for these things.