Ivan Drago
Do Not Want
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I actually thought Pratt struggled with the dramatic beats in GOTG2. Felt pretty flat to me.
*shrug* I stand by my opinion. They were by far the weakest performances of the film, if not the entire MCU. We'll just have to agree to disagree.Yeah, that I don't agree with at all. I agree that Gamora, Nebula, and Quill didn't have quite as much material to work with, but at no point did they feel as empty as some of the Dark World performances, or as half realized as some of the IM2 characters.
*shrug* I stand by my opinion. They were by far the weakest performances of the film, if not the entire MCU. We'll just have to agree to disagree.
*shrug* I stand by my opinion. They were by far the weakest performances of the film, if not the entire MCU. We'll just have to agree to disagree.
One major criticism is if they are going to talk about Gamora and Nebula fighting each other as kids, why not show it instead via flashbacks. At least one wouldn't have been too difficult.
7/10 for me.
Saw it this morning. While I enjoyed it, it had a ton of problems, many of which that continued on from the first film. First and foremost is that there are just so many moments of wooden/awkward performances from the cast. I don't know if it's the actors, direction, or writing, or a mix of the three, but there were just so many moments that were unintentionally cringeworthy.
I also think they tried everything way too hard: forcing dancing sequences (the opening wasn't funny and got old quickly), try-too-hard jokes (so many fell flat at my theater I found myself giving sympathy chuckles), all the clumsy foreshadowing made me know exactly what was going to happen; and most importantly, hitting us over the head by making every single character interaction some soul-bearing "look at how deep we really are, now cry!" moments. You can accomplish what you need to accomplish with the characters without making it so frequent and on the nose. It just got old and made later scenes feel less earned or even adequately resolved.
That's most of the major complaints. I did enjoy stuff as well. I liked Mantis, Yondu, and Ego (I was really pleased/impressed with how they handled everything about him). I dug all the cameos (Stan!!!!), and appreciated that they tried to make a "smaller" more character-driven sequel (even if I think they largely stumbled with it). And of course, I loved the art direction.
Overall, I would never call it a bad movie. It swung for the fences, which I can't complain about, but in doing so, it got more strikes than it needed to or should have.
Finally got around seeing this, I enjoyed it. I think it's a perfect representation of just a 'good' movie. It was solid, that's all, nothing to run home about. Be a good movie to pop in when hanging out with people as background noise.
Finally watched it. A solid 8. I enjoyed it for the most part, but some jokes should have been kept on the cutting room floor. Ending was great, made me actually tear up.