There’s no doubt that Guardians of the
Galaxy 2 is Director’s James Gunn
vision. You can say that it is undoubtedly the darkest marvel movie yet, and
the jokes as hilarious as ever, don’t do much to distract the viewer from
horrific scenes that contain outright mass murder, the heroes constantly
vocalizing their want to kill people, and Nebula and Gamora’s disturbing past
with Thanos. The plot is well rounded, and it answers a lot of questions that
we asked in the first movie, but it lacks its sense of adventure. It is however
as predictable as it gets, with the defeat the bad guy, save the universe and escape
an explosion plot that Marvel doesn’t seem to get rid of. With the presence of nearly
all Marvel characters in Infinity War, it doesn’t seem likely to explore Gamora’s
story more, even if it’s directly tied to Thanos. So, I feel a bit robbed that
we didn’t get to know her character more. There’s a massive downgrade in the
score, but it doesn’t affect the quality of the movie. It’s a fun film, but mediocre
at best. It does what it’s supposed to do, hype us for the upcoming Infinity
War.
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