It's official. The long list of superhero movies that are to be screened in this season has begun with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (GoTG 2). No. Please don't say that The Lego Batman movie had hit the theatres earlier. For starters, I haven't seen it yet. No good fmovies print..! Second - Though the movie utilizes characters like Batman, Joker etc., it is still technically not a superhero film.
With this brief introduction, let's nosedive without much ado into the rollicking world of the Galaxians.
GoTG 2 has loads of funny moments as its predecessor even in the gravest of the plot points. But, that's the problem as well. It's like a double-edged sword. As we had seen elaborately the fresh, original and fit as a fiddle content in GoTG 1, the fights sequences with music playing in the background or Rocket's hatred for calling him a pet or raccoon seemed to be a bit repetitive. To give an example of it, home-truths are like a Bitter gourd. But, when it is packaged as tasty chips, it becomes acceptable and satisfactory to the person who hears the hard truths about themselves. What I wanted to say is that although the jokes revolving about Rocket were old as a dinosaur, the way in which they were presented was absolutely cracking. Take for example - calling Rocket as "Triangular-faced Monkey" or "Fox" or Drax's wicked humor in urging Mantis to pet Rocket was atrociously funny when being in the moment of the scenes.
Likewise, the second half was dragging like a Monday Morning meeting especially when the Star-Lord battles his biological father 'Ego'. It was so never-ending that you could have completely watched GoTG 1 during that time...! However, the entire movie is spectacularly colorful as the brightest butterfly - be it the Ego's planet when we are showed for the first time or the royal tribute that the Ravager's give Yondu at his funeral - GoTG 2 was dazzlingly saturated with loads of vibrant hues that were visually pleasing and appealing without being jutting out like a steel rod in a construction place.
GoTG 2 was as wacky as GoG 1 in its script and execution particularly the mind-blowing moments when Yondu's telekinetic red arrow whistled through space on his whistle to ensure that his crews meet their makers. No, not the director and producer of GoTG 2..! Forgiving my poor joke, that scene where his red arrow moved in and out through solid screens and about the place was simply too good to be true.
Also, Baby Groot was as adorable as Dory in 'Finding Dory'. So, many awwwwwwwwwww-inducing sequences that Baby Groot was extraordinarily cute and enchantingly endearing whenever he featured in the movie. During the post-credits, it was side-splitting when Quill says how Yondu must have felt when he was an adamant brat as an adolescent on seeing Groot grown to be a teenager.
The only major issue which I saw in GoTG 2 was not the repetitive recurrence of old humor in new package. But, the fact that most of the good scenes were already out in the open during the teasers and trailers. It creates a sense of heightened expectation for the audiences that the movie will offer us even more wonderfully and beautifully choreographed visual settings in the screenplay. But, when the movie fails to deliver the expectation that it has deliberately created during the teasers and trailers to attract the masses, it is then things go awry.
To put it in simple Marketing terms, Over Promise and Under Deliver. DO NOT EVER DO IT. It will widen the credibility gap between the fans and the filmmakers. There will not be any repeat takers for the film or a positive word-of-mouth from the viewers. If it had been like the Tamil film "Kabali" or DC's "Batman Vs Superman" where the creators insanely hyped the desires and anticipations of many fans across the world through their thumping trailers and punch dialogues but did not live up to that great expectation set by them during the actual screening that really left many of them in complete disappointment. GoTG 2 might have ended up following in their footsteps.
For instance, the scene where Mantis empaths on Quill and reveals his secret when they meet for the first time. That shouldn't have been shown when they were making the teasers or trailers. We should have seen it for the first time in the theatres. It would have been an astronomically laughter moment then and would have definitely left us wanting for more such hilarious settings in the course of the film. Instead, it was like "Yeah..I have seen it in the trailers. Nothing new. So, what?". Luckily, for GoTG 2, they had lots of other good and solid moments to compensate this best-of-the-best scenes in the movie.
The trailer should be in such a way that it should project the best sequences without explicitly and fully divulging out the complete details of the plot to anyone. It should be like...You have to show but not show it. It's like you get super-excited on seeing a pair of sharp cleavages of a woman's invaluable assets when she deliberately bends down. But, when you explore it to find out that it was utter waste of time, how do you feel?
On the contrary, how fantastic you feel when you discover to your satisfaction that the deliberate exposure was your hard-earned money's worth. That's exactly what I am talking about. Nowadays, the trailers shell out a lot of details than is necessary like Thor: Ragnarok. I am having my reservations, no! not in the theatre!, that the finished product might not exceed the trailer's set thirsting for this movie. I hope to be proved wrong by Thor's team. For that, we have to wait till November.
In the mean while, GoTG 2 has stolen the march, though it is still May, from the other superhero films like Wonder Woman, Justice League etc. by timing their release to impeccable perfection and execution to almost flawless best.
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