Run Time: 136 Minutes
Plot-"Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' continues the team's adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage".
Starring-Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Vin Diesel
My Thoughts
I was a fan of the original Guardians Of The Galaxy and eagerly awaited the second film in the series, that would hopefully expand on the guardians universe and the bonds between the team itself. I can say that overall I was let down by this film. What really bothered me was that this film tried to hard to be funny when it did not need to be and there were more than a few moments where I felt a scene was ruined by a slapstick moment or one of the characters saying something meant to be funny that wasn't. What i enjoyed about the first film was that the timing of the comedic elements was very good and it flowed well together, that wasn't the case for this film for the most part, I wont say it was completely off the mark, I did chuckle a few times as well and I do like that the guardians films are for the most part the light hearted franchise in the MCU (marvel cinematic universe) but i felt tit was overdone with the comedic stuff. Visually this was a beautiful film and the $200 million dollar budget was well spent, there were more than a few different worlds that were shown on screen and each one was done beautifully and it really added to the movie to see such beautiful backdrops throughout the film. The acting in this film was solid overall, Chris Pratt was is usual wise cracking, sarcastic self that we have known to expect and it works for this film, The rest of the main Guardians teams did a solid job and I had no major com,plaints from any of the performances. Two performances that did stand out to me for different reasons were Karen Gillan as Nebula and Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha. Nebula's character in this film really had an expended role as compared to the original and it was nice to see emotion from her especially in scenes with Zoe Saldana's character, the scenes with the two of them really stood out and I look forward to exploring the relationship between those two as more guardians movies come out. For Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesa her acting performance was solid but what really caught my eye was the design of her character, I applaud the visual effects and makeup team for an outstanding job, she really stood out in this role and was very eye catching. For me the villains in this film were lacking from a standpoint of making a connection to me of really wanting them to not be successful against the Guardians, when a movie does it right you really dislike the villains and pray for their downfall as you grow to loathe them more and more as the film goes on, that wasn't the case for m in this film, regardless of the different villains encountered in this film, I didn't really ever dislike them enough to want to see them defeated and for me that took away from the film. One of the best things I lied about this film was the character development of almost every major character, they all had a moments in the film where the audience had a chance to learn more about the past of a particular character and how it shaped them into the current version of themselves, I love a movie that does character development right and this film did a masterful job in that respect and i appreciated it. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film an 81% saying " Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's action-packed plot, dazzling visuals, and irreverent humor add up to a sequel that's almost as fun -- if not quite as thrillingly fresh -- as its predecessor". Overall I think the first film was a better movie overall, but that does not mean this was a bad film, it was good but not great, but I would recommend it to anyone who was a fan of the first film or is a fan of the MCU as a whole. P.S. there are five post credit scenes make sure you watch all of the end credits.
Rating
Good film, Not great, the original is a slightly better film in my opinion but this is worth seeing 7.5/10!!.
The second film to review is King Arthur:Legend Of The Sword.
Run Time:126 Minutes
Plot-"Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he likes it or not.".
Starring-Annabelle Wallis, Charlie Hunnam and Eline Powell
My Thoughts
I am sure most people are aware of the King Arthur story, as a lover of history myself, the king Arthur story always fascinated (aseptically the knights of the round table). When I heard news of this film I was anticipating it pretty heavily, then it was delayed last year until 2017, which I was disappointed about but it did not dampen my anticipation to see this film. Now having seen the film, if anyone asks me if I would recommend this film it would be a hard no, I wanted to like this movie and while viewing it I gave it every opportunity to impress me and that this could be a good movie, sadly that never happened, this was a bad film overall and it pains me to say that. The acting first off was sub par overall to say the least, Charlie Hunnam was actually a good King Arthur and I did like that he threw in a joke here and there to offset the mostly serious tone of the film (which i expected) and I will also mention that Eric Bana was good in his limited amount of screen time but he is always good in his roles no matter how much screen time he has. but other than those two the rest of the cast did not leave a positive impression on me, in particular Jude Law as Vortigern the main villain in this film. to me he came off as whiny and not menacing in any way shape or form, by the end of the film I thought to myself "This is the guy that Arthur has to get ride of?" he struck me as a spoiled brat who didn't get his juice bottle and that did not sit well with me. The budget for this film was a staggering $175 million and with a budget of that size I expect top notch visuals throughout the film, the practical effects were very good but the CG overall was poor, it was so easy to spot the CG in the fight screens in particular, it was syfy channel worthy at times with the wavy some things on the screen moved around and it took away from the film as a whole for me and added to the overall bad viewing experience. The story in this film dragged with heavy pacing issues this film was over 2 hours long and honestly this film could have been 100 minutes and it would have gotten the same story across, there were many times when a scene would be going and I would say to myself "why is this in here it didn't add anything to this film whatsoever" and this happened way too many times. The ending of this film was really a huge letdown, as expected we get a final fight between Arthur and Vortigern and to say it was anti climatic is a understatement this adds to the overall feeling of the main villain not being very tough and for me if the ending scene of a film is going to be a 1v1 fight it better be good, this fight was not. Rotten Tomaotes gave this film a 28% saying ": King Arthur: Legend of the Sword piles mounds of modern action flash on an age-old tale -- and wipes out much of what made it a classic story in the first place". I agree overall with this, the idea behind the film was a good idea but it was not properly executed in my opinion and the film suffered greatly, the ending does leave room for a sequel but unless major changes are made i would say not make it. I cannot recommend this film.
Rating
Disappointing in almost every aspect, overall bad acting, bad pacing,m, bad special effects, and ran too long. 6.4/10!!!
The third and final film to review for the month is Alien:Covenant
Run Time:123 Minutes
Plot-"Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world -- whose sole inhabitant is the "synthetic" David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition".
Starring-Michael Fassbender, Billy Crudup and Katherine Waterson
My Thoughts
Prometheus was one of my favorite films from 2012, I thoroughly enjoyed that film and eagerly awaited news of a sequel that would continue the story from that film. when news of a sequel was in the works, I was excited. when the title of the film changed from Prometheus 2 and was changed to Alien:Covenant I was very weary, My worry was that this film would be more alien centric than a proper sequel to Prometheus. Once I noticed in the casting that Micheal Fassbender and Noomi Rapace (my favorite character from the first film) were coming back. Now onto the film itself, to say this film was hugely disappointing would be a huge under statement. Nothing worked in this film for me. from the boring story to the cast of characters that left no impression with me to the cliched ending setting up another film in this franchise, nothing worked and this was so far the worst film I have seen this year (didst think i would be saying that about his film when I made up my watch list for this year. The pacing of this film is all off, it felt like the writers wanted the audience to make a connection with the large cast of characters we meet in this film, and that is fine and dandy if it is done right, that was not the case for this film. none of the new characters in this film had any real substance to them and if a movie like this is going to start off really slow and try to build a character driven connection first and foremost, this needs to be done the right way. my biggest problem with this pacing of this film is that it was overall boring, nothing really happens in the film until way past the 1 hour mark (the film is 2 hours and 23 minutes) couple that with the terrible characters and i struggled to stay awake until the action really got going. The acting wasn't great either, Micheal Fassbender was easily the standout performance of this movie, and I expected that but I was hoping that some of the cast would at least show up and have some good supporting roles but that was not the case for me. honestly the only good aspect of this film I enjoyed was the visuals and the kills. Visually this film was incredible the scope and scale was magnificent and I applauded the visual effects team, they did a great job in that regard, what was even more impressive was that this film didn't have the biggest of budget ($97 million) I have seen plenty of films with twice the budget where the visuals didn't look nearly as impressive. Anyone who is familiar with Alien films knows how brutal the kills can be and thankfully this film as no different, the kills were very brutal and I enjoyed that they kept true to the alien films of the past, Other than that I didn't like anything about this film, I was excited to see how they film would carry on the Prometheus story line and while we do find out hat happens to the Prometheus story line, for me I expected more and I felt letdown with how that part of the story played out. Rotten Tomaotes gave this film a 73% saying " Alien: Covenant delivers another satisfying round of close-quarters deep-space terror, even if it doesn't take the saga in any new directions". I disagree greatly with this, this film had so much potential to be great but it was honestly the worst film I have seen this year so far and that disappoints me greatly to say that. I cannot recommend this film unless you are a fan of the alien series and enjoy the kills or if you were a fan of Prometheus and want to see the ending of that story line, otherwise skip this.
Rating
So Much potential, nothing about this film was good other than the alien kills and the visuals. skip it 5.0/10!!
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