GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Netting Mixed Reviews
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 1:35 am
Look close and most of the reviews are mixed -- but you'd never know it from the almighty Tomato Meter, where mixed reviews are counted as positives just the same. 87% fresh -- but it ain't as good as the first one, as almost any review points out.
Hollywood Reporter:
Time:
The Verge:
Here's Owen Gleiberman at Variety:
Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review ... iew-996282Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 plays like a second ride on a roller-coaster that was a real kick the first time around but feels very been-there/done-that now.
Time:
http://time.com/4752663/guardians-of-th ... -2-review/Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 comes at us grinning from ear-to-ear for nearly two and a half hours. It's high on its own supply.
The Verge:
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/24/15394 ... att-marvelCompared to its predecessor, Guardians 2 has a hollow emotional core, and the plotting feels clumsy. This movie doesn't have any real purpose, even as a bridge to other chapters in the Marvel story.
Here's Owen Gleiberman at Variety:
http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/gu ... 202032231/this time you can sense just how hard the series’ wizard of a director, James Gunn (now taking off from a script he wrote solo), is working to entertain you. Maybe a little too hard. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” is an adventure worth taking, and the number of moviegoers around the planet who will want to take it should prove awe-inspiring. But it doesn’t so much deepen the first “Guardians” as offer a more strenuous dose of fun to achieve a lesser high.