| mZuzek said: ^ that's the review I wrote back when I had last watched the movie in January. Of course, I teased back then about how I'd keep it under wraps and post it here when it was the right time, but no one's gonna remember that. As for today's experience... Ugh, I'm done here. It's 5 AM... I always knew this wasn't the right day to watch my favorite movie, and I was right, but I don't regret it because there was genuinely no better day over the next week or so and I need to catch up fast. I'm not in much of a Guardians mood at the moment - as in, GotG isn't everything in the life -, and that's a cycle I've already been through with the first movie. I understand it and I'm fine with it, because I know watching the movie during this period isn't very cool... let alone having a responsibility to do so. I don't think I'll ever come away from a "forced" Guardians viewing satisfied, it's happened quite a number of times with Vol. 1 and now Vol. 2 too, and not once did I not feel bad about it. Anyway, it isn't because of this that my score would budge, of course - it'd be unfair to judge any movie solely on how it stands up on the 20th viewing anyway. I'm happy with how that review turned out, especially the last paragraph. It really does apply to nearly everyone who didn't enjoy this movie too much. I read Doc's review now (I really couldn't get past the "more of the same" thing earlier), and it's exactly as I said - talks about how the movie wants to be too much like the original, then complains about a lot of things the movie did differently. It's a classic, really... I've really learned to deal with it over the last year. Expectations suck, guys. Always remember that. I'm off, need some sleep here. (expecting plenty of *very big sigh* replies) |
I put the part about the comparison in the first paragraph and you clearly missed where I said I wanted to get that out the way and then spoke about the flaws of this film. Just like I have with every film in this rewatch. So you can “very big sigh” all you want. I marked this film one point under the other. At the end of the day, this film is not as good as the first in my opinion. Pulling out one sentence from a long review to justify your worldview is nice. But my review actually doesn’t match any one of your criticisms about how “it’s exactly like I said”. I never once said “too many jokes” or “no plot”. I never even talked about expectations. In fact your review is more about your reaction to other’s reactions than about the actual film so evidence to the contrary, I don’t think you “learned to deal with it”. But hey, you do you, boo. The rewatch is about differing opinions and how we react to films. Our differences are what enhance the experience. An echo chamber is boring. 😉
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