cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1738775

Hilarious and action-filled!

Finally managed to watch this movie, and the wait was worth it!

The music is impeccable (as usual), and the comedy is on point. The action is great as well, with tons of thrilling sequences with interesting character designs and well choreographed fights. The environments were also fantastic, with disgusting, slimy scenes everywhere, which really drove home the whole idea of “perfecting” the world being a complete sham.

The plot doesn’t leave anything to be desired either. It’s interesting and thrilling. The main villain does a fantastic job of being hateable! I thought it was great acting by Chukwudi Iwuji, really outstanding job.

The only thing I didn’t like too much was the very notable lack of stakes. Well, obviously there were stakes, but I never got the feeling they could actually fail to get the job done. I never thought that they might actually lose, for once. On one hand, that kinda sucks, on the other hand, it’s a comedy-action movie that has great comedy and action. I don’t think the lack of tension is a big deal.

What do you think?

Rating: 4/5

Arr 🏴‍☠️!

  • Che BananaEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Nothing will take me back to the day I took my son to Cinerama in Seattle to watch the original and be totally blown away.

    There were moments in this where you could check out and go for popcorn, but it was a good movie regardless. (spoilers below)

    I loved the fact you didn’t know (spoilers) if Rocket was going to live or if he was going to die - i usually turn off all avenues of information before going to see a film.

    The bad guys were really despicable, the corporate “organic” headquarters was really good visually, very visceral.

    i liked it, and it was a good transition tonwhat they could put out next…just like the comics

    • gon@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve never read the comics, but I’m considering getting into it after this!!