{"id":6020,"date":"2017-05-10T07:28:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=6020"},"modified":"2017-05-10T07:28:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T15:28:29","slug":"review-guardians-galaxy-vol-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/review-guardians-galaxy-vol-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Ashton Newton\r\nEntertainment Editor<\/pre>\n
Marvel\u2019s \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d was a huge success in 2014. Featuring a cast of obscure characters that fans instantly fell in love with, \u201cGuardians\u201d expanded the Marvel Universe and laid the groundwork for many films to come. \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d is a fun film, like the original, but set on a much smaller scale.<\/p>\n
At the film\u2019s start, the team is established and stronger than ever before. Where the first film had to set up a team dynamic, this film just enforces it. The focus is put on strengthening the bonds between the characters, rather than simply making them tolerate each other.<\/p>\n
The movie has an expectation that viewers have already seen the original, allowing for them to jump straight into the action. There\u2019s no hand holding as the movie picks up speed, but the character interactions and some jokes would have had very little effect without having seen the original.<\/p>\n
That said, \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d fails to match the original’s huge scale. The stakes are lower, the villains are weaker and there\u2019s nothing that feels too risky in the film. The original movie expanded the Marvel Universe so much, with connections to other films and diverse locations, that the smaller scale in \u201cVol. 2\u201d feels off-putting and takes away from the movie.<\/p>\n
Marvel is criticized for having overpowered heroes and forgettable villains, but Marvel toys with this concept in new and exciting ways in this film. \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d feels very different from other Marvel movies throughout based on its setup and dynamics.<\/p>\n
The character interactions are definitely the highlight of the movie. The Guardians are each so unique and their actors have found their groove in such a way that the characters are both hilarious and sympathetic throughout. The newcomers, Yondu, Mantis and Nebula, offer even further depth and more laughs to the team.<\/p>\n
Interactions between Starlord and Rocket Raccoon, as well as those between Drax and Mantis, stand out the most in the film. These characters were great foils of each other and added to the overall quality.<\/p>\n
Just like the original, \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d is a fun and hilarious film. Even on a much smaller scale, the sequel offers some fantastic moments of character interaction and humor. It\u2019s not the best or most memorable Marvel film, but that doesn\u2019t stop it from being some great fun.<\/p>\n
Contact the author at journalentertainment@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By: Ashton Newton Entertainment Editor Marvel\u2019s \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d was a huge success in 2014. Featuring a cast of obscure characters that fans instantly fell in love with, \u201cGuardians\u201d expanded the Marvel Universe and laid the groundwork for many films to come. \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d is a fun film, like the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":937,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/937"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}