I can't believe the first S. S. has only 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, and this one is at 92%. If anything, David Ayer's first S. S. was much better written and directed.
Don't get me wrong, James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy franchise is one of my favorite super-hero films of all time, but it's the specific lead characters that made it work, especially the humor. Chris Pratt and Dave Bautista, to name a few, made me laugh and cheer them on, along with the awesome Rocket voiced by Bradley Cooper and Groot voiced by Vin Diesel. I've never laughed so hard and had so much fun in any other superhero film. But in this one, the humor and most of the cast trying to be funny, was cringeworthy.
Then in this one, Gunn decides to kill off the characters you want to route for right at the start, like Michael Rooker as Savant, and Nathan Fillion as T. D. K., and you're left with Polka Dot dude and John Cena, of whom was a horrible casting choice. I'm a huge fan of Cena, but in comedy, he just doesn't work. None of his jokes came across as funny, and the horrible costume they put him in didn't do him any justice. Sly as King Shark and the amazing Margot Robbie were the only true funny characters. The rest were pretty much clowns trying too hard to make you laugh, and convince you they are superheroes. Idris Elba and Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2 - although not meant to be funny, were the only others that were well cast and convincing in their roles. Of course Margot Robbie, as usual, stole the show.
Gunn's choice to write and direct this to try and be funny was a cringeworthy flop. What was with the cartoonish flowers and whatnot in that one scene with Harley Quinn? There was just too much infantile nonsense in his writing and directing. Oh, and don't get me started on the one-eyed pink and blue starfish and its babies smh. His story also had way too many plot and technical issues. Some scenes felt rushed, others never-ending, and some totally unnecessary.
To me, this was a huge disappointment from the successful and much better first one. If they're going to come out with another one, please go back to David Ayer writing and directing it. At least his story had better continuity and was more cohesive and entertaining, albeit not that much of a comedy, of which I'm just fine with that. I'd rather have zero laughs, than cringeworthy attempts at humor. It's a very generous 7/10 from me.
Don't get me wrong, James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy franchise is one of my favorite super-hero films of all time, but it's the specific lead characters that made it work, especially the humor. Chris Pratt and Dave Bautista, to name a few, made me laugh and cheer them on, along with the awesome Rocket voiced by Bradley Cooper and Groot voiced by Vin Diesel. I've never laughed so hard and had so much fun in any other superhero film. But in this one, the humor and most of the cast trying to be funny, was cringeworthy.
Then in this one, Gunn decides to kill off the characters you want to route for right at the start, like Michael Rooker as Savant, and Nathan Fillion as T. D. K., and you're left with Polka Dot dude and John Cena, of whom was a horrible casting choice. I'm a huge fan of Cena, but in comedy, he just doesn't work. None of his jokes came across as funny, and the horrible costume they put him in didn't do him any justice. Sly as King Shark and the amazing Margot Robbie were the only true funny characters. The rest were pretty much clowns trying too hard to make you laugh, and convince you they are superheroes. Idris Elba and Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2 - although not meant to be funny, were the only others that were well cast and convincing in their roles. Of course Margot Robbie, as usual, stole the show.
Gunn's choice to write and direct this to try and be funny was a cringeworthy flop. What was with the cartoonish flowers and whatnot in that one scene with Harley Quinn? There was just too much infantile nonsense in his writing and directing. Oh, and don't get me started on the one-eyed pink and blue starfish and its babies smh. His story also had way too many plot and technical issues. Some scenes felt rushed, others never-ending, and some totally unnecessary.
To me, this was a huge disappointment from the successful and much better first one. If they're going to come out with another one, please go back to David Ayer writing and directing it. At least his story had better continuity and was more cohesive and entertaining, albeit not that much of a comedy, of which I'm just fine with that. I'd rather have zero laughs, than cringeworthy attempts at humor. It's a very generous 7/10 from me.