This second part of Guardians of the Galaxy is more powerful, with more adventure and humor, which is what I liked most about the first film. As one of his characters comments, there are two types of people in the world: those who dance and those who don't. At no time is a value judgment made on this detail, but it exemplifies quite well the position that any spectator can have before this new installment of "Guardians of the Galaxy". A matter as simple as communing with his gloriously idiotic sense of spectacle, absurd humor and teenage irreverence, or not.
The director's free hand allows him to elaborate an ambitious expansion of the world of his guardians and enter his personal mythology without barriers. So much so that, compared to the truceless show of the first approach, a second part, in a way, atypical, results. His first act is a summary of everything we liked about the previous movie. From his tremendous credit scene, which gives exactly what the previous epilogue offered, the space flight sequence, or that segment with Rocket imitating John Rambo / predator.
Things get somewhat uphill in their demanding second act. Lack of control and exposure scenes follow each other without action interludes from the most compensated actors. In return, the dialogues are excellent and the investment of time manages to develop each personal arc with care and that has its reward at the end, but the rhythm is not as Apollonian as you might expect.
Obviously, the entire valley is strategically located, preparing for a climax bomb in which the open lines take shape. The director releases the rest with an explosion of blast wave color use. A visual delirium that skips between the appalling and the sublime, but that is always saved thanks to its characters. Perhaps exaggerating the weight of the sentimental, the traumas and problems of each of them unite in the line of fireworks in an indissoluble way, always with the excess as a flag.
In effect, the term space opera takes on a new meaning when everything ends at maximum volume, and any song that accompanies the epic image seems calculated, giving the whole new dimension. Everything to end in the epic, with the best power pop song ever. There are two types of people: those who dance and those who don't, those whose heart beats when they listen to Cheap Thrick and those who don't, those who wrinkle their noses with Baby Groot or Rocket's clicks and those who don't.
Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/283995-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2?language=en-US
Critic: AAA