Much more emotionally engaging throughout
than the first film.
Also this film is much more brutal
than the first film, since we get much more decapitations, impalements, arrows going through heads, its so violently entertaining to watch, even if it is annoying to me on how perfect (and very CG) Legolas is during the whole Orc battle.
Even if it may feel a bit overlong, this fantastic sequel is perhaps even more thrilling
than the first film, this time investing more in the action and first - rate special effects with a bigger budget to create something epic - and it is always awesome to see Schwarzenegger as the big hero.
Overall, the reviews are coming out positive (though no one can seem to agree if it's better
than the first film or not), but the one thing everybody agrees on is the post-credits scene, which is supposdly an all - timer.
It's a bit of a disappointment in terms of overall interest level, but if you need more closure to the story
than the first film provided, it does tie up some of the important loose ends, not the least of which is the fate of Ming and his adjustment to his life of being a cop on the side of good.
The action is amped up and the visual effects are much better
than the first film, plus it co-stars Nathan Fillion which is always great.
Even more
than the first film, «Deadpool 2» mocks itself and its genre while flaunting a taste for the grotesque.
The film is much darker in color and tone compared to «An Unexpected Journey» but I think that the 1080p transfer really looks even better
than the first film.
Sure, the action in this movie is arguably better
than the first film (partly because we actually get to see the climactic battle rather than just hear about it in the background), but is it possible to have too much of a good thing?
I was surprised though that the sequel is quite better
than the first film.
The production values were much better
than the first film but other than that I was disappointed.
Though less surprising
than the first film, «Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
That makes this film even more dramatic and intense throughout
than the first film.
«22 Jump Street» will likely be more successful
than the first film, but an R - rated comedy just has no chance against a high quality family - friendly animated film.
Deadpool 2 is far more ambitious
than the first film, elevating the action, humor and overall scope for an even more fun experience in the sequel.
Here We Go Again is going to go again and be even better
than the first film.
Luckily, after all that flip - flopping of thumbs, I can say that Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead is eve more fun
than the first film and is 100 % without question a thumbs up.
«The Two Towers» will possibly be more popular
than the first film, more of an audience - pleaser, but hasn't Jackson lost the original purpose of the story somewhere along the way?
The film is at its best pre-interval, when director Mohit Suri stages some creepy sequences free of the burden of exposition; when he and writer Shagutta Ratique have to deliver some explanations in the second half, the decent performances by Ranaut and Hashmi are crushed under the weight of overly contrived plotting and some distractingly lackluster (if still better
than the first film's) effects work.
Thirty - five years later and the sequel is more perfect (it's possible)
than the first film.
As I mentioned in the intro, Full Throttle is a bit more coherent
than the first film, and unlike its predecessor, they actually construct each scene as part of the overall plot, even if it is sometimes tangential.
In fact, Deadpool 2 is so much more a complete vision of a Deadpool movie that the first film retroactively feels somewhat lesser in comparison, like a proof of concept experiment (with little confidence behind it) or extended test footage reel... Ultimately, it pays off with a Deadpool sequel that is bigger and better
than the first film.
With all kinds of news surrounding Deadpool 2 over the past 2 weeks, it was no surprise that a trailer would come today — the a couple of days after FOX released a story saying that the sequel tested better
than the first film.
It's funnier, darker, better acted, and more technically proficient
than the first film, and the plot is far more unique and intriguing.
When it comes to The Desolation of Smaug however, a film that audiences seem to agree is better paced
than the first film, I'm slightly disappointed.
I'm really unsure whether or not people will feel that this sequel is better or worse
than the first film, but I'm scoring it less for the simple reason of tedium induced by the combined ill - spirited momentum of both films.
Thoughts from editor Peter Sciretta: «Spirit of Vengeance is better
than the first film, and the character design is drastically improved.
But Slash Film's Peter Sciretta had a few misgivings, writing: «Avengers: Age Of Ultron is bigger, more complex, darker, more action - packed
than the first film, but ultimately not as much fun.»
The action sequences are much better
than the first film, generally, and the special effects are so - so.
With its cult - like following flocking to theaters in its opening weekend, Pitch Perfect 2 managed to rake in more money
than its first film made in its entire theatrical run.
It's bigger, badder and bloodier
than the first film, with action that puts American blockbusters to shame.
I thought that The Desolation of Smaug was a vast improvement over An Unexpected Journey by pushing the series along in the right direction as it felt closer in tone and feel to The Lord of the Rings
than the first film did.
But it does work better
than the first film and the mystery surrounding Moriarty works far better than the occult nonsense we got in Sherlock Holmes.
Although the film had a bigger opening weekend ($ 91,608,337)
than the first film in this reboot ($ 62,004,688) is has underperformed in comparison to the original making $ 202,853,933 domestically.
Not exact matches
The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the
first PotC
films grossed more
than $ 1 billion apiece).
On their
first film together, Verdi says Kraft was the hardest - working person on set, with the vision of a natural - born entrepreneur, always thinking further into the future
than everyone else around him.
Before creating the
first Stars Wars movie in the 1970's, George Lucas planned for at least six
films and started at episode four, rather
than episode one.
It's closer to an immersive
film than a fully interactive simulation, but as Fortune reported when we
first checked in on StriVR in 2015, research shows that seeing real humans in action helps the brain refine its timing and stay focused.
The
film, about the
first caveman family, performed better
than the release of «How to Train Your Dragon» back in March 2010.
I spent the
first 13 years of my professional life doing what was more akin to art
than to business: commissioning, writing, directing, producing radio, television,
films, and music.
While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more
than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing
film, which features Marvel's
first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the
first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.
Sony is already prepping a sequel, which would be the
first in Washington's more
than 30 - year
film career.
Saudi Arabia publicly screened its
first movie in more
than 30 years over the weekend, but moviegoers were subjected to one of 2017's worst
films.
Peretti
first points to a company that started more
than 100 years ago, Paramount Pictures, which owned a
film production studio, its own cast of talent, and its own distribution channel in the form of theaters.
Outside of companies that manufacture and sell primarily within China,
First Solar and Solar Frontier are the only companies which can produce more
than 1 gigawatt of thin
film PV modules annually.
From the Cabaret Voltaire to Andy Warhol's Factory, from the silent
film comedians to the Beatles, from the
first comic - strip artists to the present managers of the Underground, the apolitical have made much more radical progress in dealing with the media
than any grouping of the Left.
The sins revealed in these
first three scripture passages are blockbusters — betrayal, idolatry, adultery and violence — the raw material for larger -
than - life stories and
films.
This is also the conclusion of the
film — so more significant
than it ending with Dylan «s
first performance in Greenwich Village, is it ending (and beginning) on the evening of the day of the abortion, the one that really happens.
And according to The Hollywood Reporter, he's been brewing the idea of an epic
film of the story since he
first broke into the movie business more
than 15 year ago.
The
first film up for discussion made the day even more patriotic
than it already was: during the morning's class we watched the inauguration of President Obama, then went to see Taking Chance.