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I read a review of this one yesterday, sounds like it's better than the second but not up to the first.
It’s a shame, because I am quite excited for the prequel, the last few trailers have been great. But I wish he’d just finished the Eggsy trilogy first, because I’m worried that we won’t get to see that story end now.
You're right about it having a Spider struggle though, I'm sure it'll be a bit tough, and Omnicron probably means more people will just be choosing to make one trip to the cinema.
NTTD really did find the sweet spot.
It's very messy, but in a way that feels ambitious rather than lazy.
It's also tonally/visually dissimilar to the first two to the extent that Vaughn feels like he just wanted to make an unrelated movie and added in the Kingsman stuff so it would get funded.
Definitely an improvement on The Golden Circle that's for sure.
Yeah that pretty much sums up how I felt about it too. A really messy film, and I agree @Denbigh it had some pacing issues (I know there was a lot to set up but still). But I still enjoyed it a lot. And I liked how different it felt. The first one is still my favourite but I’ve got to give credit where it’s due to Vaughn, he’s been far more willing to experiment and do different things with this series in comparison to most other franchises. Even the plot of this one caught me by surprise. I really didn’t expect
Not really a fan of the Kingsman name being literal though. The fantasy superhero take on the genre they had, the premise of an independent organisation, allowed them to sidestep all the real world baggage that Craig era Bond has had to deal with. Obviously that’d be more messed up in reality, they’re accountable to nobody, but it’s so absurd that it puts the whole thing squarely in the realm of fantasy. But tying it into the British royal family kind of undermines that. I think the first one worked really well because you had Miller there balancing out Vaughn’s more conservative tendancies (apparently it was him who pushed for a working class hero). Without him it has gotten a bit dodgy in some ways imo. But still, this is a film with
Looking forward to seeing this next week if I can!
I loved the first one, but hated the second, trailer is a hoot, particularly Rasputin!
Golden Circle is better than the first one.
I'll see myself out.
I have about 30 minutes left in my first viewing of it and "very messy" hits the nail on the head. It's tackling way too many world-spanning politics and characters for a prequel. It honestly feels like it could've been any other original film and doesn't really feel like it belongs in the Kingsmen universe at all.
Doesn't surprise me, @Thunderfinger. If you haven't seen the first film, the second will neither make sense to you nor allow you to get emotionally involved with the characters.
@Thunderfinger The first film is one of my favourite films ever and probably my best cinema experience ever. The second film was fun in the cinema but it didn't stand out when I watched it at home and some scenes are defintely "too much".
Don't watch it on TV (they usually cut out the best parts!)
It is definitely lagging in the middle portions. However, the finale in Poppyland is batshit crazy fun IMO. I still need to continue watching the new one. I got about 15 minutes in but was continually distracted. I'll probably watch the whole thing tonight.