So the first Kingsman movie is probably in my top 10 favorite movies of all time.
I've seen it at least a dozen times, and it's just as entertaining every time I watch
it.
So you can probably understand I was quite hyped for the sequel.
In fact, it was my most anticipated movie of the year back in January.
So, did it live up to that?
Let's talk about it.
*clip* And as usual I'll first go non spoilers
and then spoilers, but I will say, if you wanna go into this completely fresh, maybe
just watch this after you've seen the movie.
Cuz even in the non-spoilers, I might get into some vague plot points that a super fan
might not wanna know.
I'll warn you before I say anything somewhat important to the plot though.
So, this movie has received quite a critical beating in recent weeks.
And is that deserved.
Uh….somewhat.
I don't think its 50% on Rotten Tomatoes bad, but it certainly was a bit of a disappointment
to me.
And trust me, I went into this really wanting to love it.
I will say, if this was just a stand alone movie that came out, yeah, it'd be pretty
cool.
Nothing insane, but pretty cool.
But because it's following up such a phenomenal first film, it really didn't live up to
it.
Let's talk positives first though.
The cast is for the most part pretty good.
Taron Egerton is still fantastic as Eggsy, he makes some not super great lines sound
really natural, he's funny, he's charming, great all around.
Colin Firth as Harry, I wasn't a huge fan of some of the things they did with his character,
but overall, the performance is still phenomenal, one of the best in the film.
Mark Strong is still great as Merlin, and the Statesmen all around were pretty solid.
A lot of them don't have a ton to do, but Pedro Pascal as Agent Whiskey is amazing.
Loved him in this, one of my favorite parts easily.
Now, I'm just gonna say it, I really didn't like Julianne Moore as the villain.
She's a great actress, but this villain was just so not intimidating in the slightest.
Or even funny.
Sam Jackson in the first movie wasn't exactly intimidating, but at least he had some hilarious
moments.
And he was super memorable.
Here, they tried to make her stack up to that, and it just didn't work for me.
And Elton John is in this, for some reason, and people are saying he stole the show.
And I respectfully disagree.
When he first showed up, I was like, oh that's pretty funny.
But then the jokes about him went on for way too long, like the movie was saying, look,
we got Elton John to dress funny and say swear words, isn't that amazing.
Sure, it's funny at first, but I think it dragged on a bit.
Anyway, this was supposed to be the positives.
On the whole, I can say, I did like the movie.
Like it's certainly watchable, I was entertained by pretty much all of it.
The character's evolution from the first movie didn't feel super forced, and because I
love these characters like Eggsy, that was nice to see.
I also appreciate how this tired to take this in a different direction for the most part
and didn't just do the same exact plot again.
There are some genuinely great moments in here, some that are honestly hilarious, and
some that are honestly kind of emotional.
Not tear-worthy or anything, but the way they try to flesh out Harry's character more
I actually really liked.
Especially a scene where him and Eggsy share a drink, you'll know it when you see it.
The music from the first Kingsman is one of my favorite movie soundtracks ever, I love
it so much and I've listened to it a lot since.
And here, it's still pretty awesome.
The direction by Matthew Vaughn is great and easily the best thing this movie has going
for it is the action.
Matthew Vaughn does action really well, and this is no exception.
Some stuff is a little hard to follow sometimes, but most of this is amazing.
Especially the bar fight, the Harry Eggsy team up, and Pedro Pascal having a gun fight
in the snow.
That last one was superb, honestly really felt like something that genuinely stacked
up to the first film.
*fucking spectacular* Ok, those are the things I liked.
Now, everything else.
Really, the main thing that I genuinely kinda hated in this movie is a spoiler, so I'll
get to that later.
But there's something towards the start of this movie that's so abrupt and so weirdly
handled and I honestly did not understand it.
Again, more on that later.
Now, while the first movie was a super ridiculous spy movie, especially towards the start, it
actually had some heart ot it.
This one, besides those one or two scenes, just feels kinda empty in terms of emotion.
It tires a couple of times, but they don't always hit.
The film's also not super well paced, it's kind of too long.
A lot of this could've been cut down, they clearly had ideas for a ton of stuff that
they wanted to show in this, but jamming it all in there makes the final product feel
kind of rushed and exhausting.
It also falls into the movie sequel trap of just kind of being a "best of" reel of
the first film.
Like there's a lot of why, remember this scene from the first movie?
Remember this joke?
That was funny right?
Well here it is again.
I'm all for references, I love the first one too, but there were just a few too many.
Also, at some points, the movie seemed to try to kind of try and "one-up" the first
movie, like hey you thought that was nuts, we can get even crazier.
But it never really worked, it just ended up feeling gross.
And not really in the way the movie intended, not like ohhh gross that guy got ground into
little chunks of meat, just like, this is not pleasant to watch and I wouldn't wanna
show this to anyone.
Also that sex scene, we'll get to in spoilers.
Also, even for something as ridiculous as Kingsman, it gets too stupid at one point.
Something involving the President, that's all I'll say.
Now, very minor spoiler warning here, I won't reveal anything that happens and what I'ma
bout to talk about is in a lot of the trailers or TV spots, but if you really don't want
any knowledge going in, click to this time in the video.
So, in this movie, Eggsy is dating the Swedish princess he….met in the last movie.
And having that in there is a really strange decision to me at least.
Like, at the end of the last movie, the whole point of that was that it was a joke, she
said if you save the world we can do it in the asshole.
And then they do.
It was funny, but I do not believe that a true love relationship would come from this.
And the thing is, it's not just some throw away thing in the movie.
It takes up a large portion of the film and provides a lot of the story and conflict.
And that was just crazy to me, cuz whenever a somewhat emotional scene came up to do with
the Princess, I remember that this all started with a funny joke at the end of the last movie.
I didn't really buy their relationship, and I was just confused by how much of the
actual movie that plot line took up.
I guess they wanted to have some kind of emotional connection for Eggsy, but this just didn't
work at all for me.
So before I get into the spoilers, I'll just wrap this part up.
Overall I was entertained by Kingsman: The Golden Circle, I had fun for most of it.
But it is far from the first Kingsman, and there are some choices that were made in this
that kind of baffle me, and it just ends up feeling kind of exhausting.
I'll give it a 6.9/10.
Alright, now let's get into the spoilers.
If you haven't seen the movie, click off from this video now.
Ok, so, first of all, Harry coming back.
I thought that was kind of a weird explanation.
Like I don't hate the idea of this super high tech cell rebuilding machine, but the
thing is, you've now cured death in the Kingsman universe.
Which means next time anyone gets shot in the head, I won't feel anything, cuz I know
they can just be brought back.
The ending of the movie, so I guess Eggsy is now the Prince of Sweden.
I never thought I'd be saying that.
Again, you know how I feel about the whole princess storyline in this, I just didn't
buy it so the fact that the big happy ending finale is them getting married, I wasn't
really on board for that.
Also, I guess Channing Tatum is jining Kingsman now?
Alright, he didn't really get much to do in this movie anyway.
Also, they very clearly were setting up another Kingsman movie, and the cast have talked about
doing a trilogy for this.
So, would I go see Kingsman 3?
Of course!
Even if I was disappointed I still liked this movie, and I'd love to see more of these
characters and this world.
I guess we can talk about that weird semi-sex scene that wasn't really a sex scene?
Look, it was clear they were trying to one-up the sex stuff from the first movie, but it
just felt so contrived in this.
Like the only way to get a tracker on this girl is to finger her, I guess that was the
joke, like in spy movies the hero always has to sleep with a woman to get some information,
but this...I don't know it felt very forced.
I'm not a prude or anything, I thought the joke at the end of the first movie was hilarious.
This just wasn't that funny or well done or anything, I just felt kinda gross after
watching it.
Plus, like I said, I love that epic Kingsman music so much ad it just instills a kind of
sense of wonder in me, so to hear it booming over this scene, it just felt weird.
Like, imagine the main Star Wars theme playing over some kind of sex scene in Star Wars,
that's how that felt to me.
So finally, as far as the deaths.
Merlin dying, I'm sad that he died since he's one of my favorite parts of these films,
but the actual scene, I quite liked it.
It could've gotten very cringeworthy and awkward, but Mark Strong pulled it off really
well.
And now, for the thing that I kind of genuinely hated in this movie, how Roxxy and JB just
die within the first like 10 minutes, and there are no real repercussions after.
Like, everything you've seen of Roxxy in the trailer,that's pretty much all of her
in the movie.
It's just like, oh remember, Eggsy and Roxy are best friends aaand she's dead.
And JB died too, and then there's like one scene where Eggsy's kind of upset and then
they just move on.
It's almost turned into a joke at one point.
He brings it up later when he kills Charlie, sure, but it just felt so poorly handled.
Like all the development of Roxy and Eggsy's friendship int the first movie feels so pointless
now, cuz she's just gone.
And that whole scene with Eggsy about to shoot JB, doesn't matter, that dog died anyway.
Like, I guess that was the point, epic twist, but I felt no emotion, and I just felt kind
of annoyed.
It didn't do the first movie justice at all in that sense.
Total waste of what could've been a really emotional moment that could've also gotten
us to hate the villain even more, I felt really nothing except annoyance when that happened.
So those were my thoughts on Kingsman The Golden Circle.
What did you think of it?
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