GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Star Chris Pratt Offers A Fair Criticism Of SUICIDE SQUAD & DC Films In General

Chris Pratt has been jetting all across the world on the global press tour for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and recently fielded a question regarding the apparent struggles at DC Films.

By RohanPatel - Apr 29, 2017 11:04 AM EST

Filed Under: Vol. 2

Source: io9

In an interview conducted by io9 at the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 press junket earlier this week, Guardians frontman Chris Pratt took a few moments to speak at length about Marvel's longtime rivals over at Warner Bros. and instead of adding more fuel to the fire of the rivalry, instead offered a fairly objective and reasonable viewpoint on the studio's recent critical struggles with their DC Films slate.

“I really like all the Warner Bros. movies, I think they’re really cool and I’m not a real tough critic on those movies. But one of the flaws might have been they were introducing too many characters in Suicide Squad. They spent 10 minutes telling us why should we care about these characters, rather than creating trilogies for each character and convincing us to care about the characters.”

Now, this is a fair criticism to make as in lieu of establishing the crux of these supervillain characters, the David Ayer-directed film instead opted to spend nearly forty-five minutes introducing and in some cases, reintroducing the main players in a borderline music video-esque montage, which was met with much derision from critics and fans, alike, upon release.

Pratt continued on to elaborate a bit further on why Marvel has seemingly cracked the code to franchise building and how the studio's patience with their properties ultimately paid off tenfold. “It’s like hardwood. They grew it really slowly so it’s strong. They didn’t create The Avengers first. They did Iron Man. And they tested it to make sure it worked. Then they did [Iron Man II] and [Iron Man III], then they did Cap, and then they did Thor. And they created a thirst for these characters, and that’s when they put them in The Avengers.”

While patience does seem to be the key element here, Pratt, who also plays major roles in the Jurassic World and The LEGO Movie franchises, does feel sympathy for his contemporaries at DC Films as he's well-aware that establishing a cinematic universe is hardly any sort of perfect science. “It’s really [frick]ing hard to do, and it’s kind of a miracle that anyone’s got it right. You know? So. I think it comes down to Kevin [Feige], his filmmakers, and ultimately, me, playing Star-Lord.”

So, what do you guys think? Sound off with your thoughts below!

Set to the backdrop of ‘Awesome Mixtape #2,’ Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes’ aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 features:
Director: James Gunn
Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord
Zoe Saldana as Gamora
Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon
Vin Diesel as Groot
Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta
Karen Gillan as Nebula
Sean Gunn as Kraglin Obfonteri
Glenn Close as Nova Prime Irani Rael
Pom Klementieff as Mantis
Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha
Chris Sullivan as Taserface
Kurt Russell as Ego, The Living Planet
Evan Jones as Wretch
Jimmy Urine as Half-Nut
Stephen Blackehart as Brahl
Joe Fria as Oblo
Terence Rosemore as Narblik
Steven Agee as Gef the Ravager
Tommy Flanagan as Tullk
Michael Rosenbaum in an undisclosed role
Sylvester Stallone as Stakar/Starhawk
Nathan Fillion as Simon Williams
Rob Zombie in an undisclosed role

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hits theaters May 5
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Doomsday8888 - 4/29/2017, 11:09 AM

Doomsday8888 - 4/29/2017, 11:13 AM

Aaaand it's broken, of course...

SonOfAGif - 4/29/2017, 12:14 PM

@Doomsday8888 - Do you see it? In the distance....the storm of angry fanboys coming. I see it.

KWilly - 4/29/2017, 11:10 AM

CaptainElrond - 4/29/2017, 11:11 AM

@KWilly - RUSTLES WILL BE JIMMIED, OPINIONS WILL BE BROKEN, AND THE TROLLS RISES.

IKidYouNotMan - 4/29/2017, 11:17 AM

@KWilly -

BloodyBed - 4/29/2017, 11:24 AM

@AngryBillCipher -

CaptainElrond - 4/29/2017, 11:11 AM

Let the flame war begin

SonOfAGif - 4/29/2017, 12:19 PM

@AngryBillCipher -

bigdannymac - 4/29/2017, 11:11 AM

But GotG didn't introduce it's characters "over trilogies" ... They were introduced in the same movie

I'm not saying I don't agree with his logic .. but to call out Squad for doing the same thing GotG did ...

Anyways I love DC, I love Marvel and big Pratt fan.

CaptainElrond - 4/29/2017, 11:12 AM

@bigdannymac - I dont think he is comparing guardians to squad. I think he wanted harley quinn in batman AND THE OTHER CHARECTORS TO BE SET UP!!!

jerryblake - 4/29/2017, 11:19 AM

@bigdannymac - his answer is a little bit convoluted, at least for me

BloodyBed - 4/29/2017, 11:26 AM

@bigdannymac - i think the way he means it, is that these characters are part of a huge universe that has been built. by the time guardians came around there was a "thirst" for more marvel characters. i... i think that's what he means.

ODanil - 4/29/2017, 11:12 AM

"I think it comes down to Kevin [Feige], his filmmakers, and ultimately, me, playing Star-Lord.”

LMAO

auditore - 4/29/2017, 11:12 AM

this thread is doomed

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Star Chris Pratt Offers A Fair Criticism Of SUICIDE SQUAD & DC Films In General

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