Not too bad at all

Rating: 8/10 (23 September 2017)

OK, I need to chill out a bit and stop being too analytical
When it kinda seems to not fit into science fiction, then I tend to be more critical about what could happen in real life.
This film is science fiction all day long and I should chill. I should let what happens in Marvel films happen in this. There is no difference.
Perhaps its the Britishness of it all, and I am British.
Colin Firth is so cool, I could put him in my whiskey glass.
I've seen Mark Strong in better roles to be honest.
The thugs in the gang in the pub don't seem realistic. Seem like nice boys really. Weird film all round from a casting point of view.
A lot of the actors would be in some budget 20K British film foundation production. A lot of the actors would be in a 200M Hollywood production.
Its that strange mix of actors that didn't fit for me.
Perhaps I cant spot a crap American actor and I am just critical of British ones.
I quite liked the Chav Eggsy who plays the main role really. Its kinda through his eyes. Its him you are routing for and I was, so it worked. That was a show stopper if I didn't get that, and I did.
Forget the nay-sayers on the violence. They clearly haven't watched The Walking Dead lol. There is no violence in the film. Its acting people! Fake blood and CGI. No one really died. They took their pay cheque and payed the bills.
I didn't get one thing and one thing only. At the end, when Eggsy is talking to the Swedish princess through the cell door, she makes him a promise which makes him promise to come back. I really don't get why that was left in. Didn't make any sense to the "Bond gets the girl" homage to 007. See what you think.
Summary.
I enjoyed it. I will watch the new one too. I think I was confused where it sat. Is it a Marvel film? Is it a James Bond spoof? Is it a James Bond genre? Is it a low budget British film.
Thats where it didn't nail it for me.