Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 |OT| Anyone can save the galaxy once - SPOILERS!
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H.Cornerstone
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I was mildly annoyed that one of the five ending credits scenes want a preview of some sort,
Yeah that immediately came to mind.
Primethius
Banned
Just watched the movie. Loved it.
I think it's better than GotG 1. It feels better in most ways and by god, did the movie look beautiful.
I think it's better than GotG 1. It feels better in most ways and by god, did the movie look beautiful.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Really enjoyable. Probably my favorite branch of the MCU movies. By far the best MCU villain, felt like there was actually something to him and thats a first. Well besides Ultron, who had something to him - being a bad Ultron. And its not just because its Kurt Russel, who I love deeply. That helps though.
Might lean a bit too hard on references to stuff like Cheers and old 80s music but its counterbalanced with other actually good pop culture jokes like the Mary Poppins one.
Drax MVP though. He was hysterical in this.
Might lean a bit too hard on references to stuff like Cheers and old 80s music but its counterbalanced with other actually good pop culture jokes like the Mary Poppins one.
Drax MVP though. He was hysterical in this.
VendettaRed07
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Better movie than the first. Song selection wasn't as good
except the "COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER", scene. That was rad as hell
Yondu was. Nebula was alright, but I wouldn't say she was the best. I did like that her drama probably helped to minimize the dumb Peter and Gamora romance.
Movie luck. Like when out all places the Milennium Falcon can end up, its the freighter of Han Solo and Chewbacca.
VendettaRed07
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That CG work they did on Kurt Russell's face at the beginning was fucking crazy.
Just give us Big Trouble in Little China 2 if you can manage that
Just give us Big Trouble in Little China 2 if you can manage that
My theater had a huge laugh with the Pac-man bit.
A ton of jokes had huge laughs but I think the biggest one was the whole bit where Drax tricks Mantis into petting Rocket. As soon as he got that sly look on his face and told her to pet him, the theater erupted with laughter and it didn't stop until the scene was over.
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If you google Yondu the very first suggestion is "dies". Google don't fuck around with spoilers.
Jeffolation
Banned
To his credit, it's great that Gunn has Michael Rooker in such a prominent role in the year of our lord 2017.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
The ship the Ravagers gave her had Ego's planet programmed into it. It's a really quick line before she gives that speech about her childhood. I remember thinking "That's convenient." Haha. Didn't bother me though, logically it makes sense that they would have the location of Ego's planet since Yondu was delivering Ego's children there for years.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Yondu was badass in the first one. He just cranked it to 11 in this one.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
if by that you mean the only interesting story told throughout the movie, yes completely.
Nebula probably had the coordinates of Ego's planet, but it doesn't make sense that she was able to pinpoint exactly where Gammorah was on the planet's surface. It doesn't bother me that much, I'm just curious if there was an in-film explanation of how she did it.
Infinite Stars
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Dave Bautista is the unsung hero of the GotG films. Drax is literally the best comic relief in the whole MCU, because he's not being stupid for Stupid's sake(see Darcy). He's learned excellent Comedic timing and I really hope that he gets used more.
The Zune joke killed me hard, considering I actually liked the Zune I owned. I'm really hoping Microsoft releases some limited time ones in conjunction with Volume 3.
Ego was probably the best villain in the MCU not named Fisk or Loki. When you consider everything that he it's no wonder that he did what he did. It would be like being the only man on an earth of insects, and while he is 100% wrong he's relatable. 100% an improvement over Ronan, who was such a shame of a villain.
Am I wrong to hope that come Phase 4 we'll get Annihilation Conquest to pay off the teases made by Gunn? Getting Stallone/The OGs/Guardians/Anyone else fighting a full on Galactic menace will be aces.
The Zune joke killed me hard, considering I actually liked the Zune I owned. I'm really hoping Microsoft releases some limited time ones in conjunction with Volume 3.
Ego was probably the best villain in the MCU not named Fisk or Loki. When you consider everything that he it's no wonder that he did what he did. It would be like being the only man on an earth of insects, and while he is 100% wrong he's relatable. 100% an improvement over Ronan, who was such a shame of a villain.
Am I wrong to hope that come Phase 4 we'll get Annihilation Conquest to pay off the teases made by Gunn? Getting Stallone/The OGs/Guardians/Anyone else fighting a full on Galactic menace will be aces.
serenewarfare
Banned
I was a big fan of the film. It was so much more of a personal story than the first. It felt great to really dig into a lot of these characters. Yondu was a highlight for sure.
I was pretty surprised to not even get a hint of them going to Earth in the post-credits stuff though.
I was pretty surprised to not even get a hint of them going to Earth in the post-credits stuff though.
Got a huge laugh, made me laugh so hard I got dizzy. That and the Zune, and the "I'm going to make some weird shit."
Incredible movie. Nonstop entertaining.
ZackieChan
Member
Hopefully this puts an end to the old "Marvel just makes their directors do whatever they say." This movie was Marvel telling Gunn he could do whatever the hell he wanted, as long as he mentioned Thanos a couple times.
Sirpopopop
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I guess I'm in the minority here, but Ego came off as another bland MCU villain to me. This time in the form of a god with a god complex. I didn't feel there was enough time spent with him to appreciate why he decided that all life essentially needed to be a version of himself. It was just delivered to us as exposition.
My favorite MCU villains are Loki, Fisk & Zemo. I felt like I could understand their perspective a little more than other MCU villains.
As for the rest of GOTG 2 - good movie, really enjoyed the end credits. I loved all of the little Marvel Galactic references. The plot was fairly zippy. The characters were tolerable and relatable other than a few parts here and there with Peter's moping around vis a vis Gamora.
My favorite MCU villains are Loki, Fisk & Zemo. I felt like I could understand their perspective a little more than other MCU villains.
As for the rest of GOTG 2 - good movie, really enjoyed the end credits. I loved all of the little Marvel Galactic references. The plot was fairly zippy. The characters were tolerable and relatable other than a few parts here and there with Peter's moping around vis a vis Gamora.
This movie, guys. Holy crap.
I need to put my thoughts together when I'm not tired but this is another top tier MCU film.
Probably because it was hilarious. My theater was dying.
I need to put my thoughts together when I'm not tired but this is another top tier MCU film.
Probably because it was hilarious. My theater was dying.
Callibretto
Member
eh, I assume all spaceship have something like "scanning all life form feature", seems like a common trope in scifi. and the planet Ego is not that big, not even bigger than Earth's moon I think.
Just saw this at a screening tonight. Quick thoughts-
Thought it was not as good as the first as the beats are similar. Still a very strong showing. Did a great job balancing the good jokes with the bad jokes and it never felt like overkill in regards to the amount of gags.
Liked Kurt Russell but disliked the third act cgi monster that every movie has.
Drax was amazingly funny. Batista has some good timing.
Chris Pratt not as good. Maybe it's the overexposure of him but I'm tired of his face.
Nebula great,
Jondu with really great performance by Rooker. The real emotional core of this movie.
Groot is the shit. I've tried being like yo he's not that cute. But he's a cute fucking twig.
Agreed.
Thought it was not as good as the first as the beats are similar. Still a very strong showing. Did a great job balancing the good jokes with the bad jokes and it never felt like overkill in regards to the amount of gags.
Liked Kurt Russell but disliked the third act cgi monster that every movie has.
Drax was amazingly funny. Batista has some good timing.
Chris Pratt not as good. Maybe it's the overexposure of him but I'm tired of his face.
Nebula great,
Jondu with really great performance by Rooker. The real emotional core of this movie.
Groot is the shit. I've tried being like yo he's not that cute. But he's a cute fucking twig.
Agreed.
Primethius
Banned
I went into this movie really blind, so as soon as he said the name Ego, I got a huge grin on my face.
I can't believe they went with Ego for the second movie and Quills origin. And the watchers? And Adam?
Fuck. Movie was filled with tons of awesome moments.
Also, the Gurren Lagann line. Amazing.
I can't believe they went with Ego for the second movie and Quills origin. And the watchers? And Adam?
Fuck. Movie was filled with tons of awesome moments.
Also, the Gurren Lagann line. Amazing.
Orbis Tabula
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Yeah, thinking on it some more, I think Vol 2 is easily the better of the two. Getting over Yondu is gonna suck. He was the best. Stupid steaks.
I was expecting something Thor related since Jeff Goldblum is dancing in one of the circles during the credits.
What? Where?
Gunn said that three of the post-credits bits were for fun and two were MCU worldbuilding, so my bet is that Stallone and the OGs are
going to be the ones who find/steal the last Infinity Stone in the beginning of Infinity War, kicking off the whole thing.
Apparently that wasn't CGI. Just really clever use of make-up and good lighting.
CrimsonSquall
Member
No way. Much sadder but this was such a non consequential movie.
Callibretto
Member
Drax act as comic relief and the dumb muscle, but he is probably the wisest of the group. every other characters have issues they have to deal with, but not Drax.
layzie1989
Member
Gonna copy paste my thoughts from another channel:
I gotta say almost none of the emotion hit me on this one. Most of the relationships felt forced and most of the big dramatic moments fell flat. Maybe it was the writing or the score, but all the character development felt so schlocky and melodramatic. It's all very much "tell, don't show" here. That said...I enjoyed the movie. I came in looking to laugh, see cool action, and ogle the design, and that's what I got.
The soundtrack was also a downgrade, as well as the effect it has on the story telling. In the first movie, the Walkman and tape are all he has of his mother, and the threat of losing it is the crux of his character. Here, he has two tapes that they've made digital copies that rocket and, somehow, yondu's ship play, which undercuts the moment ego destroys his tape in rage (sidenote: id like to read a medium post about guardians 2 being an analogy for the commodification of music.) Eventually he gets the Zune, which has no meaning other than now we get music that has no connection to his mother?
In the first movie, the moment he plays that second tape was such a high point, and nothing in this movie came even close to that. They tried so hard with Yondu's death, but I just didn't believe it. It felt like the movie ended 5 times, and that was BEFORE the credits scenes.
I gotta say almost none of the emotion hit me on this one. Most of the relationships felt forced and most of the big dramatic moments fell flat. Maybe it was the writing or the score, but all the character development felt so schlocky and melodramatic. It's all very much "tell, don't show" here. That said...I enjoyed the movie. I came in looking to laugh, see cool action, and ogle the design, and that's what I got.
The soundtrack was also a downgrade, as well as the effect it has on the story telling. In the first movie, the Walkman and tape are all he has of his mother, and the threat of losing it is the crux of his character. Here, he has two tapes that they've made digital copies that rocket and, somehow, yondu's ship play, which undercuts the moment ego destroys his tape in rage (sidenote: id like to read a medium post about guardians 2 being an analogy for the commodification of music.) Eventually he gets the Zune, which has no meaning other than now we get music that has no connection to his mother?
In the first movie, the moment he plays that second tape was such a high point, and nothing in this movie came even close to that. They tried so hard with Yondu's death, but I just didn't believe it. It felt like the movie ended 5 times, and that was BEFORE the credits scenes.
I don't recall the exact line but Drax tells Mantis not to believe in herself but believe in Drax since he believes in her. Then there's a joke after that where Drax is surprised she actually did it cus he didn't believe she'd be able to.
Mr. Smiley
Member
Liked it a lot. Think I prefer it over the first.
Nonconsequential is the first movie. It ends in sound and fury but there's no emotion in the conflict. That's not to say that it wasn't fun as hell, but as far as character and impact go this is the stronger movie.