The relationship between Drax and Mantis was one of the most underrated thing about this movie. Mantis is basically Drax before he met the rest of the Guardians. No sense of humour or sarcasm whatsoever, take everything at face value, lacking in basic social skills but minus all the threatening muscles.
I saw it in 3D IMAX, I thought it was worth it. This coming from someone who normally would never see anything in 3D, absolutely hate it. But the effects were well done.
The parallel doesn't work for me, because even at the height of his naïveté, Drax is a grown adult, while Mantis is still a child. Their relationship felt creepy and exploitative all the way through.
You can make a case that Mantis is a child emotionally but even that is a stretch. She was raised by Ego for most of her life. Without any true purpose and possibly limited interaction with anyone besides Ego.
She is not physically a child, but she's kept as a slave and prevented from interacting with people socially. She is a sexualized child-like character whose sexuality is explicitly referenced and who is repeatedly physically harmed and taken advantage of for cheap jokes.
Sexualized? Where in the movie did it even mentioned or implied that she was a sexualized character? She's probably the least sexualized female out of the entire GoTG movies (outside of Nebula).
He's actually a pretty charismatic dude, I remember him from his WWE day and there were time where he almost, almost rival the Rock in term of "who can be a better hulking wrestler but charismatic as hell"
I still have to contest that since the only source of this is Black Widow, they had facilities prepared specifically to house Bucky, the Police used smoke grenades and you know how they captured everyone alive.
Did you really expect Thanos to start wrecking shit right now? Especially when they been saving him for years now for Infinity War?
Yes, I expected at least a mention that Thanos is making a move at gathering the gems or something.
The Guardians at this stage shouldn't know about the Avengers. I'm talking specifically about Thanos.
you're certainly entitled to your opinion but i'm genuinely surprised you found GotG2 more emotionally resonating than Logan
But not all the gems are on earth right? Anyway, regardless of the Thanos stuff, it's still a worse movie than the first.
you feel that logan/x23's relationship was less earned than Yondu's Spock death? idk, i don't agree at all
There is a scene where Drax believes she is making a move on him. She is halfway straddling him in bed. He's mistaken, but the joke relies on the audience's recognition of the contrast between their physical position and the context of the scene.
It shouldn't matter that it was done for comedic effect. I didn't think it was effective. The relationship didn't work for me and I came away from her liberation thinking she was not in a much better position.
Umm... She's now with the Guardians, people actually seem to motivate her to be better and support her. She saw that they were an actual family and that's why she betray Ego who only used her as a tool, a servant.
I'm not referring specifically to the gauntlet. And why mention Thanos in this film? Well, maybe because his plan failed in the previous movie?
Tell that to the Fast & Furious crew who've adopted Han's killer lmao
Well, duh? Should I write "imo" after every post? Of course I'm speaking for myself.
Putting someone in harm's way, and telling them they are disgusting and ugly are abusive behaviors. These are played for laughs on a character who does not know any better. These are outlaws and there is no reason they should behave properly or understand the nuances of human relationships, but these particular interactions are meant to endear the characters to us. They did not endear anything to me. They represent to me a miscalculation of the script and filmmakers, a blind spot, or a cruel streak in the humor, exploiting what is essentially a child slave for laughs that take advantage of their inexperience. I am engaged with charities like the International Justice Mission and the Polaris Project, so maybe these types of behaviors strike me in a different way than you guys. To me they represent abuse. They are clear transgressions against an innocent party, and they are played for laughs as if that kind of abuse is okay.
