Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 |OT| Anyone can save the galaxy once - SPOILERS!
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I liked it but thought the first was better. I felt this one joked around a bit to often. Some of the stuff just went on for too long like Groot getting the wrong stuff or the whole taser face thing. The whole thing with Peter's dad was also really odd. I still think it was a good flick though.
BronsonLee
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Ego didn't even think anything of it either, that's the real kicker
He did it because it wasn't convenient for him
He did it because it wasn't convenient for him
peanutbutterlatte
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He can't conceive how somebody would see eternity and then still worry about a mortal woman.
ShadowSwordmaster
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Now that makes sense.
Unlikely. They did this to take White Nick Fury out of the game and make more space for Black Nick Fury. Wont happen anytime soon in the movies.
GuitarAtomik
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I just remembered Hasselhoff played Nick Fury in that TV movie lol.
I don't think Ego is capable of "love" in the way we understand it. Meredith - any mortal, really - is so far beneath him that they barely register. Not even pet status, frankly. He loved Peter's mom in the same way I love, like, a sandwich, or a TV show.
And he threw her away when she was too much of a distraction. Like quitting a video game when it starts eating up too much of your time. Feels bad, but it has to be done.
#ItsAllConnected
Gordon Shumway
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It's Papa Fury..
Pai Pai Master
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He may have been starting to develop actual feelings of love which he may have been capable of if he stayed with her. But yeah he killed her and didn't think anything of it because mortal life and love as a concept is totally beneath him - he recognized that he was starting to feel something but pretty much shut it down as soon as he could.
Ego's motivation is great because he is essentially a force of nature that can't be reasoned with, and yet he is able to mimic the traits of humans that are used to bond with one another. Meredith truly believed they were in love and Peter truly began to feel like he had his father in his life - Ego was convincingly genuine in the catch scene. He appears to be conflicted but in reality he is driven purely by his desire to expand.
I definitely prefer a villain like this to the one-dimensional version of Ronan they used in the first movie. And when you throw in everything the Ravagers have going on in this movie, plus the Sovereigns, I think GOTG Vol. 2 has the best villains in a marvel movie yet. I absolutely love how much of a threat the Sovereigns could be to the universe, but throughout this movie they're 100% only after our heroes to punish them for being shitheads lol
shadow_shogun
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I have a feeling
had he not been so overpowered, dude was a walking deus ex machina. I hope by some miracle he makes it back in future installments, heck I'll even accept a cameo.
Yondu wouldn't have been killed off
Yeah, the villains were top notch here.
Can't wait to see more of her, too - wish I had the Blu Ray already so I can screen cap the end where she's disheveled and looking at Adam's cocoon.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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She looked hot
UpperCaseN
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Did anyone catch Yondu's last line he said to Peter? He said "He's your father but he ain't your daddy." Then he said 1 more thing.
I had thought the male admiral of the Sovereign sounded familiar.
By Gawd, Ben Browder made it into a marvel movie.
By Gawd, Ben Browder made it into a marvel movie.
something about how peter will be always be his boy, "you will always be my boy"
or something like that
Pai Pai Master
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They also cut Nebula's "gardens of the galaxy" line that I loved from the TV spots lol, wonder if it was a blooper they just decided to run with for promotional material.
Can you give me a link to that?
Pai Pai Master
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I can't find it on YouTube but it was a tv ad and had a moment that revealed Nebula thought they were called the "Gardens of the Galaxy" and Gamora corrected her but she didn't seem to care lol
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8W8BlcDlKg
They didn't cut it, some stuff/takes are filmed just for promotional material.
Gordon Shumway
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tell me about it
UpperCaseN
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thanks. also someone must be cutting onions nearby...
BenjaminBirdie
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They also cut Rocket saying "Well that's a bad sign." when Groot runs off with the bomb and I was FUCKING LIVID.
Yes, yes she did.
I see. Oh well thanks for the post
I'm glad that both were cut, especially if the soup bit was only a drawn out gag about nosily eating soup, but while watching the film, I was kind of hoping more of the soup bit was in. It could have been funny in the context of a scene if it was more than just about him slurping, but the gardens of the galaxy just doesn't seem like it would have worked all that well.
Edit: Okay, I take back the part about a drawn out gag about soup. This is hilarious.
Nostremitus
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3D is darker and loses a lot of the vibrancy. It's due to the 3D conversion.
I saw both. 2D is a lot better on this one. The 3D conversion was shit.
You mean Black Nick Fury's dad became a Watcher?
http://observationdeck.kinja.com/nick-fury-is-white-but-his-son-isnt-1524162933
Also, Fury Sr is effectively immortal, so becoming a Watcher makes sense...
Whoa! I didn't even notice that was him! he is one of my favs!
The core plot is far, far stronger, and actually ties into the personal story. And Gamora fares so much better in this movie.
BronsonLee
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I'm starting to come around on the 2nd one being better than the 1st now too
Also goddamnit how come Quill lasted way longer out in space than Yondu did
This is some bullshit
Bring him back q.q
Also goddamnit how come Quill lasted way longer out in space than Yondu did
This is some bullshit
Bring him back q.q
Same.
The more I think about the film, the more I like it. I also really like when movies kick me in the balls and make me cry, which the second did a lot better than the first.
BenjaminBirdie
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can't kill a celestial with space bruv
JoshuaJSlone
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Yep. This movie had (a) Colonel O'Neil AND Colonel Mitchell.
Inferno313
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Pai Pai Master
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This movie is unequivocally better than the first. The first movie isn't bad but there's just so much time spent on the setup like most origin movies. And MCU Ronan fucking sucks, whereas this movie has some of the best MCU villains yet.
BronsonLee
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GarthVaderUK
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Enjoyed the plot and the villain, and it's certainly a looker! Just the humour didn't work for me as much.
More_Badass
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Pretty much. I thought the first was pretty mediocre and unfunny. The sequel upgrade was Uncharted 1 to Uncharted 2 tier
Inferno313
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sorry, my jokes are bad. 
put a cool space arrow through my head
put a cool space arrow through my head
This was a movie of highs and lows for me. The highs were very high. The lows were very low. I found the first movie to be more consistent. However, if I had to pick one, I would probably choose vol. 2 over the original. The humor in vol. 2 almost never worked for me. It wasn't as smart as the first. It was very juvenile at times. I feel like James Gunn went just a little too far. The first 30-40 minutes or so was kind of hard to sit through. I felt like I was just watching the Guardians do things. There was no story being told yet. The things the film did well however, topped the things the first one did well for me. Once Ego was introduced the film picked up significantly and finished very strong. The parts that work the best is when everything slows down and we get to flesh out the characters. The theme of family is very strong. Everyone in the film has a significant connection to each other. Ego is a good villain made great by Kurt Russells performance. The introduction of the Celestials, The Watchers, potentially Eternity, and the tease of Adam Warlock was pretty awesome. I hope they all play a part in Infinity War and whatever they call the sequel. Even though I found the humor to be mostly bad, the strength of the villain, the main characters development, and the theme running through the film carried it just past the first for me. Sorry for the unorganized post. Just a jumble of my thoughts.