You know that the first one was amazing, right? So I can assume you meant that this one will be dialed past eleven, straight onto intfinite awesomeness?
timetowaste85 wrote: You know that the first one was amazing, right? So I can assume you meant that this one will be dialed past eleven, straight onto intfinite awesomeness?
It was a fun summer film. Amazing-absolutely not.
Amazing: Raiders of the Lost Ark, African Queen, Bullitt,
wadefisher wrote: Ego the living planet is the new character played by Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy's upcoming sequel.
I'm kinda ambivalent about Kurt as Ego. Reducing him to mocap would be a sad use of his abilities as a actor for other actors to play off. And if he were mustachio'd a la Tombstone, it's even better.
wadefisher wrote: Ego the living planet is the new character played by Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy's upcoming sequel.
I'm kinda ambivalent about Kurt as Ego. Reducing him to mocap would be a sad use of his abilities as a actor for other actors to play off. And if he were mustachio'd a la Tombstone, it's even better.
Tombstone? Nah, he way surpassed that in The Hateful Eight!
timetowaste85 wrote: You know that the first one was amazing, right? So I can assume you meant that this one will be dialed past eleven, straight onto intfinite awesomeness?
It was a fun summer film. Amazing-absolutely not.
Amazing: Raiders of the Lost Ark, African Queen, Bullitt,
Agree 100%. Fun film. I liked it. But it was very empty-headed and the praise for it was way OTT.
It wasn't even a Whedon film, but it went full Whedon* there at the end with the dance-off.
Hulksmash wrote: It was a GREAT summer film. It was and is around the top of my list for simply fun movies to watch.
It was amazing in it's place, style, and genre Frazzled
I'm glad it worked for you.
I mostly meant I don't hold it in the same place in my mind as movies like Raiders or Bullitt. It's not, and should not, ever win any awards and won't be remembered in 20 years unlike the others you've named. But I also can't watch those movies over and over again while painting so it's a bit of a wash for me.
Hulksmash wrote: It was a GREAT summer film. It was and is around the top of my list for simply fun movies to watch.
It was amazing in it's place, style, and genre Frazzled
I'm glad it worked for you.
I mostly meant I don't hold it in the same place in my mind as movies like Raiders or Bullitt. It's not, and should not, ever win any awards and won't be remembered in 20 years unlike the others you've named. But I also can't watch those movies over and over again while painting so it's a bit of a wash for me.
I dunno, I think GotG will still hold its own in 20 years. It won't have stopped being funny and the soundtrack won't have stopped being absolutely amazing.
And dancing groot will still be god damn adorable.
wadefisher wrote: Ego the living planet is the new character played by Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy's upcoming sequel.
I'm kinda ambivalent about Kurt as Ego. Reducing him to mocap would be a sad use of his abilities as a actor for other actors to play off. And if he were mustachio'd a la Tombstone, it's even better.
JohnHwangDD wrote: That "Amazing" list is pretty "meh" if you have to watch the whole thing, beginning to end, rather than to just watch the highlights.
I still watch Fifth Element, from 1997. GotG will hold up well in 2037, I think.
I'm sorry did you just say African Queen and Bullitt are not amazing?
JohnHwangDD wrote: That "Amazing" list is pretty "meh" if you have to watch the whole thing, beginning to end, rather than to just watch the highlights.
I still watch Fifth Element, from 1997. GotG will hold up well in 2037, I think.
I'm sorry did you just say African Queen and Bullitt are not amazing?
Spoiler:
Humprey Bogart and Steve McQueen are overrated, Like James Dean.
In Bullit it is the chase that makes the movie, Most of the Actors put on a pedestal by Hollywood are mediocre IMHO,
The fun thing about GotG is that the cast just clicks and the banter between them just works. Hope that the second one can hold up to the first one.
JohnHwangDD wrote: That "Amazing" list is pretty "meh" if you have to watch the whole thing, beginning to end, rather than to just watch the highlights.
I still watch Fifth Element, from 1997. GotG will hold up well in 2037, I think.
I'm sorry did you just say African Queen and Bullitt are not amazing?
Spoiler:
Humprey Bogart and Steve McQueen are overrated, Like James Dean.
In Bullit it is the chase that makes the movie, Most of the Actors put on a pedestal by Hollywood are mediocre IMHO,
The fun thing about GotG is that the cast just clicks and the banter between them just works. Hope that the second one can hold up to the first one.
Humphrey Bogart is...over-rated??? Respectfully I KEEL YOU I KEEL YOU AHHHHHH BLASPHEMER!!! HERETIC!!!
Ah, I'm better now. I'll just say, one should revisit African Queen and Kaine Mutiny, and remember when KEEL YOU! er sorry...they were done.
GotG and Fifth Element are modern Scifi action/comedies, comparing them to 40+ year old movies of a differnet Genre seems very much like comparing Apples to Oranges.
Romeo and Juliet is classic, and highly reveered, but given the choice I'd watch GotG or 5th Element over Romeo and Juliet.
adamsouza wrote: GotG and Fifth Element are modern Scifi action/comedies, comparing them to 40+ year old movies of a differnet Genre seems very much like comparing Apples to Oranges.
Romeo and Juliet is classic, and highly reveered, but given the choice I'd watch GotG or 5th Element over Romeo and Juliet.
Sci Fi comedies? Mmm Loved Fifth Element. Thought Ice Pirates was substantially better than GtG. Then of course, we have Spaceballs. May the Schwartz be with you!
adamsouza wrote: GotG and Fifth Element are modern Scifi action/comedies, comparing them to 40+ year old movies of a differnet Genre seems very much like comparing Apples to Oranges.
Romeo and Juliet is classic, and highly reveered, but given the choice I'd watch GotG or 5th Element over Romeo and Juliet.
Sci Fi comedies? Mmm Loved Fifth Element. Thought Ice Pirates was substantially better than GtG. Then of course, we have Spaceballs. May the Schwartz be with you!
JohnHwangDD wrote:Romeo + Juliet, with DiCaprio & Danes? I'm not sure it's "a classic".
God no. I meant, pretty much any other version, but I've only ever sat through the one Playboy produced, when they were trying to make themselves legit, back in the late 60's or 70's.
Frazzled wrote: Thought Ice Pirates was substantially better than GtG. Then of course, we have Spaceballs. May the Schwartz be with you!
Ah, the problem is that you are old
Being Old myself, I have serious nostalgic love for Ice Pirates, but by today's standards it looks like a Youtube production.
Speaking of Youtube and SciFi comedies, any of you guys ever watched Space Janitors on Youtube ? Seriously worth a watch.
A Town Called Malus wrote: Don't forget Galaxy Quest!
I do really enjoy Galaxy Quest!, but I think of it more of a parody, in that it's a lot funnier if you remember watching the old Star Trek, and the real life drama that followed the actors while they were on the convention circuit years later.
Red Dwarf is bloody brilliant. It's kind of like Rick and Morty in that it points our the absursidity of the univerese and how insignificant we are, but still truck on.
Dave is the last human being. He's lazy, not too bright, but morally he's a good person. He's screwed, but carries on.
Rimmer is basically a digital ghost. He's all the worst traits of humanity, but he's the closest thing to a human friend Dave has.
The Cat is the last descedant of Dave's cat from thousands of years ago. He's got all the selfish motivations of an acutal cat and an IQ of about room temperature.
Kryton is a service android who's sole purpose and reason for existing is to serve humanity.
They are all screwed, but they trudge through constant misadventrues, that are often the result of something stupid they did, because existing, with the glimmer of hope that something better will dome along, is better than not existing at all.
timetowaste85 wrote: You know that the first one was amazing, right? So I can assume you meant that this one will be dialed past eleven, straight onto intfinite awesomeness?
It was a fun summer film. Amazing-absolutely not.
Amazing: Raiders of the Lost Ark, African Queen, Bullitt,
Agree 100%. Fun film. I liked it. But it was very empty-headed and the praise for it was way OTT.
It wasn't even a Whedon film, but it went full Whedon* there at the end with the dance-off.
*Trying much too hard to be cute.
Agreed - ti was good - a mid tier marvel film - not as good as Thor 1 and 2, Iron Man, Avengers 1 and 2, and Cap A 2 IMO.
It was as good as IM 2 and 3, Ant-man IMO - better than Cap A 1, but that was by far the worst Marvel fim.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: Poor Nathan Fillion. His career only exists as stunt casting to pander to a particularly tenacious subset of nerds.
I think this is being unfair. Sure Mal from Firefly is his defining role but not everything he's done relies on prior knowledge of that. Castle was good because he was excellent at playing the role of Castle and had great on-screen chemistry with Stana Katic as Beckett. Sure, they threw in the odd homage to Firefly occasionally but only ever as small easter eggs.
Dr Horrible was designed to be a geekfest for nerds and Captain Hammer was a great, funny character. With Whedon writing you don't need Fillion to bring the nerds, they will come anyway.
I think it should also be noted that Nathan is one of James Gunn's go-to actors. Seeing his name listed in a Gunn movie is roughly as surprising as seeing Harrison Ford in a George Lucas film
And actually, I think it's pretty great casting. While I doubt we'll actually see him as Wonder Man, and it'll just be a little Easter egg, I think if he was given the chance he'd be a perfect fit for the character.
First saw GotG at a press screening (I got jammy and won a pair of tickets off the Facebooks). Honestly wasn't expecting much, and it seriously blew me away.
Who knew the man-mountain Dave Bautista had such good comic timing?
Who knew that the best movies out of the bunch would be by far the Cap 2 & 3 and GotG. This is shaping up to be better than the first one. I'm excited.
Hulksmash wrote: Who knew that the best movies out of the bunch would be by far the Cap 2 & 3 and GotG. This is shaping up to be better than the first one. I'm excited.
Who'd have thought they'd be this many movies in (14, possibly 15? I've lost count!) and still not have a genuine stinker on their hands (internal consistency does need some work though!)
Hulksmash wrote: Who knew that the best movies out of the bunch would be by far the Cap 2 & 3 and GotG. This is shaping up to be better than the first one. I'm excited.
Who'd have thought they'd be this many movies in (14, possibly 15? I've lost count!) and still not have a genuine stinker on their hands (internal consistency does need some work though!)
Don't let Snyder's white knights on here see you say that!! We'll start seeing posts about how all of them are inferior to BvS or MoS.
On topic, GotG2 is shaping up to be even better than the first! Which was one of the best Marvel movies yet!
Snyder's Knights are welcome to have an indepth chat with me, provided they understand it'd only be discussing each others viewpoints, and ultimately we're incredibly unlikely to 'convert' one another....
Hulksmash wrote: Who knew that the best movies out of the bunch would be by far the Cap 2 & 3 and GotG. This is shaping up to be better than the first one. I'm excited.
Who'd have thought they'd be this many movies in (14, possibly 15? I've lost count!) and still not have a genuine stinker on their hands (internal consistency does need some work though!)
Define stinker? I found the Cap movies nearly unwatchable (the first was).
Not like Lego Batman which laughs at your Iron Man (literally).
First Avenger is one of my favourites! (no, seriously!)
By Stinker, I mean one universally panned by critics, and with very few supporters in the wider fandom.
Sure, some have dropped the quality (Thor, The Dark World) but ultimately they're all at the very least perfectly serviceable movies.
Lego Batman - haven't seen it, but will at some point. Though I've heard mixed things - mostly good, but others saying it's not a patch on The Lego Movie.
Lego Batman was pretty brilliant, but The Lego Movie was better. Lego Batman started to lose momentum near the end, which is a shame because it would easily have been the best Batman movie ever made.
JohnHwangDD wrote: Hulk, people. Anybody still watching that? Clearly the weakest of all the Marvel movies.
Yeah, that one was a stinker. Fortunately, it has been ignored and possibly even excised from the continuity like Marvel's own little New Jedi Order.
Seeing how PQ would have been the right age to see that in theaters, and Disney owns both...would have been a perfect opportunity for him to quote Luke too, then make a snide remark about his dad missing that moviegoing experience with him.
Not like Lego Batman which laughs at your Iron Man (literally).
I actually fell asleep mid way through Lego Batman (only the second time that has ever happened). Even my son didn't like it and he has a Lego addiction.
As for Guardians 2 I won't be able to see it when it is released as I will be off overseas with work :(
Barf. Ang Lee's Hulk is an affront to the world of comic books. The only comic book movies worse than it (in any of the studios/universes) are Elektra and the newest rectal breach they tried to pass off as a Fantastic Four movie.
Even the David Hasselhoff Nick Fury movie and the Dolph Lundgren Punisher movies were better than those three! Even Batman's rubber nipples vs Mr Ice-pun was better! As much as I rail against them, even Snyder's Watchmen and MoS are better! I dislike Ang Lee's style far more than Snyder's. I'll watch Snyder films. I boycott Lee's trash at this point in the same way I boycott anything with Melissa McCarthy.
This rant has been brought to you by a comic book snob with taste.
I found Hulk with ed norton watchable, Ang Lee one? Exploding poodles? no thank you, the worst of the recent Marvel movies was Fantastic four, what was that all about. The roger corman fantastic four was better than that.
The Ed Norton Hulk movie was great. Solid cast, solid plot, segued into the current Marvel movies (except Norton apparently tried to get too big for his britches, hence being removed from the Avengers project). It was quite enjoyable. And Abomination was a proper (perfect) villain. Had no complaints.
Meanwhile Ang Lee's "vision" was full blown stupid and the solid cast should have told him to go feth himself with a pitchfork soaked in arsenic.
GotG2 looks fething awesome. I think we're all dirtying our collective pants over how awesome it looks. Or checking into a mental facility if thinking it looks terrible.
timetowaste85 wrote: GotG2 looks fething awesome. I think we're all dirtying our collective pants over how awesome it looks. Or checking into a mental facility if thinking it looks terrible.
While I don't dislike the way it looks, I will not be in any rush to see it. Kinda in marvel OD mode at this point.
timetowaste85 wrote: GotG2 looks fething awesome. I think we're all dirtying our collective pants over how awesome it looks. Or checking into a mental facility if thinking it looks terrible.
While I don't dislike the way it looks, I will not be in any rush to see it. Kinda in marvel OD mode at this point.
so you are going to watch Suicide squad again? It won an Oscar!
I wonder if The Kurt will do a Snake Pliskin during GotG2
Anyone think we might see Thor/Hulk in the GotG? Possibly in a credit scene?
The rumours for Thor: Ragnarok put both Thor and Hulk on an alien planet (I forget the name).
It would be a perfect opportunity to introduce the characters to each other. I have also heard that the Thor movie will have a comedic tone similar to GotG, so it wouldn't be out of scope to bring them together in either movie.
Given the director, I'm expecting a comedic tone too - if you've not seen 'What We Do In The Shadows' drop whatever you're doing and rectify your error. Now!
Just back from seeing this. More of the same - in a good way. if you loved the first you'll gonna enjoy this one. Big dumb fun. Didn't expect the silly kids movie to actually give me the feels tho - started to well up a couple of times. Getting soft in my old age. Wont say anything more for fear of spoilers.
oh, and they're gonna sell so many baby groot toys
Nicky J wrote: Didn't expect the silly kids movie to actually give me the feels tho - started to well up a couple of times. Getting soft in my old age. Wont say anything more for fear of spoilers.
You and me both, mate! Loved the movie ... perhaps even more than the first (which I rate quite highly). Drax was a personal fave this time round but everyone in the core team pulled their weight.
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Not so sure about Stallone, though.
Some of the references in the post-credits scenes had me reaching for Google, though.
I think this film is one of the few times that saying a sequel pulled an Empire Strikes Back is genuinely appropriate. Take a fun, flashy but ultimately a tad shallow first movie, use the second to really let the characters grow and develop with a much more personal storyline.
Probably the second best Marvel sequel after Winter Soldier, it just does everything right. Stunning and inventive visuals, a cracking and moving script, and a killer soundtrack. What more could you want?
Just saw it a real breath of fresh air for a MCU film, just like the first was.
After disliking civil war and finding Dr Strange just a retread of Iron Man1, I really enjoyed this one.
Although I'll say this, Marvel trailers still suck. I only ever saw the adverts and maybe the teaser. And even then they was enough to influence the film negatively.
Well those were the original Guardians, less Yondu and Major Victory (the blue dude from the future who carries Cap's shield around). They seem to have put a fair bit of effort into casting those characters (I mean Miley Cyrus voiced Mainframe, for cryin' out loud!), so I hope that's not the last of them that we've seen.
Well those were the original Guardians, less Yondu and Major Victory (the blue dude from the future who carries Cap's shield around). They seem to have put a fair bit of effort into casting those characters (I mean Miley Cyrus voiced Mainframe, for cryin' out loud!), so I hope that's not the last of them that we've seen.
I thought Scott Summers' (Cyclops' ) dad was one, too? Or was that another group of space-faring ne'erdo-wells?
Major Christopher Summer, father of Cyclops and Havok (and Vulcan, if you accept that 6-issue add-on), leads the Starjammers, and royally pisses off the Shi'Ar empire on a regular basis. Not very dissimilar in attitude to how the Guardians were portrayed in the first movie. The badass female has a tail though in that though. And the big monster is named Ch'odd. No joke.
So a different group of ne'erdo-wells. Gotcha.
But the family tree isn't that complicated. There's dad, a space pirate. There's Cyclops ( straight arrow), Havoc, less so (and dead IIRC). Then there's the grandson, who's older than his parents and grandparents due to time travel shenanigans, his evil clone and a third, genetically modified version from an alternate timeline.
I think that's pretty much it, right?
H.B.M.C. wrote: (I mean Miley Cyrus voiced Mainframe, for cryin' out loud!)
Who or what is "Mainframe" (in the context of this film; I'm not too bothered about the comics backstory)? I'm clearly not as well-versed with Ms Cyrus' voice enough to recognise her.
Bran Dawri wrote: So a different group of ne'erdo-wells. Gotcha.
But the family tree isn't that complicated. There's dad, a space pirate. There's Cyclops ( straight arrow), Havoc, less so (and dead IIRC). Then there's the grandson, who's older than his parents and grandparents due to time travel shenanigans, his evil clone and a third, genetically modified version from an alternate timeline.
I think that's pretty much it, right?
Havok is alive and well, and after becoming possessed by Apocalypse, Cyclops became kind of an ass, and even murdered Xavier after being possessed by the Phoenix (everything wants a piece of him now). He's bffs with Magneto and has been nailing Emma Frost for years now. He's gained a lot more depth in the past decade. But yeah, the Summers family tree is messed up. Way messed up. Cable is the most complicated character in all of Marvel. Far worse than the Spidey clones.
Saw a double feature of GotG and GotG Vol. 2 and had a good time. Without giving away anything I would just say if you like the first one you will most likely enjoy the second.
Saw it tonight, I really enjoyed it. I believe the GotG films are the best of the MCU and I like more or less all of the MCU movies.
Hard to say anything while not spoiling but the movie has a lot of heart and doesn't necessarily end as a happy ending but as a movie with its 3rd fully guaranteed.
I enjoyed this one. The beginning fight sequence was pretty cleverly done. There weren't any huge plot holes to deal with. The original definitely had more charm but this is still a solid movie and better than other superhero sequels have been lately (looking at you, DC comics).
Story is stronger than the first film, but as noted elsewhere the comedy is toned down for it - some of the bickering also felt a little forced, but given the happenings that's probably deliberate.
Bran Dawri wrote: So a different group of ne'erdo-wells. Gotcha.
But the family tree isn't that complicated. There's dad, a space pirate. There's Cyclops ( straight arrow), Havoc, less so (and dead IIRC). Then there's the grandson, who's older than his parents and grandparents due to time travel shenanigans, his evil clone and a third, genetically modified version from an alternate timeline.
I think that's pretty much it, right?
Yes, that's about it, apart from
Spoiler:
the daughter who comes from a different possible dark future, and became adoptive mother to the aforesaid grandson in his own dark future. And then there's Scott's other brother who was part of the real original X-Men who Xavier wiped from everyone's memory, who became evil and overpowered, and who then went into space to become emperor of somewhere or other. And then there was Adam X the X-Treme (the 90's, everyone!) who was implied to be Scott's half-brother, but I don't think it ever got confirmed. Oh, and then there was Madelyn, the clone of Jean Grey who was Cable's biological mother, who was abandoned by Scott, became evil for poorly explained reasons, died, and then got bought back by X-Man, Cable's Age of Apocalypse equivalent and they had, if not an explicit relationship, then a heck of a lot of subtext. And then there's Hope, but I didn't keep track of what her deal was.
Anyway, Guardians 2 was fun, with a good strong theme, and some great action sequences. Just what I wanted.
Hm, I guess I'm going to buck the trend here and say I didn't like it very much.
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I mean I don't think it was BAD, but I didn't think it was particularly good either. I'd give it a solid 7. I think one of my problems with it is that the movie really focuses on showing Quill who he is and where he comes from, but it kinda falls flat because I never got the sense that those were burning questions for Quill. Quill already knows who he is, he's Star Lord, so finding about his dad and what exactly he is just didn't seem all that important.
I thought the ending was excellent though. Yondu seizing his one moment to do something right, the Ravagers showing up to give him a proper funeral, Quill's touching moment where he realizes he was his surrogate father, and Rocket seeing that everyone showed up for Yondu in spite of all he had done and being such an ass were all extremely well done. I also really enjoyed Nebula and Gamora opening up a little and filling out their history together, made me really appreciate Nebula's motivations and character.
Breotan wrote: I enjoyed this one. The beginning fight sequence was pretty cleverly done. There weren't any huge plot holes to deal with. The original definitely had more charm but this is still a solid movie and better than other superhero sequels have been lately (looking at you, DC comics).
Loved it. Thought it was substantially better than the first one. The first fight scene and groot dancing definitely set the proper tone.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Though I felt the soundtrack didn't quite gel as well this time around?
Oh no. I'll just have to go and watch it again....
I kinda agree. Although I felt like songs themselves were used well enough, most of the songs just didn't "grab' me as much as in the first GotG.
Other than that, I cannot complain. I'm gonna see this one again
I love how they did the end credit sequences for this one. Having to wait through the entire credits just for a lame 5 second bit like the first one was painful for my bladder, but having 5, yes FIVE! end credits bits spaced out the way they were was very rewarding.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Though I felt the soundtrack didn't quite gel as well this time around?
Oh no. I'll just have to go and watch it again....
If the music in GotG v2 isn't sufficiently on the nose, perhaps you might watch Suicide Squad instead? SS uses music about as effectively as George Lucas' Strange Magic...
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Though I felt the soundtrack didn't quite gel as well this time around?
Oh no. I'll just have to go and watch it again....
If the music in GotG v2 isn't sufficiently on the nose, perhaps you might watch Suicide Squad instead? SS uses music about as effectively as George Lucas' Strange Magic...
Watched Suicide Squad, and my eyes committed seppuku and my ears dropped off whilst my brain boiled from the sheer inanity of it all.
The Stan Lee cameo revelation that came about because of this movie was particularly sweet.
Did think some of the comic parts were turned up to far into 'zany' territory, but overall the movie was great.
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It was awesome when the big 'revelation' of Ego to Peter happened towards the end of the movie, and my whole audience did a kind of sub-audible gasp that translated to "Holy...gak. Starlord's gonna smoke you for that."
AegisGrimm wrote: The Stan Lee cameo revelation that came about because of this movie was particularly sweet.
Did think some of the comic parts were turned up to far into 'zany' territory, but overall the movie was great.
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It was awesome when the big 'revelation' of Ego to Peter happened towards the end of the movie, and my whole audience did a kind of sub-audible gasp that translated to "Holy...gak. Starlord's gonna smoke you for that."
Both GC and I erupted with a Texas cheer when
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The moment Ego says he gave Quills mom a tumor Quill just immediately shoots the living gak out of him.
It was good but...I think at times it felt like they were trying too hard to be funny. It was like "omg, first movie was so funny, we need to up the game even more!"
I just saw the movie today (with my family) and I loved it! Baby Groot had some great moments (well, really all of them did), and of course the mix of humor and a fairly dark story was good.
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Is it just me, or was Kurt Russell's character one of the most evil villains in any movie ever? He literally considers all other life beneath him, and he purposefully killed the woman he supposedly loved (and bragged about it to their son, no less). Talk about a first-rate douchebag!
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The Mary Poppins thing was awesome! Yondu was even better in this movie than in the first one, so it was really sad to see him go. Maybe Sylvester Stallone's character will sort of take his place in the series now. Or else it'll be that guy who was trying to learn how to use the arrow in that post credits scene (probably my favorite of the post credit scenes!).
ZergSmasher wrote: I just saw the movie today (with my family) and I loved it! Baby Groot had some great moments (well, really all of them did), and of course the mix of humor and a fairly dark story was good.
Spoiler:
Is it just me, or was Kurt Russell's character one of the most evil villains in any movie ever? He literally considers all other life beneath him, and he purposefully killed the woman he supposedly loved (and bragged about it to their son, no less). Talk about a first-rate douchebag!
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The Mary Poppins thing was awesome! Yondu was even better in this movie than in the first one, so it was really sad to see him go. Maybe Sylvester Stallone's character will sort of take his place in the series now. Or else it'll be that guy who was trying to learn how to use the arrow in that post credits scene (probably my favorite of the post credit scenes!).
Enjoyed the first one and enjoyed this one. The character development was good, and the ending with Yondu was very moving. He ended up being one of my favorite characters. The fact that the Ravagers all showed up for him at the end also does a lot to develop the group as a whole, showing how tight-knit they can be. The humor was good and most of it hit on the right beats, none of it was too jarring (except where it was supposed to be). The way they handled the beginning fight scene was great too.
Definitely one of the better Marvel films, alongside GotG vol. 1.
Saw it over the 3 day weekend. Thought it was very well done. Good character arcs, solid acting throughout and the whole "family" theme as very well done. Plenty of humor and action, but suitably grim at points.
Now just need a toy baby Groot that says "I am Groot" for the wife.
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