Movies: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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I honestly think that the source material's lack of popularity is a selling point for GotG to both general audiences and to Gunn... there are precious few diehard Guardians fans to object to changes, so he has the whole of cosmic Marvel (not explicitly tied to the Fantastic Four) to play around with and audiences have little to no expectations when it comes to these characters.
Slavish devotion to the comics would hurt the films.
Mrb1p
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Celestials and cosmic entities are linked to the whole universe. Hulk and Thor are two of the main subject of these most of the time, its not only GOTG and FF4. Plus theres Nova, which is unexploited so far.
I dont really care about the exclusion of Json... But I do care that they made Quill a freaking celestial and that they actually defeated a freaking celestial/ego the living planet without the help of any marvel cosmic powerhouse (Nova, Surfer, Ronan, Gladiator, Warlock, Marvell, etc.)
As I understand it, Fox and Sony bought a list of characters from Marvel that was kind of indiscriminate when it came to who was assigned to what franchise. So someone like Spiderwoman is assigned to Sony in spite of being tangential to the Spiderman franchise, etc.
I enjoyed it.
I wasn't as surprised in this movie as I was with the first one - the characters remained roughly the same in their archetypes and part of the joy of watching Vol 1 was getting to know them - we learned that Quill loves music and dances and the levity it brought in Vol 1 was great. You're prepared for that in Vol 2. Etc etc down the line with the other characters.
I thought the 2nd act was too slow of a pace. I didn't dislike it, especially since the 2nd act was invested in moving the story along, but I was expecting more, especially with Quill's scenes.
I thought the final act makes up for the slow 2nd act pace and it wraps the movie up really well. I am a little disappointed that there was no shot of Thanos and what he's doing - I thought Vol 2 would move that part of the Marvel Universe arc along much more.
Vol 1 would get an 8.5 for me while Vol 2 would be a solid 8. I won't see it again in the theatre, but I'll definitely pick it up for my home when it comes out.
I wasn't as surprised in this movie as I was with the first one - the characters remained roughly the same in their archetypes and part of the joy of watching Vol 1 was getting to know them - we learned that Quill loves music and dances and the levity it brought in Vol 1 was great. You're prepared for that in Vol 2. Etc etc down the line with the other characters.
I thought the 2nd act was too slow of a pace. I didn't dislike it, especially since the 2nd act was invested in moving the story along, but I was expecting more, especially with Quill's scenes.
I thought the final act makes up for the slow 2nd act pace and it wraps the movie up really well. I am a little disappointed that there was no shot of Thanos and what he's doing - I thought Vol 2 would move that part of the Marvel Universe arc along much more.
Vol 1 would get an 8.5 for me while Vol 2 would be a solid 8. I won't see it again in the theatre, but I'll definitely pick it up for my home when it comes out.
saw it last night. not quite as enjoyable as the first one. alot of surprising scenes and characters *spoiler alert* baby groot was cute. drax was pretty funny.
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Mrb1p
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Also, for me the real fun in these marvel movies is seeing powerhouse go at it. Planet busting kind of big players. Having Quill go head to head with his father, so boring.
Jussi
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But his dad is a planet... Just admit it, you didn't like him because his expansion plan didn't include Canada!
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AfroThunder396
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Guardians has done the best job with those emotional moments IMO. In the first one when Groot says "we are Groot"? So much feels!
Mrb1p
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My GF was whining all movie "omg so boring" then when this happens I hear her sobbing... Like, who does that.
The Gongshow
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Saw it tonight, really enjoyed it. Some comedy felt forced but a lot of it still had the same random charm from the first movie, which was great.
"My nipples!" and "I'm Marry Poppins y'all" had my dying.
Baby groot is adorable.
"My nipples!" and "I'm Marry Poppins y'all" had my dying.
Baby groot is adorable.
AfroThunder396
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In my opinion:
Top Tier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
High Tier
Iron Man
The Avengers
Captain America: Civil War
Middle Tier
Dr. Strange
Ant-Man
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Low Tier
Captain America: The First Avenger
Iron Man 3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thor
Bottom Tier
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk
Top Tier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
High Tier
Iron Man
The Avengers
Captain America: Civil War
Middle Tier
Dr. Strange
Ant-Man
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Low Tier
Captain America: The First Avenger
Iron Man 3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thor
Bottom Tier
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk
NyQuil
Big F$&*in Q
Wow, I agree with pretty much all of this.
Well done.
I might nudge Iron Man or Guardians of the Galaxy 2 up a tier but then again I might not.
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ResilientBeast
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BonMorrison
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Great list, Afro. I would move Guardians 2 and CA1 up a tier and Ant Man down a tier but everything else is perfect especially the top two tiers.
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ArGarBarGar
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I'd personally move Dr. Strange up a tier. Maybe also move the Avengers up one.
