Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2 - Spoiler discussion

Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2 - Spoiler discussion

Discussion for those that have seen it! SPOILER heavily so don't come in unless you want to be spoiled. The Drax/Rocket love scene was tastefully done and Gamora being Star-Lord's father was a brave twist.

Editorial Opinion
By ossie85 - Apr 23, 2017 09:04 PM EST


Movie was released April 24th here in Australia (we generally get this US '1st week of May blockbuster' on this date, as the 25th April is a public holiday here. So just lucky I guess!

So what did you think?

 - The story
 - The direction
 - The characters
 - The sound track!
 - Where does it rate compared to the first Guardians, and in the overall MCU and/or CBM genre?

My random thoughts....

I liked:
 - Ego's character and threat
 - The opening sequence
 - Mantis
 - The explanation of Quill/Yondu relationship
 - Stan Lee's Watcher connection (genius)
 - Adam Warlock! And most of the other cameos. Give me that Howard the Duck movie!
 - Rocket/Yondu relationship.
 - Everything Drax said.

I disliked:
 - Not much! But thought perhaps it didn't flow in some parts? I need to watch it again. Baby Groot was amazing, but didn't really have an arc other than being cute.
- Some of the Nebula/Gamora stuff felt a little forced, but not enough to bother me.
 - Perhaps a bit too CGI for me, but held together for the most part.


Still very fresh for me!

Initial reaction is I think I enjoyed the first one more... but I might change my mind. As far as MCU sequels go, I think it is only behind Winter Soldier.
 

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DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 4/24/2017, 7:06 AM
Saw it tonight my fellow Aussie, I really liked it also. While I still prefer the original (for now, I feel like Vol. 2'll grow on me quite a bit.

My thoughts?
- Loved Yondu and Quill's relationship here. A lot of touching moments with Rooker's Yondu.
- Zoe Saldana was FANTASTIC, I just wanted to see more of her. Gamora and Nebula had great character development, I liked Nebula's arc.
- Stallone was perfect in the small role he had.
- While the soundtrack wasn't as great as Vol 1. (which is superb in my opinion), I still really dug it.
- I was a little disappointed with how small Tommy Flanagan's role was, but it's understandable because they had a lot of characters to juggle.
- Drax is even more hilarious this time around, great character.
- Baby Groot was adorable. The credits sequence with teenage Groot was great.
- Opening credits were dope.
- If anyone got the short end of the stick it might have been Rocket, had some quality moments with Yondu though.
- Kurt Russell's Ego was pretty good.

Really don't have a lot of negatives about this film, it was appropriately quite colourful, that might be my only minor complaint but I'm grasping at straws here. 8/10
ossie85
ossie85 - 4/24/2017, 12:42 PM
@MrMurdock - i felt this film better captured some of the crazy Starlin like visuals from the comics.

Gunn clearly has a different tone to Starlin though with storytelling. Which is good, although I love Starlin's stories, direct adaptation would be difficult
DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 4/24/2017, 8:50 PM
@ossie85 - The tease of Adam Warlock at the end was really well done too. Makes me quite hyped for Vol. 3.

Did an article on who I could see in the pivotal if you want to check it out;
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/fan_fic/who-should-play-adam-warlock-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-a150557

I thought the Stan Lee interacting with The Watcher's was great, but does this mean it puts the 'Stan Lee is Uatu The Watcher' theory to bed?
ossie85
ossie85 - 4/24/2017, 10:38 PM
@MrMurdock - I'm actually taking it as confirmation that he IS Uatu. And that in the MCU the Watcher can disguise themselves to blend in (which makes more sense really).
ossie85
ossie85 - 4/24/2017, 10:39 PM
Warlock casting will be very interesting :) I liked your article, it could be something a big name (like a Brad Pitt) could be attracted too also
UltimateTypeface
UltimateTypeface - 4/26/2017, 6:27 PM
@ossie85 - I don't think Stan Lee is a Watcher as he talks a lot in his cameos and doesn't really watch much just goofs around.
He gets drunk and passes out in one cameo.

What is interesting is that the Watchers were in a MCU movie. They are thought to be part of the FF and owned by Fox.

Could this be a sign that Fox has done a deal with Marvel over the FF characters?

Please say its true.

...or Maybe Uatu is owned by Fox and the watcher are as a race are fair game - like the Skrulls.
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