I felt I was also the only one in the cinema who reacted to the Adam Warlock teaser. Guess not enough people know about him yet for him to garner such a reaction, but in time they'll know just how influential he'll be to the MCU
I thought she said "Atom", at first, for some reason. Adam Warlock obviously makes a ton more sense. Question is whether he'll be in play for Infinity War or not.
Apparently he won't be in Infinity War according to James Gunn. Now, since the 2019 Avengers film is no longer called Infinity War Part 2, he could easily show up in that. If not those two he'll definitely be in Guardians 3.
Just got back from watching this. I absolutely loved the first Guardians of the Galaxy, I absolutely loved the Avengers, I absolutely loved Civil War, but this may be my favorite Marvel movie ever. It just took everything that was great about the first film and maximized it ten times.
Like Neptune said, the interactions between the characters in this one were fantastic. It reminded me a bit of Age of Ultron, but this one wasn't, idk... boring like those were, I guess.
Ego might be my favorite Marvel villain. Like what a total badass. Kurt Russell was brilliant, and the way Quill and Ego interacted before the plot twist was fantastic and genuinely convincing. The battle scene at the end with Ego was also wicked good, and I loved Ego's appearance as an actual rock-formation (basically, the inside of the planet) and I was genuinely creeped out when he became a skeleton and began going through the layers of the body. P.S. PAC-MAN OH MY GOD
In terms of other characters, I really liked Mantis. I'll be curious to see if her role is expanded upon because I don't think they really gave her enough backstory here, so I'm hopeful for that. I'm really happy they gave Kraglin a bigger role compared to the first movie also. I love Sean Gunn.
And then Yondu. Oh my god Yondu. Probably my favorite character in the movie outside of Ego. I was so heartbroken by his death and his connecting scenes with both Rocket and Quill were really well done, heartfelt, and god I just loved them so much. Definitely the star of the movie.
back from guardians of the galaxy vol. 2, featuring star-lord, drax, rocket, baby groot, and the other one
it was good. while it does a lot of things that make it a lot better than the standard superhero sequel (actual character interactions, actually killing a character,
actually good villain, etc) i still feel like the first one was better rounded overall, both because of better humor and also because it was a lot fresher and more standalone.
oh well
i gotta say the biggest mistake this movie did was filming scenes on earth. it really takes me out of the movie and also ruins the whole "just random people being off in space" standalone thing
also, probably my single biggest problem with the movie are the Sovereign, who seemed really cool but kinda... didn't do anything in the movie besides apply threats at some points
it's a shame, because I really liked how they used Ego as a non-forgettable villain. it was nice to see Peter actually deal with father figure shit, and the part where he plays ball with Ego is genuinely heartwarming. unfortunately, the fact that the whole thing is resolved by just murdering ego feels... bad. i mean, he was a dick, but he was still peter's father, so i thought it would be nicer to find a way to show Ego how to live for love and other people. especially after the way the villain was dealt with in Doctor Strange, i was let down
also: man, was a GORGEOUS movie. jesus. this is definitely the best looking of marvel's movies, and it's not even close. miles ahead of even the last movie, too. colors are off the chart and really well used, especially the yellow/blues of the Sovereign. and Ego's fractal designs were just breathtaking. the whole movie is nothing short of eye candy
baby groot was surprising tastefully used, thank god
drax absolutely steals the show in this. dave bautista looks like he's having such a wonderful time and im glad. what a wonderful character
gamora, as i expected, gets the short end of the stick again, being allowed no jokes and getting a kinda creepy, almost rapey love story with star lord. i do appreciate what they tried to do with nebula, but while nebula stood out a bit more, i still didn't particularly care for either and the movie probably would have been better off without nebula. gotta set up infinity war, i guess
also... why was sylvester stallone here? not complaining i guess, but he was barely used. maybe he was cut out of the movie...?
not as crazy about the soundtrack as the first movie, though Mr. Blue Sky is a fantastic song and im so happy it was used
Tuxedo Ridley said:
Am I the only one who was getting Cancerverse vibes from this movie? The Sovereign took a lot of cues from the Universal Church of Truth, and the monster at the beginning looked like it could've been taken straight out of a panel from the Thanos Imperative.
ego being a dick is one thing, but i imagine any chance of reconcile went out the window when peter found out his town-skipping daddy-o kinda murdered his mom.
i guess they wanted to establish the original gotg crew? don't know what they plan on doing with that but i won't say no to having a hela-esque michelle yeoh in a marvel movie
