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Kind of agree with Jeremy Jahns review...he vaguely hints at Marvel fatigue setting in, though denies it's that (yeah, wishful thinking Jeremy)
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04-25-2017, 07:53 AM | #242 |
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Who is Jeremy Jahns?
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04-25-2017, 10:42 AM | #243 |
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a pretty popular reviewer. He appears on Collider's Movie Talk a lot too
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04-28-2017, 06:04 AM | #246 |
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Awww man just finished watching this. The ending is so good, much better than that silly ending in the first one. This one is more meaningful and full of heart.
I just love Groot and Rocket. Also I don't get the 80s music much (not my thing I guess) but I'm sure the classic fans enjoy it very much and that's what matters. |
04-29-2017, 05:27 AM | #247 |
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Having seen it yesterday...I actually thought this was a genuine step-up from the first movie. There's some stakes and consequences for everything, and while the overall threat and magnitude of the villain's plan is let down a bit in execution, the final battle is, rare for these movies IMO, fairly well structured.
Rocket definitely evolves more as a character in it, and you wonder where everyone would be at the end of this one if he hadn't did what he did at the beginning.... Drax and Mantis are the best too. Still mixed, and Baby Groot got on my nerves in two very drawn out scenes, but it wasn't too bad. Most of the song choices sucked, but the last track is impossible to dislike, or resist emoting over. Perfect choice, and on reflection, probably the only appropriate one. |
04-29-2017, 09:53 AM | #248 |
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I saw this today, I really enjoyed it, Baby Groot was so cute.
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04-30-2017, 07:13 PM | #249 |
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The movie isn't out in the US yet, and it's already making $101 Million worldwide.
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I must admit, I didn't realise, Europe got it before the US?! It was out here Friday.
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Concept Art of Stallone as Darkhawk and Michael Rosenbaum as Martinex T'Naga
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I liked it. I think it had more meat in the characters than the first one did, I just didn't like the lengthly split between the group for the bulk of the film.
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05-05-2017, 02:52 PM | #253 |
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I just saw it, I liked it. Also one of the better Stan Lee cameos.
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Here's a clip showing Stallone's character.
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05-05-2017, 08:40 PM | #256 |
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Gonna see it tomorrow in 3D.
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What? Michelle Yeoh looks nothing like her. Has nobody seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?
Saw it tonight. * Music didn't do as much for me as it did in part 1. It actively felt like a gimmick this time around, especially the scenes with characters (sometimes not even the Guardians) finding in-story excuses to play songs from Star-Lord's Awesome tapes. * More heart, everything feels more earned this time around. * A lot of good laughs but man, a lot of misses too. Probably more misses than hits. But there are some really good hits. I wished they dialed it back a bit. There doesn't need to be a joke, or an attempt at one, literally every 10 seconds. * Great ensemble cast, and they seem much more comfortable this time around. If you removed anyone of the main, core cast from this movie (minus Groot, probably), the whole thing would fall apart. Spoiler:
* Overall, I guess a notch above the first, even though it feels less fresh this time? That's about it.
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Saw it last night, probably enjoyed it more than the first film, but I wasn't one of those people going gaga over the franchise to begin with (unlike my girlfriend heh). I suppose the music tastes is going to be down to what you're into, and how old you are. I'm an old duffer, so I pretty much knew all of the music. But the opening sequence with ELO had me laughing because of the music, Fleetwood Mac is always FTW, and the use of Cat Stevens was perfect (partly because that's MY choice for that version of that song, considering he wrote it, it was the one I grew up hearing).
Best parts for me? The end scene with Groot, anyone in the UK will know that will remind them of a certain Harry Enfield character; Kraglin trying to "chat up" Nebula when she's going to leave; and just Drax in general, he got the most development and laughs, the penis scene had us in stitches.
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I did a double take when I saw Michelle Yeoh. It's funny, there was a minor rumbling in the theater when Stallone appeared, like, "is that Sylvester Stallone?". Of course it's Sylvester Stallone, who else do you think it is?! Then he shows up again with Michelle Yeoh... not a whimper, but my friend and I look at each other like groupies at a Beatles concert. It was an Expendables moment - two of our childhood/teenage idols in the same scene. I went home and watched Super Cop.
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