Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2
Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Baby Groot (Vin Diesel) are working as mercenaries for hire after the events of the first film. After another of Rocket's indiscretions, the team once again find themselves on the run. They find shelter on the planet of a mysterious man called Ego (Kurt Russell) who turns out to be Peter's father. Peter finds himself with a dilemma as a result.
I found very little to fault here. The first film is vast, action packed and funny and the follow up provides more of the same, alongside another big 70s and 80s soundtrack in the form of "Awesome Mix Tape Vol 2". Quill's cassette player is replaced by another antiquated piece of music technology in an amusing scene towards the end. I personally didn't think "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass would provide character motivation in a major Hollywood picture and yet here we are.
Russell is perfectly cast as Peter's father, successfully portraying the right amount of paternal concern and menace as the narrative progresses. Much as in the first film, it's the socially inappropriate Drax and the sneering Rocket who pick up most of the laughs, the latter's prison break sequence with Baby Groot proving one of the highlights of the film. Howard the Duck and Stan Lee crop up again, just in case you'd forgotten that this was a Marvel film. But once again, the film's irreverence sets it apart from its comic book stablemates.
One of my very few issues with the film is that the plot doesn't seem greatly original. I'm not hugely into sci-fi but I'm guessing the trope of a being wishing to be "one with the universe" in a literal sense is a common one, having been picked up in both Futurama and Rick and Morty. There are also so many characters in the film that some of them get sidelined a bit. I would have liked Gamora's relationship with her renegade sister Nebula to have been explored more, but I suspect this will be a key plot point of Volume 3.
But overall, spending more time with these characters is a blast and on pure entertainment value, it's the film of the year so far.
I found very little to fault here. The first film is vast, action packed and funny and the follow up provides more of the same, alongside another big 70s and 80s soundtrack in the form of "Awesome Mix Tape Vol 2". Quill's cassette player is replaced by another antiquated piece of music technology in an amusing scene towards the end. I personally didn't think "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass would provide character motivation in a major Hollywood picture and yet here we are.
Russell is perfectly cast as Peter's father, successfully portraying the right amount of paternal concern and menace as the narrative progresses. Much as in the first film, it's the socially inappropriate Drax and the sneering Rocket who pick up most of the laughs, the latter's prison break sequence with Baby Groot proving one of the highlights of the film. Howard the Duck and Stan Lee crop up again, just in case you'd forgotten that this was a Marvel film. But once again, the film's irreverence sets it apart from its comic book stablemates.
One of my very few issues with the film is that the plot doesn't seem greatly original. I'm not hugely into sci-fi but I'm guessing the trope of a being wishing to be "one with the universe" in a literal sense is a common one, having been picked up in both Futurama and Rick and Morty. There are also so many characters in the film that some of them get sidelined a bit. I would have liked Gamora's relationship with her renegade sister Nebula to have been explored more, but I suspect this will be a key plot point of Volume 3.
But overall, spending more time with these characters is a blast and on pure entertainment value, it's the film of the year so far.
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