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Alright, I'm not gonna focus on this scene by scene like I did with Bill and Ted's Excellent
Adventure... Except I'm starting with a scene. At first, I wasn't really sure how flashing back to 1980 would give us new info we need to know. And that prologue was kind of a mystery. What's with the otherworldly flower? Why is Mr. Quill nonchalantly talking about the flower? Okay, now I actually kind of want to talk about this scene by scene to an extent.
I definitely didn't expect the scene with the Guardians fighting the monster to be at the beginning, because the way the trailers made it out to be was, like, a big finale and a big plot point. So that was interesting.
And then the gold people, the Sovereign dudes. I remember hearing how painful the gold Yogurt makeup was for Mel Brooks in Spaceballs and I hope these guys didn't have that much trouble with this makeup. Also, no pun intended, but that joke with Drax all wanting to kill people, but all the ships were just remotely piloted was gold. Sorry.
Alright, nonlinear time. Second time around, the main characters were all great the second time around. Drax is strangely kind of different from when he was in the first film, jolly and laughing throughout the movie. Baby Groot? Well, I'm not obsessed with him. I wasn't obsessed with Groot. But I definitely enjoyed watching him. What did I think of Mantis? I enjoyed her shtick of being a cute, innocent girl. She was funny. Other than that, I don't know what else to say about her.
The big character that most stood out to me was Ego. Oh, Ego. They did a very great job of concealing the fact that he was the antagonist. This is the advantage of not being a comic book follower... A superhero movie's plot can be more engaging! Though I do remember there was some other movie where someone found his father after many years and after happy times together he realizes he's a bad guy. I wish I could remember what movie it was... But I definitely remember seeing it before. I did think this twist was still engaging, though. Ego was charming and likeable, but then he also became scary! But you know what? I realized he's Malekith done right! Who's Malekith? He's the villain nobody remembers from Thor: The Dark World who wanted to make everything darkness... for some reason. This guy, Ego, wants to make everything a part of himself... because immortality gets boring! Well, that's at least a reason. Yeah.
Peter Quill gaining superpowers... That was cool! It was also funny seeing him transform into Pac-Man. Best product placement ever. And for a while, I was like "Wait, so in Infinity War, he's gonna be all overpowered? But nope.
This movie surprisingly got darker than the first one. I didn't expect that. But this is the year of dark sequels, so I should've! The Fate of the Furious, Transformers: The Last Knight, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi!
Moving on, the running jokes. My least favorite running joke was people calling Rocket different animals. The humor of heroes offending each other just doesn't really get me. I mean, they're just fictional characters, but I'm like "Don't say that!" But my favorite running joke is Taserface. With villains, I don't care about them, so they can be as irreverent as they want with them. That running joke was quite enjoyable.
The cameos and Easter eggs were great, too. Howard the Duck makes another appearance in a bar, making a terrible duck pun like he did a lot in the George Lucas movie. which I thought, ironically, was cute. And then the villain in Thor: Ragnarok makes an appearance, which got a gasp from me. But my favorite of these cameos for me was the obligatory Stan Lee cameo, with him in a space suit talking to the beings known as the Watchers (dudes who observe other peoples lives without interference) and he says something like "In that universe I was a FedEx delivery agent" proving a fan theory that's been going around for a while... Every Stan Lee is the same person! And now that has become one of my favorite Stan Lee cameos.
Now let's all take a moment to remember Peter Quill's Walkman. RIP 198?-2017
Conclusion? Well, after walking out of the theater, I thought the plot was definitely better than the first one. It was more interesting, more emotional, and more engaging. But could I say the same about the humor? Well, I'd say that would be almost on the same level. Not quite, but it was still very funny. Where would I rank this among other Marvel Cinematic Universe films? Well... that's tough. It's definitely one of the better Marvel films, but not quite as good as Civil War or Iron Man. I enjoyed it, and I was not disappointed. Definitely a great, well done movie!
Well, I hope you enjoyed this review. I've got some more 2017 Movie Thoughts on the way. But we're gonna take a little break from Movie Thoughts and we're gonna do a kind of post we haven't seen in a while. You'll have to wait to find out, though! See you next week! Have a good day!
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