movie - Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun May 07, 2017 8:07 pm

Yes, but better because

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DD* · Post by DD* » Sun May 07, 2017 9:53 pm

Just got back - 7 out of 8 tentacles. I laughed, and laughed, and laughed again. And then someone was cutting onions in the theater. Oh, and Dave Bautista just absolutely murdered it in this movie - I thought he was great in the first one, but this was a whole 'nother level!

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Just fantastic! My 15 y.o. daughter said that when the Guardians finally meet the Avengers, Rocket and Tony Stark are going to be best friends.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun May 07, 2017 10:18 pm

By the way, I had no real desire to see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets or whatever, but the trailer in 3D made me change my mind. I don't think I've seen better use of 3D before. I doubt I'll find it a good film, but the visuals may be worth a ticket.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Mon May 08, 2017 4:45 am

hepcat wrote:By the way, I had no real desire to see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets or whatever, but the trailer in 3D made me change my mind. I don't think I've seen better use of 3D before. I doubt I'll find it a good film, but the visuals may be worth a ticket.

We only had three trailers in our showing. Supposedly the first showing of the day started playing the wrong movie, which backed everything up. We weren't allowed into the theater until 12:35, when the movie was supposed to start at 12:30.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Mon May 08, 2017 7:14 am

Saw it Saturday and I loved it.. Thought it drag a bit in the middle, but overall I loved it. Dave Bautista killed in this movie as well as Bradley Cooper as Rocket. Just awesome movie all around

Stocked about

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Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Mon May 08, 2017 9:49 am

hepcat wrote:By the way, I had no real desire to see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets or whatever, but the trailer in 3D made me change my mind. I don't think I've seen better use of 3D before. I doubt I'll find it a good film, but the visuals may be worth a ticket.

It's the same director as the 5th Element, so I think French Star Wars has a good possibility of at least being entertaining.

morlac · Post by **morlac** » Mon May 08, 2017 10:06 am

godhugh wrote:

The thing I enjoy most about the Guardians films is that they just look like a comic book on-screen. The rest of the Marvel films tend to look like action movies with comic book heroes in them. Guardians looks like a comic book come to life with the bright colors, framing of the shots, and just the all around feel. That makes these films so much more fun, IMO, then the other Marvel movies (which I do enjoy).

I had this exact impression. Saw it in IMAX 3D and it was spectacular. It was unbelievably cool, most amazing thing I have ever seen. 3D was done incredibly well.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon May 08, 2017 10:26 am

Archinerd wrote:
hepcat wrote:By the way, I had no real desire to see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets or whatever, but the trailer in 3D made me change my mind. I don't think I've seen better use of 3D before. I doubt I'll find it a good film, but the visuals may be worth a ticket.
It's the same director as the 5th Element, so I think French Star Wars has a good possibility of at least being entertaining.

I've not been a fan of Besson since The Professional. He started off with such promise, but then quickly turned into the poor man's Jeunet. He simply can't craft a coherent story. Sure, his visuals are great (hence the Jeunet comparison), but I always feel like I've just watched a movie written by a 12 year old when the credits roll on one of his films.

The only saving grace is that he's adapting this from a pretty famous French comic book series. So he's not responsible for the universe building beyond the imagery (for the most part).

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Mon May 08, 2017 10:45 am

Son and I saw this yesterday. We both loved it but we agreed that we still liked the first one better.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon May 08, 2017 7:14 pm

Question:

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Punch Line:

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I guess nested spoilers don't work - edited

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon May 08, 2017 8:27 pm

Aww come the fuck on. That spoiler was open when I came in. Ok no more of this thread until I see it.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Tue May 09, 2017 3:57 pm

Overall we really liked it. Was a good fun romp...

Only thing I didn't like was

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Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue May 09, 2017 5:15 pm

Punisher! Dude!

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Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Tue May 09, 2017 5:16 pm

Holman wrote:Punisher! Dude!

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That wasn't even Iron Man. It was the Crimson Dynamo.

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Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue May 09, 2017 5:17 pm

Did you all catch

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msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Tue May 09, 2017 5:25 pm

Zaxxon wrote:Did you all catch

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the Ragnarok call-outs in GotG 2?

Nope. Please go into the details.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue May 09, 2017 5:32 pm

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msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Tue May 09, 2017 5:35 pm

Zaxxon wrote:
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They're pretty small, but are definitely there!

During the big chained-jump sequence (with the distorted faces), one of the places they pass has a gladiator ring with folks that look like they could be Thor and Hulk in the ring (or not, but at least that this could be the same ring).

Then in the end credits, when the various characters are dancing, the Grandmaster makes an appearance.

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Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue May 09, 2017 6:17 pm

Zaxxon wrote:
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They're pretty small, but are definitely there!

During the big chained-jump sequence (with the distorted faces), one of the places they pass has a gladiator ring with folks that look like they could be Thor and Hulk in the ring (or not, but at least that this could be the same ring).

Then in the end credits, when the various characters are dancing, the Grandmaster makes an appearance.

That was also in the Ragnarok teaser/preview before the movie.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue May 09, 2017 6:19 pm

I know. That's why it's a call-out.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue May 09, 2017 10:02 pm

By the way, best...opening...scene...evah.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Wed May 10, 2017 10:20 pm

Just got back. Really enjoyed it, but not quite as much as the first. I came in knowing nothing except what they showed in the trailers. Random thoughts:

- Bautista absolutely killed it. I thought he did a great job in the first one, but as a non-actor playing a one-note character that didn't require any range. He was absolutely brilliant in this one.
- Thought Russell was fantastic, and the mid-way twist was pretty awesome.
- Baby Groot was nearly an overdose of cuteness, but it worked perfectly.
- Thought the whole Gamora/Nebula thing fell pretty flat, especially when compared to the other relationships. Gamora felt entirely underused in this one, which was a shame.
- My favorite cameo was

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- All I could think of with the gold people was Ender's Game. They were pretty 'meh'.
- For a non comic reader, those end scenes didn't do much. Groot was funny though.

A question about Russell's character

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msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Thu May 11, 2017 4:51 am

Skinypupy wrote:A question about Russell's character

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If he's immortal, why has he aged 40 years from when he was on Earth to now?

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Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu May 11, 2017 10:33 am

DD* · Post by DD* » Thu May 11, 2017 11:24 am

Punisher wrote:Overall we really liked it. Was a good fun romp...

Only thing I didn't like was
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I can't believe they need Iron Man to come and save the day at the end.. They should have been able to stand on their own../spoiler]

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri May 12, 2017 8:24 pm

Watch the cute as a button Karen Gillan talk about her character nebula in a hot Scottish accent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLdhmrd9ULA

Not sure if there are any spoilers in it as I stopped at the half way point just in case.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat May 13, 2017 5:01 pm

Just got back from seeing it. LOVED IT!!

[/spoiler]Wow So Starlord is the same species as Groot! Very surprised.[/spoiler]

More later..Wow what a ride. I can say I did not understand those last two scenes in the credits.

I have no idea who the gold people were other than asshats.

What was it yondo said to rocket about the jumps? 15 will do strange thing or kill you?

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Sat May 13, 2017 6:14 pm

Daehawk wrote:Just got back from seeing it. LOVED IT!!

[/spoiler]Wow So Starlord is the same species as Groot! Very surprised.[/spoiler]

More later..Wow what a ride. I can say I did not understand those last two scenes in the credits.

I have no idea who the gold people were other than asshats.

What was it yondo said to rocket about the jumps? 15 will do strange thing or kill you?

First off, I'm flattered!

Second.. which were the last 2. I don't remember.. Spoiler them please.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat May 13, 2017 9:51 pm

Fun fact about one of mid credit scenes that I just learned.

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Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat May 13, 2017 11:47 pm

Punisher wrote:
Daehawk wrote:Just got back from seeing it. LOVED IT!!

[/spoiler]Wow So Starlord is the same species as Groot! Very surprised.[/spoiler]

More later..Wow what a ride. I can say I did not understand those last two scenes in the credits.

I have no idea who the gold people were other than asshats.

What was it yondo said to rocket about the jumps? 15 will do strange thing or kill you?
First off, I'm flattered!
Second.. which were the last 2. I don't remember.. Spoiler them please.

I fell asleep right after posting that and forgot one scene but the other was ....

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Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Sun May 14, 2017 1:00 am

Daehawk wrote:[

I fell asleep right after posting that and forgot one scene but the other was ....

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It appeared to be a table wit ha pic on it and a necklace and someone walked by and either moved or picked up the necklace.

I don't remember that at all..

Here is a link to all 5 endings explained... I still don't see anything similar to your mentioned scene.

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Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun May 14, 2017 1:12 am

Its strange as Im not finding it either. Its after those 5..

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Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Sun May 14, 2017 1:47 am

Daehawk wrote:Its strange as Im not finding it either. Its after those 5..
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after Stan Lee

Just curious... Was Alcohol involved in your movie viewing?

because..

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Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun May 14, 2017 1:57 am

I did take my pain meds while there. At the end as the text scrolled up it appeared the entire front half of the theater was spinning downward in space

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Sun May 14, 2017 2:11 am

Daehawk wrote: At the end as the text scrolled up it appeared the entire front half of the theater was spinning downward in space

Are you sure you didn't accidentally go into a showing of Doctor Strange?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun May 14, 2017 2:13 am

I missed that movie

Ive been waiting since the first movie and still dont understand why they aren't doing anything with 'ship'. In the movies its just a ship. A prop to be destroyed over and over. Why aren't they using it as a sentient ship? That could have some possibilities.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sun May 14, 2017 8:59 am

Uh...what?

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sun May 14, 2017 9:29 am

Skinypupy wrote:Uh...what?

Yeah, uh...what?

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Sun May 14, 2017 9:53 am

Wow those pain meds must be the bomb!

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun May 14, 2017 10:40 am

Apparently the ship (named Aurora) in the comics is sentient, although the movie ship (named Milano) has a different backstory.