Hanson
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"I am Groot, I am Groot... I am Groot"
"No! That's the button that will kill everyone!"
"No! That's the button that will kill everyone!"
I definitely shouldn't, but I definitely will.I wouldn't hold out for a Guardians 1&2 4K set considering that they haven't done it for the Avengers or Captain America 4k releases.
I definitely shouldn't, but I definitely will.
Honestly, there's a good chance I won't watch either movie again before 2022 or so..
I think I'm in a distinct minority in that I think Guardians 2 is far superior to the first film.
I enjoy the first Guardians movie, but I'm kinda baffled over the response that it gets. Most critics and many fans have praised the film as being something unlike any film that has ever been made in the history of the film, and the riskiest and most obscure thing that Disney could ever have done. And, when I watch the movie, I just don't see those descriptions applying to it. The first Guardians movie strikes me as a by-the-numbers buddy team-up comedy/action movie. We've seen plenty of characters like Quill and Gamora and Rocket and Groot before. The only thing that makes them different is that Gamora is an alien, Rocket is a talking racoon, and Groot is a walking tree. But their personalities and personas and the type of conflicts in the story have been done over and over. I think Guardians does do a good job of making old tropes feel fresh. But I don't find anything about that movie to be innovative. And I think that's okay too, I don't think a movie needs to be innovative to be good.
But Guardians 2, that movie feels fresher to me than the first one. I was initially very skeptical when the movie was announced. I didn't think it was necessary to bring back Nebula and Yondu, and the announcement that those characters were returning had me deeply concerned. I've seen too many sequels (and long running TV shows) where characters who had outlasted their use remained involved in the story not because the story demanded it, but because the actors were already under contract. But, much to my surprise, Guardians 2 deepens the portrayals of those characters rather than forcing them to go through the same story machinations a second time. Both Yondu and Nebula are compelling characters in Guardians 2; in the first movie, they felt more like plot devices.
Visually, the second film is much more exciting than the first one to me.
I do think the end battle goes on too long, as is often the case in these Marvel films. The amount of explosions far outpaces the amount of actual plot content in those final scenes, and while I wouldn't eliminate the battle completely, I think it could have been wrapped up in a little less time.
But on the whole, I find Guardians 2 to be a tremendous improvement over the original.
4K sets are available from the UK for Avengers (out now) and Captain America (coming in April). There is no region coding for 4K discs, and the blu's are likely all-region.I wouldn't hold out for a Guardians 1&2 4K set considering that they haven't done it for the Avengers or Captain America 4k releases.
The scene of Baby Groot bringing back all matter of objects instead of the fin just killed me, and the Ravager massacre afterwards is probably my favorite MCU set piece. Do I feel a little bad about cackling in glee over a murder spree? A little bit. But the execution is superb.
Rewatching Guardians 2 for like the fourth time in the past few weeks. Sometimes I just get into a movie and it’s where I’m at and I’m just going with it.
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