Movie Review - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Star Rating: ✮✮✮✰✰

Storyline - 

"Set to the backdrop of 'Awesome Mixtape #2,' Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes' aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand." - imdb.com

Review- 

With Guardians, I went in expecting certain cinematographic techniques to be used, techniques that gave the first movie that comic to screen feel that gave Guardians its comic charm. Unfortunately, this very specific quality was overshadowed by the fast moving action scenes. I feel Marvel has started to put less care into the stories of their films,by mostly focusing on the whole franchise rather than the quailty of the single film and how its fits in overall. 

Similarly to the 'Doctor Strange' film, Vol. 2 felt like an exaggerated set up for a single character that Marvel requires for the 'Infinity Wars'. By introducing the Sovereign race and providing motivation  to create a more powerful being, "Adam", which I assume refers to Adam Warlock (who is, hands down, the most vital character to the 'Infinity Wars' comics), is revealed in one of the three post credit scenes.

Even though the origin of the MCU Adam isn't even remotely accurate compared to comics, it was a tidy way to add him to the MCU. Hey, we don't watch these film for accuracy, do we?

But this is still exciting stuff, as the introduction of Adam means that we are so much closer to the end, which begs the question "What are Marvel going to do once the largest movie franchise to ever exist ends?". I'm also curious about how they plan to introduce the Guardians to the Avengers. Now, that is going to be interesting.

💜MetalandTeacups 

Information -

Release Date: 26 Apr 2017
Time: 2hr 16min

Cast: 

	Chris Pratt	...	Peter Quill / Star-Lord
	Zoe Saldana	...	Gamora
	Dave Bautista	...	Drax
	Vin Diesel	...	Baby Groot (voice)
	Bradley Cooper	...	Rocket (voice)
	Michael Rooker	...	Yondu
	Karen Gillan	...	Nebula
	Pom Klementieff	...	Mantis

Kurt Russell

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