Three years ago, a lesser known property of the Marvel Universe graced the screens, with many wondering if it would catch the attention of the world. Not only did it catch the attention of the world, but became one of the favorites in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This was one of the first movies that showed that Marvel could be successful outside of Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America, and that the Marvel Cinematic Universe could truly expand beyond what was initially anticipated. This property caught my attention way before it’s release, and no I am not talking about comic book form, I found out that they were doing it, I believe sometime in early 2012, and that’s when it first caught my attention, and then it stood out more when I saw some concept art in 2013, and just how cool this movie could look. It was a nice little surprise when it came out in 2014, and just proved what the Marvel Cinematic Universe was capable of.
Needless to say, anticipation for a sequel was high.
Probably just as high as the sequel to The Avengers back in 2015. I am happy to
say that the sequel is totally worth your time in seeing. While I am going to
admit this right off the back, I think the first one is just a little better.
Now keep in mind, I said a little, because the first one was a surprise. The
first one had a bunch of us laughing so hard throughout the movie, even moments
to the point that I thought I was turning blue, like Yondu. The second had
plenty of laughs, and even some moments where I was laughing really hard, but I
don’t think I was laughing as much as the first one. Now before you say to
yourself, “that’s it, I am not seeing this anymore,” I was totally fine with
the idea that they turned the humor notch down just a little bit, because that
paved the way for some really good emotion from the characters. I honestly felt
that this movie explored a lot of the characters from the first one in ways
that I was left just as surprised as the first one. The first one, I enjoyed
watching the characters work off one another, but this one, I felt more
connected to the characters, and they were more than fun characters to be
around, you really cared more about them, even characters like Yondu and
Nebula, who I didn’t think much of in the first one, I really cared about their
characters this time around.
Now let’s get into the spectacle of the movie. There was
plenty of action, and lots of eye candy to go around. This movie took us to a
lot of awesome places to explore, including Ego’s planet, which was probably
one of the most colorful places I have ever seen, seriously it was just
incredible to look at. I saw this on IMAX, and it was really awesome to see it
this way, as it made all the places feel more massive. I missed out on seeing
the first one in IMAX, but it was great to see this one that way. Let’s get
into the music for a bit, does it beat out Awesome Mix Volume 1? That’s hard to
say at this time. The soundtrack for the first one was a big surprise, I was
not anticipating them to using music from the 70s/80s during the first one in
such an amazing way. The music is used very good here as well. It’s hard to say
if I like this soundtrack more or not, I may need to rethink this in a few
months before giving an official answer, but there are great songs on Awesome
Mix Volume 2.
How does Baby Groot turn out? He was adorable, simply no
other way to put it. The opening credits with him dancing was one of the most
fun opening credit sequences that I have seen in a long time. I will personally
admit this, I think I like that sequence more than the opening credits to the
first movie. Many can disagree, but that’s how I felt. There were other moments
that were fun when they used him, including when two of main characters are in
prison and they need to get out, and they have Baby Groot grab something that
will help them escape, and being little, obviously didn’t know what was needed
exactly, so he kept coming back with many different things, one of them that
really shocked and surprised me, I didn’t know how to process it, but it was
really funny, while I kind of spoiled this sequence, I won’t spoil what that
thing is here.
The characters is really what made this movie a blast to
watch, and seeing the characters develop even further made this movie so much
more worth it. I felt all of the main heroes got a really good amount of screen
time, no one felt overshadowed by
another, especially Baby Groot didn’t take over the whole show, while I would
have been alright with it, the movie wouldn’t have had the same impact that it
does here. That idea of family really sticks out here. There is a line that
Nebula says “You aren’t friends. All you do is fight and yell at each other.”
And Drax responds back, “You’re right, we aren’t friends. We’re family.” While
they drove each other nuts, they still cared for one another, and that can be
seen throughout the movie, and it works great.
This movie was a blast from start to finish with an
emotional core that makes the journey more worth it. I strongly recommend that
you check this one out.
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