Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

[Augen]

mZuzek said:

Augen said:
The best way I equate these films is if "Futurama" had a big budget film. There are jokes and silliness because it is intended to be fun, and yet both Guardians films made me feel more than any other super hero film I've seen. Comedy disarms me, it opens me up laughing and then the end hits me like a hammer. I remember a big moment in both the Avengers films that affected people and I felt nothing, but the end of this had emotional weight. I'd say Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is one of the best sequels I've ever seen, it felt like a natural extension of the first without ever getting stale.

Call me crazy, but these are 10/10 classics for me, right there with Back to the Future and Ghostbusters in terms of fun genre blending films I love. I'll buy this on Blu Ray and watch it dozen times like I did the first.

You know I won't call you crazy (because when it comes to this I'm even crazier), but your point about it being a "natural extension" of the first movie kinda got me thinking about the next one - that is, because Vol. 2 really kinda finished the story. I mean, at the end of Vol. 1 it felt like there was definitely a sequel needed, there were plenty of things that were left unfinished, but this time I feel like there's not much more to add, all of the main characters resolved their issues to some extent and if it wasn't for those post-credits scenes they might have as well just called it the end and it would've been fine.

...which is to say, I'm very excited about how they'll finish this trilogy, but I can't help but feel it didn't need to be one. I'm also a bit concerned, since now there's gonna be all the Avengers stuff (which I was glad they were staying away from) and who knows what effect that'll have on the third movie.

Yeah, I agree Vol. 3 will be a tough one to pull off, but if they give Gunn freedom I think it will be at least solid.  I just loved working Peter's parental issues as a through line and everything made sense and felt thought out from the beginning.

When people talk about "summer entertianment" this is what I want, fun.  I don't want dumb (Transfromers 5 preview...) I want a fun adventure with colorful characters.