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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

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VCRTracking
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I saw it doday and thought it was even better than the first movie and it might be one of my top 3 Marvel movies. What I liked most was how it not only continued the fun from the first movie got deepe

Racj82
Racj82

1. No one is ever okay with Rocket stealing the batteries. Nobody. Those people are never portrayed as villains. No one is ever mad at them for them actions because they are justified. They just happe

starri
starri

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thuganomics85

thuganomics85

I seriously can't believe how much I've grown to like Dave Batista as an actor.  While Dwayne Johnson is still the best pro wrestler turned actor, IMO, Batista is surprisingly becoming a very solid second.  That laugh and reaction at the end was the greatest thing ever!

That was actually a pretty great teaser.  It did a good job at still not giving much away about the story, but showing enough of the characters to make me look forward to their next journey.  Can't wait!

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AimingforYoko

AimingforYoko

8 minutes ago, thuganomics85 said:

I seriously can't believe how much I've grown to like Dave Batista as an actor.  While Dwayne Johnson is still the best pro wrestler turned actor, IMO, Batista is surprisingly becoming a very solid second.

He doesn't have Johnson's range, but he found the perfect role here.

Baby Groot is going to make Disney sooooo much money.

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phalange

phalange

Just when I think I can't get anymore excited for this movie. Drax is hilarious and Baby Groot is everything. I've watched this multiple times and his wide-eyed stare and squeaky voice never stop being hilarious. A good chunk of Disney's profit from Groot merchandise will be coming from me.

Can't wait for the soundtrack, either! 

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Joe

Joe

Okay, I know this is unpopular. But I didn't like the whole Mantis scene at the end. I'm not into embrassment humour, and Drax's laughter just felt completely played up. Trying too hard. Also, I have other quibbles. Why are Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel in this? It's not using their faces or voices. There's name recognition, but if anyone goes in wanting to see either of them, they'll be deeply disappointed. The characters could be played by any voice actors for a quarter of the price.

However, I like Chris Pratt's shirt. I'd like a good view of it, because it looks like the kind of thing I'd wear myself.

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starri

starri

2 hours ago, Joe said:

Why are Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel in this? It's not using their faces or voices. There's name recognition, but if anyone goes in wanting to see either of them, they'll be deeply disappointed.

I think if people at this point don't know that they're playing a talking raccoon and a tree, they're not going to.  And how is it not their voices?

I mean, Diesel is no great shakes, but I literally don't know if I can imagine anyone else as Rocket.

You could make the same comment about any Pixar movie, but that hasn't hurt them.  Hell, Finding Nemo propelled Ellen Degeneres to a bigger career than ever before.

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VCRTracking

VCRTracking

Yeah, they could have gotten any actor, especially an unknown to voice Rocket but I think Bradley does a great job playing him. Besides the comic moments, he really had some affecting emotional moments in the first movie.

I was really happy to see Mantis. Trivia: She was created by Star-Lord's creator Steve Englehart and first appeared in The Avengers in 1973. Her backstory is a trip. Wikipedia:

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Mantis is the half-Vietnamese, half-German daughter of Gustav Brandt—Libra—and was born in Huế, Vietnam. In her childhood, her father leaves her in Vietnam at the Temple of the alien Priests of Pama, a sect of the Kree. The Kree believe she might become the Celestial Madonna and mate with the eldest Cotati on Earth to become the mother of the Celestial Messiah, "the most important being in the universe".

dusang

dusang

4 minutes ago, Bruinsfan said:

Something I ran across leafing through back issues, this is how Peter Quill was being drawn back in 2010, three years before Chris Pratt was announced in the movie role:

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I have no idea why Marvel started drawing him as looking less like Pratt (blond hair, younger, thinner) after the movie became a big hit.

Maybe to avoid any whiff of royalty-requiring image-usage?

scarynikki12

scarynikki12

Cooper may also be looking down the road and recognizing that he may not stay A list. Doing Rocket gives him a nice paycheck in a successful franchise but also proves that he can do voice acting. If the live action parts dry up then he can still do animation. I don't think he'll have to fall back to that but it's there if he needs it. 

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Joe

Joe

9 minutes ago, scarynikki12 said:

Cooper may also be looking down the road and recognizing that he may not stay A list. Doing Rocket gives him a nice paycheck in a successful franchise but also proves that he can do voice acting. If the live action parts dry up then he can still do animation. I don't think he'll have to fall back to that but it's there if he needs it. 

I hadn't thought of that. It's a good point, thanks.

Athena

Athena

43 minutes ago, scarynikki12 said:

Cooper may also be looking down the road and recognizing that he may not stay A list. Doing Rocket gives him a nice paycheck in a successful franchise but also proves that he can do voice acting. If the live action parts dry up then he can still do animation. I don't think he'll have to fall back to that but it's there if he needs it. 

I'm neither a fan or antifan of Bradley Cooper, but having semi-followed his career and rise to stardom, I can definitely see this to be the case. Voice acting work is fun and while it can be hard work, it beats having to work out for it months on end like he did for certain action movies. Another factor is that Cooper didn't really make the A list until his mid-thirties considering his conventional good looks. I remember when I saw him as a travel show host in the late 90s and then when he was on Alias. I don't think fame has gone to his head to that degree as he spent some years hustling to be where he is now. It does seem he has good management too, but I think he knows when to take a good paycheque.

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starri

starri

7 hours ago, dusang said:

I'm impressed that anyone has had the focus to say something not related to Baby Groot because he is, as phalange says, everything and I want him now.

The fact that the trailer just calls him Baby Groot is BAE.

7 hours ago, Bruinsfan said:

I have no idea why Marvel started drawing him as looking less like Pratt (blond hair, younger, thinner) after the movie became a big hit.

They also recently made Doctor Strange look younger, but nothing like Benedict Cumberbatch.  They seem to pick and choose what they reflect in the comics from the movie.  There was a period of time where Bullseye looked a lot like Colin Farrell.

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Danny Franks

Danny Franks

On 05/12/2016 at 8:55 PM, scarynikki12 said:

Cooper may also be looking down the road and recognizing that he may not stay A list. Doing Rocket gives him a nice paycheck in a successful franchise but also proves that he can do voice acting. If the live action parts dry up then he can still do animation. I don't think he'll have to fall back to that but it's there if he needs it. 

Yeah. Ultimately, why can't he choose whatever role he wants to do, regardless of whether it's about being a handsome leading man or not? He seems like he has fun voicing Rocket, and the character is incredibly popular so... I don't see why it's even a question.

I've only just gotten around to watching this new trailer, and I love it. Baby Groot is amazing, and is guaranteed merchandising gold for Marvel. Drax's reaction to Quill's secret was great, and feels completely right for a character who understands everything literally, but is probably trying to expand his brain to understand his friends. Mantis looks cool, although I think she was green in the comics. I guess another green character would be too much, though.

I'm waiting to see Nebula show up again. I've deliberately not paid attention to spoilers, but I know she's in it. In fact, this is the only Marvel movie currently slated for release, or recently released, that I'm at all interested in. Maybe Captain Marvel, once more details are known about it.

magdalene

magdalene

I am no Bradley Cooper expert by any means but I  think he has been very savvy career wise and worked hard to get to the A list. Part of being a successful actor is not being a one trick pony. Cooper likes to do variety and his voice work  as Rocket is very good.  I thought he was hilarious in the first movie and very moving at the same time.

I can't wait to see the next movie.

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