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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 309822" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2</span> </strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">(2017)</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.8S8S6l3rgOrOaNIuh0mb3wHaLH%26pid%3DApi&f=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 441px" /></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">I went into this one feeling I was watching it purely for completion. However, I decided to treat the whole thing as a giant visually impressive music video with some gags linking the songs. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">With expectations so lowered it was actually not only tolerable: I found myself enjoying the film. Quite a bit. I laughed a lot and (as with the first film) thought it looked good. It helped that I knew the characters this time round. Even new face Mantis is familiar to me as an Avengers member in the comics, so that helped. Oh - and I was great to see the Watcher make an appearance, looking like a perfect live-action rendition of the visual established in the comics. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">As things went along, I actually enjoyed this more than the first and seemed as though it was going to be a film I’d rank fairly highly. However, the space chase in the final act seemed to go on forever and I found myself tuning out and mentally planning my next grocery shop while twitching my leg. This hugely impacted on how I viewed the film overall. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Things were sweetened by the ending, which I found quite touching. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">That prolonged space battle bumps it down a couple of places, but it’s not a bad outcome:</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Captain America: Civil War</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Captain America: The Winter Soldier</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Captain America: The First Avenger</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Iron Man</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">The Incredible Hulk</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Thor</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Ant Man</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">The Avengers</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Doctor Strange</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Guardians Of The Galaxy</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Avengers: Age Of Ultron</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Thor: The Dark World</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Iron Man 2</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Iron Man 3</span></span></li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 309822, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2[/SIZE] [/B][SIZE=4][FONT=Helvetica Neue](2017)[/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=4][IMG width="441px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.8S8S6l3rgOrOaNIuh0mb3wHaLH%26pid%3DApi&f=1[/IMG][/SIZE][/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]I went into this one feeling I was watching it purely for completion. However, I decided to treat the whole thing as a giant visually impressive music video with some gags linking the songs. With expectations so lowered it was actually not only tolerable: I found myself enjoying the film. Quite a bit. I laughed a lot and (as with the first film) thought it looked good. It helped that I knew the characters this time round. Even new face Mantis is familiar to me as an Avengers member in the comics, so that helped. Oh - and I was great to see the Watcher make an appearance, looking like a perfect live-action rendition of the visual established in the comics. As things went along, I actually enjoyed this more than the first and seemed as though it was going to be a film I’d rank fairly highly. However, the space chase in the final act seemed to go on forever and I found myself tuning out and mentally planning my next grocery shop while twitching my leg. This hugely impacted on how I viewed the film overall. Things were sweetened by the ending, which I found quite touching. That prolonged space battle bumps it down a couple of places, but it’s not a bad outcome:[/SIZE][/COLOR] [LIST=1] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Captain America: Civil War[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Captain America: The Winter Soldier[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Captain America: The First Avenger[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Iron Man[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]The Incredible Hulk[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Thor[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Ant Man[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]The Avengers[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Doctor Strange[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Guardians Of The Galaxy[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Avengers: Age Of Ultron[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Thor: The Dark World[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Iron Man 2[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]Iron Man 3[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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