Just rewatched GOTG2...

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I don't think it's a shot at DC just because Marvel made a good movie.

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It is almost completely the exact opposite of a DC movie. The movie is overwhelmingly bright and colorful, go rewatch the intro fight scene. Multicolor laser blasts with multicolor smoke following the energy tracks... there are vivid red, orange, green and blue puffs of smoke whenever someone shoots. Color is oversaturated in almost every scene, unless it's dark in the forest (and even that is more vivid than DC's daylight scenes).
Yondu's revenge and escape looks like a kaleidoscope in motion.
There's humor and many expressions of simple joy of existence throughout the film, and it doesn't dampen the heavier emotional moments at all, it highlights them.

Every theme DC had tried to push out, this film was able to hit, and instead of various shades of gray, this is so tripped-out and vivid... and it works better than DC's approach. I feel for Peter, Drax and Yondu more than I do for Clark or Bruce, I feel their pain more, even though they make me smile and laugh more. I LIKE these guys more, and that seems amazing to me, because I grew up loving Superman and Batman way more than any Marvel characters, and I didn't know anything about these guys before the movies.

I was surprised at how good it is. Usually sequels are a letdown and the first was a tough act to follow.

I just don't see what you guys see. I'm sorry. Apart from Spider-Man: Homecoming, none of the MCU films have been up to snuff since Captain America: The Winter Soldier. As the Honest Trailers voice said, it's okay to go 10 seconds without having to try to make us laugh.

It was good but the first GoTG was much better imo.

Yea it was a let down in my opinion. Felt a lot of the time they tried too hard with the comedy especially with Drax having more lines. Also with the bad guy being his father which was pretty weak and didn't seem to have anything to do with the MCU storyline.

GotG2 sucked

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Man, what an open slap in the face directed squarely at DC.

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As much as I've mostly hated what DC has run out there, I don't think it was anything like that. I just think Marvel, and in particular, James Gunn has REALLY gotten this group so right. In no way is he ashamed of the source material, and in keeping in fun and light he's also able to go deeper in regards to the family stuff and it seems to work.

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Another shot at DC (and Suicide Squad)- the retro music is used properly, heard in-world, and is even used as a plot device, not just randomly added to the soundtrack for "coolness".

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I think it was a fantastic idea to use the Walkman soundtrack as a plot device from the get-go. It was never just background music, but what was literally being played on site int he scene. Very cool. It was also a great way to add some "Earth" to this space story and a link for Peter and the viewers the whole time. And even though I did not enjoy the GOTG2 soundtrack as much at first, it's grown on me and I plat it all the time now.

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I remembered that I liked it, but it had been awhile since I saw it, and I must admit, this really is a blast to watch again.

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I'm kind of in the Kevin Smith camp on this one. I REALLY liked this one, even as much as I liked the first one. This movie, more than most I've seen in a while, really makes me think about it quite often. Not exactly sure why, but I do.

Now...you want a shot at DC? Truth be told, when Ego smashes Peter's Walkman I cared 100x more about that loss than I did at any point in any of the DC movies, including Wonder Woman which I liked a lot. For 2 movie we grew to know just how much that item meant to him, and the loss of it MATTERED.

Waiting for the blueray...

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Man, what an open slap in the face directed squarely at DC.


As much as I've mostly hated what DC has run out there, I don't think it was anything like that.

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I don't know... do you do any editing of digital photos? Photoshop/Gimp, etc? I do. I do a good bit of editing with the camera RAW format, where you can get greater control and range.

Wonder Woman is a "normal" film, visually. We likely see about what was seen on set.

But BvS, MoS, and SS were faded. In BvS, you can't really tell if Wonder Woman is actually wearing a red and blue outfit, or if it's just a slight tint. The editing has washed it all out, I'd say the saturation levels are maybe around 25% (they're getting close to a B&W look).



Now, look at the difference, just looking at COLOR:

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the retro music is used properly

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There were a few songs I felt were poorly chosen (will need to rewatch for the specifics), almost to the level of being picked by using a blindfold and a dart.