#guardians of the galaxy vol. 2 2017

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✩ Personal Rating: 7.9/10

✩ IMDb Rating: 7.6/10

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One Dress a Day Challenge

August: Fantasy & Sci-Fi

Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2 / Elizabeth Debicki as High Priestess Ayesha

Ayesha and her people, the Sovereign, only appear in a few short scenes in this film, but they are extremely memorable, and the visual design plays a large part in that effect. This gown was made mostly of leather.

The designer, Judianna Makovsky, had this to say in an interview: "I wanted it to have a very metallic and intricate feel. One of the things that James Gunn said is that 'everything in the world is gold.' But we didn't want it to look like Las Vegas. So it wasn't going to be sequin-sparkly, anything like that. But also, we wanted something that was quite sexy as well as being armor. We were also paying a bit of homage to Flash Gordon. Everybody seems to love Flash Gordon, so I wanted to keep it in that world.... We had two versions of skirt: one for sitting and one for standing. One that would fully tulip all the way around and one that was flatter in the back. So it was pretty either way."

Elizabeth Debicki also commented that the costume helped her to get in character: "The restrictions in a costume like that, the corset element of it, the severity of the angles of it and even the weight of it, completely informs how you move because you can' t do certain things in it, which then indicates the type of person you are. When you think of the logic of that character, you wonder why she wears something like that. But it's because she' s informing her people the type of queen she is. It completely changes your physicality, though. I didn' t really feel like Ayesha in a way until I put that dress on and then sat on that throne. Then I really knew what she was all about."

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"It broke my heart to put that tumor in her head"

He loved her in his own twisted way.

The Guardians had a really good trilogy IMO. No masterpieces but really good flicks each of them movies.

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Best Bradley Cooper movies and performances:

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - James Gunn (2023)

2. The Hangover - Todd Phillips (2009)

3. Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell (2012)

4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - James Gunn (2017)

5. A Star Is Born - Bradley Cooper (2018)

6. Limitless - Neil Burger (2011)

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Mantis, sighing: Gamora is so beautiful... Drax: Don't be jealous. You're beautiful too... on the inside, at least. Mantis: I'm not being jealous, Drax. I'm being gay.

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Okay, I'm going to talk about Rocket's prosthetic obsession thanks to the new comments from James Gunn. I have yet to see the Holiday Special (tonight hopefully!), but I think I have enough context to know what is happening.

I have always found Rocket's obsession funny in a way, but over the years with the way Gunn has spoken on the subject, it seems that him and I find it funny for two different reasons.

I now believe that the intended meaning behind the joke was "haha racoon is stealing prosthetics, now amputee doesn't have their prosthetic, haha." A very ableist type of humor. And I'm kind of surprised I didn't see it earlier. I don't know, it just never crossed my mind, and as y'all could probably guess that Guardians of the Galaxy isn't a part of the MCU I spend a ton of time thinking about. The prosthetics thing is something I forget about until I rewatch them again. But now after putting literally any thought into this, yeah, I'm pretty sure this was the goal. Which is unfortunate because I've always interpreted it in another way which is funnier and actually has to do with Rocket as a character.

Rocket's prosthetic obsession has always been funny to me in a "this guy has issues" sort of way. But isn't that the basis behind a lot of the humor in the Guardians movies? Rocket stole anulax batteries for the heck of it, Drax thinks he's invisible if he stands still or eats nuts slowly, Yondu joked about eating Peter when he was a kid, baby Groot apparently chewed someone's toe off, Peter tried to explain sex while smiling like a 12 year old to the head of an extremely elitist and eugenicist planet, Mantis is convinced Kevin Bacon is an Avenger, Nebula got a whole ship to try to kill Gamora and proceeded to crash it instantly, and Gamora picked up the guns from said ship two seconds later and shot at Nebula with that. Random examples. I could go on and on. These people have problems. And it's because of trauma. All of them have wildly different backgrounds, but all of them went through something traumatic. And trauma doesn't just produce soft spoken people who apologize if you run into them. Traumatized people can be all sorts of problematic.

I think one of the beauties behind the Guardians franchise is that all of them are a little unhinged, unfriendly, defensive, etc. But they all get along after a while. And it is hard. Some people criticized the second volume, saying that they just completely re-did the character development from the first. No. The Guardians are a wacky found family and family doesn't always get along, especially if the found family is as wild as the Guardians. They fight and struggle to get along but they all truly love each other. I think it's beautiful.

An obsession with prosthetics is unhinged and frankly unacceptable in real life circumstances. Really, I think most of us would not get along with the Guardians if we met them. If it weren't for comedy being its main genre, I think we'd get lots of discourse about all of the Guardians being terrible people versus meow meows, but a lot of the despicableness of their actions goes over people's heads because of the comedy. But, darn it, Rocket's obsession fits in so well with the craziness of these movies. And it helps that those jokes were delivered well!

The very first one was the leg in the first movie. It's one of the things Rocket lists when he is telling the others how they'll escape the prison. When I was watching it, I assumed he needed a certain mechanical part that can be found in prosthetics because his plan was very technological. You have the action scenes of them fighting the guards, then it cuts to a scene of Peter sitting down with the amputee, asking how much he wants for the prosthetic. The contrast adds to the humor. Then Peter gives Rocket the prosthetic and Rocket laughs, explaining how he finds it hilarious to steal people's prosthetics. And Peter is reacting like the audience, shouting at Rocket because this guy has problems! Because the joke should be that they're all ridiculous, not that some guy doesn't have a prosthetic now!

It's disappointing to find that so many people are being ableist with this when this works with Rocket's character (okay, he's the one that's easiest for me to list random ridiculous things. He has some wild issues). And, yes, this means that Rocket is ableist. Like I said, if it weren't for the genre there'd be lots of discourse on these people. My thoughts are that he's definitely improved as a person (now he's giving his stolen prosthetics to people that need them, like Thor), fiction isn't reality, trauma doesn't excuse being a jerk but I can see how he's the way he is, if you have problems with this don't be a jerk. Whatever. I don't care enough. But it seems like people, Gunn included, are leaning away from my interpretation and towards just plain ableism.

Anyway, my explanation for how Nebula got Bucky's arm is that she showed up at Sam's house (Bucky is celebrating Christmas with the Wilsons) and asked Bucky if there was a [insert animal that is not a racoon] that asked about his prosthetic during any of the fights against Thanos. He said yes, she said he wanted to give him a fake Christmas gift because of this ridiculous obsession. Bucky said he was in, and they made a paper mache arm or something like that, don't tell Rocket.

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14.07.24

#Mira-Marathon | MCU

Film Name: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017); Production Studios: Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios; Director by: James Gunn; Screenwriter: James Gunn, Steve Englehart, Steve Gan, Jim Starlin, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Bill Mantlo, Keith Giffen, Steve Gerber, Val Mayerik; Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper; Genres: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Comedy; Running Time: 2 hours 16 minutes;

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" is a superhero action movie where Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) travels through space with his team on a mission. They meet Ego (Kurt Russell), who claims to be Star-Lord's father. Pros: Retention of style and humor, Deeper character development, Emotional family story, Impressive visuals, Great soundtrack. Cons: Less dynamic plot, Not very interesting new characters, Protracted finale. Overall, it's a decent sequel with an emotional story and good effects, but a less dynamic plot.

My rating:

⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 2017 - James Gunn

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MOVIE REVIEW:Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

Longform Thoughts on #GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3 by #JamesGunn. There's a lot more going on under the hood of this film. Here's some stuff to look at.

James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is the final part of the original Guardians trilogy. The movie brings back the actors from the previous films for one last rumble against the new villain, The High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji). I had seen and liked the first two Guardians films and decided to get a look at this closing film, and this review is a look at the film as well as the overall…

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The Sneepers feat. David Hasselhoff: Guardians Inferno

Song of the Day: March 27, 2023

“ Well, your left hand's free And your right's in grip With another left hand Watch his right hand slip Towards his gun Oh, no “

Additional Thoughts: Watching through the Marvel movies with my Wife. We got to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 today.

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Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling 1973

"Hooked on a Feeling" is a 1968 pop song, written by Mark James and originally performed by B.J. Thomas. Thomas's version featured the sound of the electric sitar (played by Reggie Young) and reached No. 5 in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1973, the Swedish poprock group Blue Swede did a cover version, which included the ooga chaka introduction from a 1971 cover by Jonathan King. King had heard Johnny Preston's "Running Bear", which was the inspiration for the ooga chaka chant. This version reached number one in the US in 1974.

In 1992, Blue Swede's recording was featured on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's debut feature Reservoir Dogs.

In the mid-90's, the Dancing Baby "sk_baby.max" model became one of the first viral memes. The animation was also shown on several episodes of the 1998 legal comedy-drama series Ally McBeal as a recurring hallucination, suggesting a metaphor for the ticking of Ally's biological clock, and was accompanied by Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling". Various commercial advertisements presented the Dancing Baby animation to international markets continuing the mainstream media attention. This particular manifestation of the video, bound to the song, is widely distributed and referred to as the "Ooga Chaka Baby", further cementing the scene in pop culture history.

The 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy, which featured the brass fanfare and title lyrics of the Blue Swede cover version prominently in its trailers and theatrical release, resulted in a significant spike in sales for the recording; the film's soundtrack reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart in August 2014. The song was also featured in the teaser trailer for the 2017 sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

Blue Swede's frontman is singer/actor Björn Skifs. He did the Swedish dub of Woody in the first two Toy Story movies, as well as singing in stead of Phil Collins in the Swedish dub of Brother Bear.

"Hooked on a Feeling" received a total of 81,9% yes votes!

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Baby Groot | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017) | Marvel Studios

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), dir. James Gunn