This
weeks movie review is one that was highly anticipated in my family.
Having really enjoyed the first Guardians of the Galaxy, expectations
were high as we waited for Vol. 2 to be released. Now that it is finally
here I am the envy of all my other family members for being the first
of us to watch this. I did take my brother Matt along because who wanted
to see a fun movie alone with me. We had fun discussing it afterwards, and so
here is what we thought of the movie.
The movie starts with Meredith Quill (played by Laura Haddock) and a young Ego (played by Aaron Schwartz) driving in a car. They park the car and go for a walk in the forest when young Ego shows Meredith a strange flower. Then it cuts to present time. Peter Quill A.K.A Star-Lord (played by Chris Pratt), Gamora (played by Zoe Saldana), Drax (played by Dave Bautista), and Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) protecting batteries from a huge alien. At the same time, Baby Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) is dancing around to music playing in the background.
The movie starts with Meredith Quill (played by Laura Haddock) and a young Ego (played by Aaron Schwartz) driving in a car. They park the car and go for a walk in the forest when young Ego shows Meredith a strange flower. Then it cuts to present time. Peter Quill A.K.A Star-Lord (played by Chris Pratt), Gamora (played by Zoe Saldana), Drax (played by Dave Bautista), and Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) protecting batteries from a huge alien. At the same time, Baby Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) is dancing around to music playing in the background.
After
that, Rocket steals the batteries and the Sovereign find out. They send
out all of their army to destroy them when suddenly they all get wiped
out from a quote "small one inch man". It turns out that the "small one
inch man" was actually Ego (played by Kurt Russell). Peter, Gamora, and
Drax go with Ego to Ego's planet. It then cuts to Contraxia, a planet
for ravagers, and shows Yondu (played by Michael Rooker) sitting in a
building. Yondu is then being disgraced by all of the other ravagers for
letting Peter escape with the infinity stone in the previous movie. To
regain their trust, he sets out for Peter and gets the help of Rocket
and Baby Groot.
The
story plot was well done. It did not have many plot holes but there
were some that could've been fixed. There was a lot of action that I
personally enjoyed and many good scenes to improve on it. You will not
get bored easily watching this because the directors and story writers
made it so interesting to hear and watch. There is quite a bit of
language so i would not suggest bringing children 7 and below to this
movie.
The
acting was fun to watch. Everyone that was acting brought you so deep
into the movie, at times it would feel like you were there. With all the
fight scenes and amazing makeup, it was incredible to see them do it so
well. It was especially good when there were really funny jokes and
they all had to keep a straight face. Compared to the first movie, the
acting was just a bit better. They were more focused and better
practiced. In my opinion, Marvel made great casting choices to begin
with and it carried through to this sequel.