jtsalien
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Possible spoiler, but Awesome Mix Vol 2 has been released. Little underwhelming to me compared to Vol 1, but some solid stuff in there.
Mantis was great but I kinda hated how emotional and serious the film was. They also overplayed some jokes way too long which got old fast.
I enjoyed it, but it's one of the MCU's weakest in a couple of years. I need to see it again to form a definitive opinion.
The over cheesy dad playing catch with his son scene was cringe worthy and eye rolling worthy. They played the emotional aspects to a lifetime original movie level. Civil War did emotional and serious much better without me being this is cheesy and forced.
See, I thought of that as the opposite strangely.
I believe, that they handled the character development amazingly, with great highlights for mostly everyone. As I said though, I am not a fan of Baby Groot, but that I am happy for characters like Peter, Nebula, Ego, Yondu and Rocket get amazing highlights in this. It is amazing, and that I am going to most likely be the only one in saying that.
Yondu was fine and I can definitely see why they hit on his story since he was the main tie in to the next film so his character development was most important so I get that (they should've showed some flashback of him in the original guardians so people could understand his role better). Kid Groot (He wasn't really a baby more like a 5 year old) got old really fast as well. Drax played the comic relief extremely well. Mantis also was rather entertaining provided she was more baby like in her mindset and innocence in the world than kid Groot. This film came off as the Starlord movie than the guardians movie and I'm not sure I enjoyed that aspect of the film.
I'd agree that they should've balanced the Guardians a bit more than just being more on Star-lord. And that I get why, as the story has focused albeit more on him even though he is the leader of a colorful space-team that kicks ass and call's names.
I mean, when you can save the galaxy twice, you would atleast want a bigger payraise to allow it to happen.
As for Ego..I'll just talk on spoilers.
I honestly, when first hearing about Ego being Peter's father caught me off guard and that I was somewhat hesitant. This film, is about family. And that with more time for Yondu, we can fully understand his and Peter's relationships, and that I wouldn't be surprised if we see him in a flashback for Infinity War/Gauntlet (I know that's not the official name of the fourth, but it might as well be).
That said, the ending pulled a large punch, as they handled the death of Yondu gracefully and in one of the best way's in the MCU thus far. And, that they did something that honestly puts Spocks Funeral to shame.