Missy Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 And go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 The lesser Guardians film against a film that'll be over-praised for concluding the franchise-long arc (with time travel.......grrrrrrrrrr) I'm voting Endgame here, but can easily vote against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 This is the hardest one in this round for me. Endgame does so many things right, but I haven't found myself rewatching it. (Outside of certain fanboy-popping scenes, that is.) On the other hand, I've gone back to GOTGv2 more often because I can relate to the "family of your own making" themes. So, yeah, Guardians it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylerQ91 Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Absolutely Guardians to me. I like Endgame best of the Avengers films (with Ultron in second) but I have way more problems with it than GOTGV2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Endgame. I get time travel being an uncomfortable solution to the problem, but it’s really common in comic book storytelling, Hate to say. Plus there wasn’t 45 minutes of cartoon characters yelling and screaming in my goddamn face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Those last two Avengers movies aren't movies. They're a collection of scenes. Some good moments, lots of baffling choices. You could have cut an hour and twenty off of each of them and made them one movie and it would have been great. As such, Guardians 2 was really fun and a worthy sequel to its predecessor. Also, it had a great villain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batguy10 Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 I don't really see the problem with Time-Travel, nor do I feel the movie was lessened for including it. There is a character in this universe that walks around with (what is essentially) a time machine around his neck, so I don't think it was a far-fetched path to go down or wasn't adequately established. Sure, it may feel cheap to some, but its a comic-book movie... frankly, with the amount of comics that revolve around time-travel concepts, I'm surprised we haven't encountered more of it in these films. Guardians 2 is fun, has some great moments, some not-so-great moments, and is perfectly fine. But if I were going to rewatch one I'd sooner choose 'Endgame'. On a personal level, it does more for me and it therefore has my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 I went with Guardians 2 because it is just that much more of a personal film. Does it do a vast disservice to Mantis? Oh christ, yes! Do I get annoyed with Drax's characterization? Yep. But everyone else has these story beats and character moments that make me love it that much more. I was not expecting to care about Nebula. Most of all, as a gay man, the entire concept of found family is always going to be something that rings true to me. It's a big part of why I tear up occasionally. Basically, it hits me in the feels. Endgame is a pretty decent movie but it has more problems than Guardians 2 had. There's the fact that it will always be half a film. It's the better half but it's still not a complete story in and of itself. It's basically Ending: The Motion Picture. Also, while it doesn't do Black Widow the dirtiest move in the entire MCU, it gets there pretty damn quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 On 8/3/2020 at 5:03 PM, batguy10 said: I don't really see the problem with Time-Travel, nor do I feel the movie was lessened for including it. There is a character in this universe that walks around with (what is essentially) a time machine around his neck, so I don't think it was a far-fetched path to go down or wasn't adequately established. Sure, it may feel cheap to some, but its a comic-book movie... frankly, with the amount of comics that revolve around time-travel concepts, I'm surprised we haven't encountered more of it in these films. Pretty much how'd put it. I went Endgame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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