![]() ![]() ![]() The larger problem, as it becomes progressively evident, is that this series lacks a resonant origin story, a myth, on which a world, multiple stories and a fan base can rest. The Guardians take whacks at the blob, jumping and thrashing around a patently digital environment that’s vaguely far-out and indeterminate. The movie begins in medias res, with Quill and the gang facing down a blobby adversary with fat, snapping tentacles and rows of nasty teeth - the better to eat them with or just tear them limb from limb. Gunn does a pretty good job of keeping the whole thing reasonably fizzy, starting with an opener that winks at the audience with big bangs and slapstick. It’s tough being a hitmaker who isn’t weighed down by corporate expectations, but for a while, Mr. The name still brings a light smile, even if the movie can’t help but feel as deadly serious as any other lucratively branded Marvel property. ![]() three years ago are back on board and led by Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), a cheerily roguish type who calls himself Star-Lord. Most of the ragtag futuristic fighters who powered through Vol 1. In many respects, it’s not much different except it all feels a bit strained, as if everyone were trying too hard, especially its writer-director, James Gunn. 2” has all the digital bells and whistles as well as much of the likable, self-aware waggery of the first. ![]()
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