Number Rolled: N/A
Movie Name/Year: Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Tagline: Obviously.
Genre: Action,
Adventure, Sci-Fi
Length: 136
minutes
Rating: PG-13
Production Companies:
Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Producer: Victoria
Alonso, Louis D’Esposito, Kevin Feige, David J. Grant, Simon Hatt, Nikolas
Korda, Stan Lee, Jonathan Schwartz, Lars P. Winther
Director: James
Gunn
Writer: James
Gunn, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Steve Englehart, Steve Gan, Jim Starlin, Stan
Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby, Bill Mantio, Keith Giffen
Actors: Chris
Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker,
Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Elizabeth
Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Tommy Flanagan, Laura Haddock, Aaron
Schwartz, Alex Klein, Evan Jones, Joe Fria, Terence Rosemore, Jimmy Urine,
Stephen Blackehart, Steve Agee, Blondy Baruti, Richard Christy, Rhoda Griffis,
Elizabeth Ludlow, Wyatt Oleff, Gregg Henry, Seth Green, Ving Rhames, Michael
Rosenbaum, Michelle Yeoh, Miley Cyrus, Jeff Goldblum, David Hasselhoff, Stan
Lee, Kelly Richardson
Stunt Doubles: John
Casino, Rob de Groot, Tony McFarr, Kelly Richardson, Sean Taylor, Lee-Anne
Telford, Amy Lynn Tuttle, Todd Warren, Boni Yanagisawa
Blurb from IMDb: Set
to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'
continues the team's adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's
true parentage.
Selina’s Point of View:
Cat’s still away, so I figured we’d forgo Netflix and discuss something that came out this month.
I got to see Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol. 2 the day before Mother’s Day.
Now, I can sit here and tell you how hilarious it was, how
great the acting was, the emotional aspects of the story-line, the implications
of the FIVE after-credits scenes, or pretty much anything else in the world
that every other reviewer is already going to tell you.
Big surprise, Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was awesome. Did you expect me to say anything different?
In fact, the only thing I can tell you that no one else can is my own, very personal, take on the film.
Of all the things I could have said, I
imagine you didn’t expect for me to say that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 helped me. It’s
just a comic book movie, after all. What good could it possibly do? A lot, actually. James Gunn (Slither, Dawn
of the Dead, Super) really did more than just a great job with the script.
This requires some back story.
Not long ago, I was on a medication that caused some mental
side effects such as depression.
I’m off the medication now, but the effects have been a bit more difficult to shake.
Random triggers have been causing this incredible sense of dread and anxiety. It's been invasive, to say the least.
This is not the way my mind used to work. I've always had some minor issues with anxiety, but this is on a whole other level.
I realized the change in thought process when I went to the
hospital for an unrelated issue and, after explaining a panic attack from
earlier in the day, the doctor asked me if I was suicidal.
I’m not. I had issues with that in Junior High School when
things got really bad, but it’s been a long time. Still, the question hit me
like a brick in the face. I've lost loved ones to suicide in the past and it's not a suggestion I can even pretend stomach.
I called my doctor that day and got off the medication.
I called my doctor that day and got off the medication.
The problems have lessened, but persisted. No amount of
therapy has helped much.
What did help, at least some, was this film.
When I went to the movies to see this Marvel flick, I hardly
expected to be presented with enough of a visual representation of the meaning
of life to help ease my crisis.
Obviously, I can’t go too much into detail, because Trust
the Dice doesn’t deal in spoilers, but there were parts that helped me see things
in such a different perspective that I burst into tears right there in the
theater. The relief was deeper than anything I could ever truly communicate to
someone that hasn’t been on the wrong side of this kind of inner turmoil.
When it comes down to it, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is just a movie. A damn good movie,
but still – just a movie. The creating team knows no more about life and
existence than the rest of us. Still, some of the ideas written into the film
and plot by James Gunn have been an incredible help to me, strange as it
sounds.
All I can say is “thank you” to the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 team.
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 81%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 90%
Metascore - 67/100
Metacritic User Score – 8.1/10
IMDB Score – 8.1/10
Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 5/5
P.S. One more
reminder: FIVE credits/after credits scenes.
Movie Trailer:
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