23. "RE: Seemed pretty clear that..." In response to In response to 22
>>...they left The High Evolutionary on his exploding ship to >>die. They literally save everything except for him. > >"Dr. Evil : No, Scott. I have an even better idea. I'm going >to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an >overly elaborate and exotic death." > >I almost expected a Galaxy Quest like escape and >re-appearance.
At that point, he's been shot multiple times, stabbed, beat the fuck up, and had his face ripped off. He was also weezing when Rocket decided not to kill him. That nigga was going nowhere.
> >>Also, how did the tone shift? It seemed pretty somber >>throughout with some jokes peppered throughout. >>But it never undercut the tone. It was darker as they were >dealing with A LOT including ending this trilogy. > >It felt the tone shifts were VERY clunky here, the exposition >and dialogue TOLD me about motivations more than the acting or >the actions did. It was clunky, for me. >
Hard disagree but okay. > >>The dancing felt earned and >>bittersweet. We see characters dance all throughout the >>trilogy including the beginning of this one. > >I disagree with this STRONGLY. Dozens/hundreds of extras >dancing around on a blue screen differs a lot from Gomorra >sharing time with Starlord, or baby Groot dancing. It seemed >it least 5 minutes of forced dancing without having earned it. >(But hey, I've seen a lot of people who like this part online >- it's just my opinion here.) > >IT reminded me of the end of Jedi - which in real time I did >not like. Or the false endings to the LOTR trilogy.
Star-Lord has a whole ass dance during the opening credits of the first movie.