This time around, Gunn et al gave us not just one or two, but five quick glimpses into the future of the Marvel cinematic universe. Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Photograph: AP The multiple mid-credit sequences Did the music rather paper over cracks in the narrative on occasion? And did you care when it all sounded this pulse-elevatingly splendid?
Other highlights include ELO’s joyous Mr Blue Sky, the driving hard rock of The Sweet’s Fox on the Run and the gentle lilt of George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord. Vol 2 does not disappoint, with tracks such as Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain sounding like they were written for freewheeling space adventure (so much so that Gunn hits the play button twice). There can have been few films of the past 25 years (including Trainspotting and Pulp Fiction, perhaps) that are so rigidly defined by their pop culture soundtracks as the original Guardians of the Galaxy, which used offbeat 1970s easy-listening to heighten the movie’s veneer of quirky swagger and remind us not to take anything we saw on screen too seriously. Star Wars may have reverted to using exotic corners of the Earth to double for alien planets, but the geniuses at Weta Digital might just have proved with Vol 2 that there’s life in the digital domain yet. And Ego himself (planet version) was a psychedelic tapestry of otherworldly pinks, yellows and oranges. The multiple jumps to hyperspace, with our heroes’ faces bulging and gurning like cartoon characters from an extra-zany episode of Looney Tunes, were fabulously realised. But Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is right up there for brain-bamboozling CGI wizardry. Has there ever been a more engaging all-CGI character in the Marvel universe? The mind-boggling visualsĪfter the shifting inter-dimensional cityscapes of Doctor Strange, Marvel seemed to have reached new heights of far-out silver age comic book nuttiness. Need someone tiny to head into the depths of Ego the Living Planet’s core and blow up his giant “brain”? (After much wide-eyed, adorable procrastination) Groot will get the job done. In need of rescue from a gang of ’orrible space pirates? Groot’s your plant-based sentient extra-terrestrial. The huge-eyed, super-cute junior version of Vin Diesel’s heroic tree creature seemed destined to play more of a background role in Vol 2, but ended up being pretty essential. Photograph: © Marvel Studios 2017 I am Baby Groot LP 2 contains the Original Score by Tyler Bates.Ego (Kurt Russell). LP 1 contains the Awesome Mix, 70's & 80's songs that appear in the film as part of a mixtape in the character Quill's Walkman, which acts as a way for him to stay connected to the Earth, home and family he lost. In order to evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a group of misfits including Gamora, Rocket, Drax the Destroyer, and Groot. In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan.
Reilly as well as the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper. Soundtrack to the 2014 film starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, John C.