Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - Movies with Mikey 

bleunt Agreed.

I'm mickey

bleunt it's getting appreciated now thanks to James Gunn tweeting it out 💪💪💪

I'm surprised by the low view count as well.

just found this channel today started binging...now one of my top channels.

also, one Logan please

Oh man, I don't think I could survive him covering Logan!

Colin Luton you too? 😢

I still cry when I watch the movies. The last ten minutes of the second movie are devastating. Having Mikey describe so poignantly why the characters are so endearing had me tearing up for most of the review. I love this movie so much, and Mikey's format for reviewing does it so much justice.

Mikey makes me cry more than anyone else on the planet. What a jerk.

Don't worry he comes back, and he's more adorable than ever. As an aside, how the hell did they survive that ship crash? Groot sacrificed himself by surrounded them in twigs and leaves. Dude is walking, talking kindling. How does this end in any other way than trapping them in a giant fireball of death?

TheHorseFormerlyWithoutAName The first Groot, (old Groot), was the "Hulk cannot die" version of the Guardians of the Galaxy, but the script/plot killed him for twenty minutes or so, just for the climax to have some "feels" and tension. Like, litteraly, DEAD, to "save his friends" during Ronan's onslaught/ dreadnaught crash... The script/plot killed the, old Groot to "nerf/weaken" him. Adult Groot was the Guardians of the Galaxy equivalent of the "Dr. Banner/Hulk vs all the avengers", meaning that Groot was funny, but was waaay, waaay too strong. Groot was easy to slow down, but like Hulk, he won't quit and would spoil the climax,(Ronan vs Guardians final dance/battle), So basically, the script/plot killed a Hulk-like old Groot by making him "sacrifice himself". That sh** was a horrible, but clear example of a caracter reboot by way of "anti-plot armor". Groot was the only Guardians that could've tanked Ronan by himself,( in the comics), but he didn't. Groot was: "ze nice guy who died", but while his full-power and memories are gone, baby Groot is technically the same version, but weak/younger/toy. Ps: Old Groot was shown to have removed a single sapling seed from his head before the "save ze planet" fight, (we see old Groot do this during the prep/planning), yet he could've done so a hundred time BEFORE!!! Old Groot was killed-of by the script/plot, but "they" showed us the "Groot make a copy" only to explain why he died/didn't die... Old Groot didn't make another Groot, or a dozen, at ANY point because the truth is that old Groot was too strong, so "they" rebooted him. Now,"baby" Groot is NOT the same Groot, yet Groot lives on. Baby Groot is still "a Groot" and like a normal human vs Thor, who's an ashguardian, Groot ain't just a plant-based, talk funny humanoids. Groot are litteraly the marvel version of another type of god, (god of nature). Baby Groot don't know how to go all "Hulk smash" like his older counterpart and without the memories from his older self, he need to learn everything by himself, yet until he grow back into his adult form, he cannot do anything remotely as amazing as he could as an adult, like in the comics, (self-multiplying, or growing as tall as a skyscraper, or becoming impervious to FIRE, or even molding into a wood-based version of "hulkbuster").

Amani Bob You could have said that in a couple of sentences: They nerfed Groot by "killing" him, so that he won't kick every villains arse for the team, but they kept the character alive with the seedling Groot. There, done. Because with the way you have written your post, it is really, really hard to get your point, regardless how often you repeat yourself in the same post.

Groot so died.......... the twig was his baby...... groot be dead and you lied. You should buy your kid ice cream to make up for it. :)

When twig groot froze, I lost control and laughed so hard I couldn't breath.

One-Wing same.

One-Wing Have you seen GOTG vol 2? The things they were able to do with the characters, emotionally, is amazing. I feel like it might help you understand the series (word?) better.

Its interesting because vol 2 essentially uses the majority of its run time, explaining exactly what this video did. It hinted at the pains in the characters in Vol 1, but had a larger issue to address. Vol 2 says, "we should explain to those that missed it 'why' these characters work so well." In Vol 1 they became a family, in spite of being so flawed, in vol 2 we see the impact that having those flaws has on their longer term relationships.

+Inka Saraswati I watched it at a drive-in with a really close group of friends. We only caught like half the dialogue, but I think we all got the right experience

Guardians of the Galaxy was also forming the team from a group of broken people. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is a character work where it delves into those flaws, and has the characters start to work them out.

Dany thank u, ur an angel

Bless you kind sir!

Yesssss

"Careful, he's a hero"

Quicksilver would like a word about this, but then, that was part of the ongoing feud between Marvel and Fox media

Oh please. Like all of the main characters who died in _that_ movie aren't going to be magically resurrected in the sequel. Do you really think Marvel would pass up on all of the money left to make from them?

FakeUserNameHere Oh, that's not even an obvious hypothetical. Sebastian Stan, for example - the actor playing Bucky - has a contract for _several_ more movies with Marvel Studios. If anything, it's Steve we should be worried for of the two, because Chris Evans is only contracted for one more. If anything speaks for the future of the MCU, it's the contracts.

@@FakeUserNameHere I would like to point out that whether or not the characters will remain dead, Marvel still killed them all. Even if, after the fact, you can rest easy knowing that things will most likely be alright come the end of the next Avengers, in the moment it was devastating for a LOT of people. So, yeah, not at all gun shy about killing them anymore.

@@lo4tr That's just semantics. Yes, they're _technically_ dead but what we're talking about here is the effect the death of a main character has on the audience. That effect is absent when everyone and their kid knows they're not going to stay dead.

For the vote, Logan might get you the most views because it's still really relevant, but I think I'm going to have to go with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It was my favorite book of the series, and one of my favorites of the movies from the series.

I really appreciate Mikey's format since it focuses so much on the craft of movie making and what makes the movie enjoyable rather than tearing into it like a lot of reviewers. His love of film is immediately apparent through his work. That passion combined with the emotional baggage that comes with these characters nearly had me bawling, too. Looking at the comments on this page, I'm glad to see it's not just me.

theimprobableone , love that movie. not sure how it would hold up from a quality POV. But hey, "they pay you to sing into a can!"

Kevin Bennett We thought.... you was... a TOAD!

< one of the probably like thirty people who can claim to have participated in a live read of that movie in Antarctica. I got to be Delmar! And I'd been there for almost a year so I was super fried and it hopefully added to me trying to act even more clueless than I was feeling at the time.

theimprobableone "... I got better..."

It is just Homers Odyssey.

He *really* delivered on that one.

She is most definitely a pass. I'm hoping he'll do something utterly inappropriate like Dredd. Also holding out for something from the Time Bandits/Brazil/Munchausen trilogy.

Mike Pirnat, City of Lost Children is an astonishing movie on a lot of levels, a lot to unpack. Solid choice, I'd love to see Mikey's take on it. I also vote for the girl from Montmartre, Amelie.

I just imagined a beautiful world where Mikey would do back-to-back episodes on Amelie, City of Lost Children, AND Delicatessen. One orange-colored day...

Sarah Shay Might as well throw in Alien 4 for the "Jomps Wobbin" connection too. ;-)

Mike Pirnat Uggh, it looks like Amelie will be next given the comments. I don't get it's appeal. 😣 I only liked one scene from the entire film and it was the bedroom scene with the talking photos. I won't be looking forward to this review, but maybe Mikey can help explain it to me 😂 Goblet of fire all the way! 😉

TheSamuraiXX011 That's kind of how I felt about Hugo. That movie rubbed me COMPLETELY the wrong way, but Mikey's piece on it makes me wish I liked it, because there is plenty of skill on display. But a cool thing about art is we don't all have to have the same tastes.

Just hit Blu Ray this week. DO NOT WAIT to see it. The praise is NOT hype.

THANK YOU for coming back to tell us that you found it!! I quit listening to Mikey for a minute after it started (sorry Mikey), then desperately searched the description for it. And now I have a movie I never saw to go watch...

CinemaWins is always a win! (Can I say that?)

no he isn't. he is rehired now & all set to direct vol 3

@@rounakmahato67866 vol. 3 is gonna be the best movie after endgame and infinity war because it has james gunn, adam warlock and asgardians of the galaxy.

I scrolled through the comments to learn if anyone mentioned the song. Had I done this three days earlier, I would've been SOL. So, thanks a ton!

alextheschroeder I'm too small to fit on the Blu-Ray, they loose me.

The video could be a plate for her egg dinner

This laser disk is gigantique! I am Amelie.

Put my in your pocket! I'm Amelie!

Yeah, Amelie now, Logan later

Loot the Body YAAAAAAS HARRY POOTER

I say go with Logan. Yes, it is newer and more relevant, but that doesn't make it any less brilliant, beautiful, or meaningful. It's a film I can talk about for hours upon hours. Amelie is definitely great too and I'd love to hear that down the line, but what I'd love more is to hear/watch a 20+ min video where Mikey gushes about Logan.

Seeing so many amelie comments.... I have to come an cast my vote for the hurt locker!!!! Can't wait to see what mikey has to say about that cereal aisle scene!!!

Ditto. Hurt Locker is... not a normal movie. I'm not sure it's a movie. It's more like... stuff happening... stuff that really sticks with you.