GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Movie Reaction! 

The final shot of the film is a Racoon crying because he understands that he is loved. And it's perfect.

From several interviews I’ve read, Chris Pratt talks pretty openly about the complicated relationship he had with his own father, who died in 2014. He said that the movie brought a lot unheard wounds to the surface and helped him process, work through, and channel them while filming. Those emotional scenes are probably some of the best acting I’ve seen of Chris Pratt and this is definitely the reason why.

This is still in my top 3 MCU entries. The story is one of the most personal even with it’s universe sized stakes.

This was the first MCU to make me sob like a little baby man. This came out the same month I got a kidney transplant after waiting 10 years, my entire 30s, to get (that's depressing to think about). The recovery was; difficult let's say, couldn't walk around on my own for a few weeks. I had to stay with my dad during this long ass recovery process and he was a champ through out; driving me the four hours each trip back and forth to the clinic where I got the surgery, buying my meds, cooking my meals, paying for whatever needed to be done because some unexpected shit would spring up, and I wasn't working and had to wait for a new Debit card to arrive from the bank because my dumb ass lost my original just a day before getting the call from the clinic that they had a viable organ ready. So during my recovery I watched Guardians Vol 2 and the theme of fathers hit very close to home, because of how amazing my dad was during that entire process, I don't think I could have done that recovery alone in my apartment nor made all those drives 2 times a week for check ups. That scene with Yondu and Quill at the end is one of the best scenes in the MCU to me, he sacrificed himself for his son, James Gunn you magnificent bastard!!!

I think the Sony Walkman was one of those product brands that was so popular it became the generic name of the device. Like iPod was what people called every MP3 player or Bandaid what people call any bandage.

James Gunn is such a great director. He knows how to take obscure and unknown characters and make them amazing. He even did that for The Suicide Squad.

The reason Mantis wanted to confess Ego's wrongdoings to Drax was because she understood how parents are supposed to feel when losing their child when she touched Drax . Ego's sadness was not because he misses his children or sadness that they died, the thing that keeps him up at night is having his dream being out of reach. The pond scene has always been one of my favourites in the MCU, guess I'm in the minority on that one.

The line that always gets me is “You were the one who wanted to win and I just wanted a sister!”. It’s such a great way to pull the audience towards Nebula. There are hints that she hates Thanos obviously and might be evil but then that line humanizes her in a kind of shocking way.

"He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn't your daddy"

A discman was for CDs, but the Walkman was for cassettes. Adam will show up in Vol. 3. In the comics, Adam Warlock is INSANELY powerful.

My favorite scene is when Kraglin radios to Yondu to warn him about the impending assault by The Kreme. It was done in such a slick way and that song was the right song for the scene.

I agree that this movie was way better than the first one. love you guys, your reactions and insights are so good

I liked the first Guardians movie but I LOVED Guardians 2. This movie is honestly so freaking great! Much like the first movie, I just love how visually amazing and also with how hilarious and as you said how many feel good moments we had. I can't with how literal Drax's comments are. He's too much. And of course Baby Groot is definitely the star of this movie. I also loved seeing sweet Bumi and Yuna in the full reaction on patreon. They're just as cute as Baby Groot especially Bumi. I'm so happy you guys enjoyed this movie so much. Also with how much emotional you got Meg, I'm pretty excited to see your what your reaction will be to the future movies. Thanks for this fantastic reaction guys!!

James Gunn did all the motion capture for Groot dancing. The behind the scenes footage is gold 😂

Outside of the Avengers movies (Avengers, Age of Ultron, Infinity War and Endgame) this is my favorite MCU movie. This one really hit home with me. It is just so good.

I had both a cassette walkman and a CD walkman when I was a kid. But they were cheap ones from a garage sale.

Lol Drax almost gave us a Tali and Shepard moment 😂 Mantis for sure was such a welcome addition to the Guardians; the scene with her and Drax by the fountain one of my favourites, both for humor but also just because Drax is so open at that time.💙 Mantis feeling his sorrow without needing words is a powerful moment 😢

The entire third arc of this movie is one gut punch and tear jerker after another. Love it to bits. I’m a sucker for found family in media and the Guardians are one of the best examples of this trope. With that in mind I cannot recommend the game enough. I played it and it was one of the best stories I’ve had the pleasure of being a part of. Personally I prefer the game versions of the Guardians to their MCU counterparts which is a bloody achievement in of itself. The only problem is you might want to not stream it as most of the music would have to be blocked. It’s the kind of game that’d feel incomplete with a limited soundtrack. Anyhow glad you both enjoyed Gotg 2 and looking forward to the next one :3

The martini-swilling talking duck that was at the end of the first GotG and showed up briefly here is voiced by Joker from Mass Effect, Seth Green. Just in case you were interested in that sort of thing and didn't already know that.

I’m so glad y’all included the scene of Mantis touching Drax, I swear nobody does and it’s one of my fav parts of the movie. Mantis crying for him showed how much he keeps bottled up.

AMAZING reaction. And I couldn't agree with you more about the impact of this movie. James Gunn is an absolute wizard when it comes to writing a story about absolute misfits and giving them such heart no matter how flawed and how misunderstood they are. I adore these characters. Thanks for letting me re-experience them with you!

Loved the reaction. Not sure if you will do more movie reactions. A few suggestion gems that aren’t the biggest ones you see from other channels, Field of Dreams, Princess Bride, My Cousin Vinny.

Great reactions guys! I am a fan of ppl reacting to mcu movies and you guys are one of my favorite. Most likely in my top 3 reactors that i've watched, hope we can see more marvel movie reactions!!

"Adam" is Adam Warlock, a powerful cosmic character and he will be in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 =) I love both the GOTG movies, they both have the perfect balance of humor and emotional moments!

You guys trying to figure out what a Walkman is was hilarious. Generally a Walkman was a cassette tape player. The CD player was a Discman. Both made by Sony. But became common terms for any such devices regardless of brand.

28:45 I had to watch this part several times to try to figure out what was being said. 😂 This is definitely up there not just as one of my favorite Marvel movies of all time but just one of my favorite movies in general. It’s pretty much a flawless movie.

10:27 Mark! David Hasselhoff! Here's another weird contradiction aspect! He is the actor to play "Michael Knight" in the "Knight Rider" franchise! That franchise is connected to the "MCU" franchise because of "The Tommy Westphall Universe"! 🤫

I don't watch let's plays, so I'm glad you've made this channel so I don't have to search for you guys every week for your reactions and can just sub 🙂 This one wasn't my favourite when it first came out, but on rewatches over the years I've come to really appreciate it, particularly as someone who lost my dad when I was 13. But the inclusion of 'cats in the cradle' is an emotional attack.

1.9K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! ☺️ Notes: I loved the puppy time at the start! 🐶 I don't understand why there are those who don't enjoy this movie, too, at least among the CBM movie-goers. 🤔 This movie is very fun! 😊

The rumous is that Ego the Celestial is actually a Celestial Brain which originally belonged to severed head of the Celestial (now called "Knowhere" and home to The Collector and his mining business!).

Fun facts if no one mentioned these yet - in the ending of the movie and final credits (which I'm not sure you saw as it was not on your youtube posting) ... besides Sylvester Stallone, there was Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Ving Rhames, .... and most cool of all ... in the 2nd to last end credit there is a robot head talking and saying "I miss you guys". That's actually Miley Cyrus. She agreed to do a cameo without credit.

Oooooh. I like your style. Both are brilliant with the banter, cheers.

3:23 Mark! "Sylvester Stallone!" Aha! Now you have seen his name like that. Who is playing "Rocky Balboa" in the movies of Steve's checklist? 🤔

Vol 3 is my most anticipated upcoming movie

A Walkman was for tapes. The Disc-man was for CDs

"IT'S METAPHORICAL!!!"

I think this might still be my favorite MCU film: so much heart

A Walkman for CDs is called a Discman. Used to have one

i cried hard when my dad said I'm so damn proud your my boy.😢😭😭😭😭😭

MY FAVOURITE MCU MOVIE!

First time watching any of your videos. And I’m a dolphins fan. And seeing you in that shirt. Just got you another subscriber. Lmao

Fun fact: the composer is Brian Tyler, who also composed the music for far cry 3

Loved this reaction because it basically captures how I feel watching it! The two GotG movies are what I watch when I need an emotional release (because they're both so diverse in the types of emotions they elicit from moment to moment - from nearly wetting my pants laughing to near sobbing). I also adored the game - I thought it did a tremendous job of capturing the essence of the films - and it has a streamer mode as well for ya with unlicensed music ;) (but IIRC, you should get through MCU Phase 3 before playing)

Not sure if they still use this name, but "back in the day" the CD version was the Discman and the older, cassette version was the Walkman, both from Sony.

"Adam" is Adam Warlock from the Marvel Comics. In short, to summarize who he is, he is an extremely powerful God-like man, being able to take down Thanos in the comics. But he'll probably be nerfed heavily in Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 3, which, along with The High Evolutionary (the scientist who created Rocket), will be the main villains of that movie.

Did she just say marvel movies are kid movies? lol She does realize the target audience for marvel are mostly 30 year old men who read the comics right?

You can watch the Disney+ I Am Groot animated shorts now if you want. Not a lot of plot, but some nice character bits with Baby Groot.

I love baby Groot , he’s so cute!

in hinsight also given his name when i 1st saw this film i should have known ego was the bad guy before the reveal. i mean his name is ego. it's like be careful what you wish for. he found his dad & he turned out to be horrible.

I need a GIF of 7:26 ASAP!

Excellent follow-up to the first GOTG. I would consider it superior due to having the Guardians all together from the start as you said, and a better villain. I know we're not supposed to question this kind of stuff much but it is a little odd how a giant blue blob ate a city on Earth, suddenly stopped and no Avengers took an interest after the fact.

Are you going to react to the Guardians Christmas special at some point? You're going to love it!

Okay she's pronouncing Thanos that way on purpose right!? 😂 I love these two. Lol.

drax is the embodiment of not simping lol.

Future mcu movie kinda explains how Peter was the only kid that had egos powers

Hey Meg since you liked the spider man games I think it’d be cool to see your reaction to the other Spider-Man movies, the tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield ones if you hadn’t seen them? Especially since you made a second channel just for movie reactions I think It’d be fun 🙃

You should 100% play the game. It's right up your alley.

When exactly will the next MCU movie you're watching be released?

Come back when u’ve watch GOTG VOL 3. Then tell me about Nebula 🥺

i just now found out you had a 2nd channel

You guys should definitely check out the guardians of the galaxy game

It's interesting to note the upgrade to the soundtrack here. I love all the one-hit wonders on the first movie's soundtrack, from "Come and Get Your Love" onwards, but here we get not only "Mr. Blue Sky" from ELO, but one of the best-known songs from one of the biggest-selling albums ever…twice. "The Chain" ain't cheap, I'm sure. So I guess James Gunn made them enough money with Volume 1 to convince them to open up the pocketbook for this one. I almost feel slightly bad about their going more mainstream, much though I love "The Chain". Even though Gunn makes "Brandy" (by Looking Glass) the centerpiece here, just as "Hooked on a Feeling" (Blue Swede version) was with the first one. I'm sure there's a metaphor in there about the team growing from a bunch of leftovers and scraps yada-yada, but I think I might be straining here. Which is why I'm just yada-yada-ing, let's be honest.

god i love Drax

Hey, Meg and Caleb! Slapstick and sentiment are what this franchise is about! Much like Vol. 1, "Guardians Vol. 2" was an acquired taste for me since the characters differ so radically from the '90s Valentino era and lack the nuance of the '00s Abnett/Lanning era. I take science fiction very seriously. Its deeper themes and allegorical references resonate deeply with me making it a challenge to immerse myself in these goofy antics. The plot centers on the mystery of Quill's parentage revealing that he is half-Celestial whereas he is half-Spartoi in the comics, a prince of one of Marvel's staple interstellar civilizations. In spite of changes such as that, these movies, much like the team, prevail against all odds delivering endings that pack an emotional wallop! James Gunn earns my admiration each time for pushing the boundaries, diving deep and bringing impossible characters like Ego to vivid life! It takes a wildly creative sensibility and a deep affection for this mythology to get this many disparate parts to mesh properly and Gunn has both in spades. I cannot wait to see what he does with that tease for Adam Warlock. The production has an incredibly varied aesthetic that is a feast for the eyes including the golden realm of the Sovereign, the neon-lit tundra of Contraxia, the misty forested world of Berhert, and the lush splendor of Planet Ego. Traditionally a Thor villain, Ego the Living Planet is difficult to comprehend and challenging to render so I give Gunn tremendous credit for reducing him to a relatable stature while retaining his planet-with-a-face appearance. He does get an upgrade to Celestial status but he is his own entity in the comics. The Celestials are titanic armored space gods with Knowhere station being one of their severed heads! Despite varying from their comic counterparts, the returning cast is as game as before including Chris Pratt as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta, Sean Gunn as Kraglin and Karen Gillan as Nebula. Bautista is a stand-out who continues to mine Drax for impressive comedy gold but Rooker steals the show with Yondu's gut-wrenching death scene! Also returning are a high-pitched Vin Diesel as Baby Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon who remain the only Guardians adapted faithfully except in one regard. According to Gunn, Baby Groot is the offspring of the original Groot rather than a regrown Groot retaining the same memories as in the comics. New characters are Ego, a sentient world that manifests as a man to pollinate other worlds across the universe with his essence! He is played by Kurt Russell as an expansive, avuncular aging hipster who is digitally de-aged to his 1980 likeness in the prologue. Pom Klementieff charmingly plays his empathic pet Mantis who is given a completely different personality than in the comics although she gets to keep her antennae! Elizabeth Debicki plays golden-skinned Ayesha aka Kismet who is transformed into the haughty High Priestess of a golden-skinned species known as the Sovereign. Sylvester Stallone plays Stakar Ogord aka Starhawk whose complex comic backstory is simplified to that of a respected Ravager Captain. He is accompanied by his First Officer, Martinex, a crystalline Plutonian played by Michael Rosenbaum of "Smallville". Both represent a nod to the Valentino Guardians of the '90s. Chris Sullivan plays the traitorous Ravager Taserface whose unfortunate name is actually an authentic deep dive into the comics! Returning in small roles are Laura Haddock as a pre-cancerous Meredith Quill, Gregg Henry as Grandpa Quill, Wyatt Oleff of "It" as young Peter and Seth Green voicing Howard the Duck seen patronizing a Contraxian brothel! In bit parts, Brit character actor Tommy Flanagan plays Tullk, a Ravager loyal to Yondu, Ben Browder of "Farscape" plays a Sovereign Admiral and Elizabeth Ludlow of "The Walking Dead" plays a distressed alien mother fleeing from Ego-matter. Michelle Yeoh as Aleta the Arcturan and Ving Rhames as Charlie-27 the Jovian appear briefly at the Ravager funeral and in one of the end-credit scenes as another Valentino tribute. TRIVIA: 1. James Gunn wore a motion capture suit and served as the model for Baby Groot's opening dance sequence! 2. Vin Diesel had actual scripted lines written for his eyes only so that he could inflect "I am Groot" appropriately. 3. The idea of a self-aware brain like Ego's spontaneously coming into existence is a philosophic thought problem proposed by physicist Ludwig Boltzmann! 4. In between Guardians films, Nebula stunt double, Olivia Jackson, fractured the left half of her face, suffered a traumatic brain injury and had her left am severed in a motorcycle stunt gone wrong! 5. The Zune was an actual Microsoft digital music player developed in 2006 that was discontinued due to its lack of popularity! EASTER EGGS: 1. When Peter is granted cosmic awareness by Ego, his eyes fill with stars and he says he sees eternity. This is a reference to Eternity, the personification of the universe in Marvel comics, who appears as a silhouetted humanoid whose form is filled with starscapes. 2. The larger replacement head-fin that Yondu wears makes him look more like Centaurians do in the comics. 3. Cosmo the canine cosmonaut and Jeff Goldblum's Grandmaster from "Thor: Ragnarok" are seen in the credits themselves frolicking. 4. Among Stakar's reassembled Ravager team in the end-credits is Krugarr, a red, serpentine alien from a species known as Lem. He is a member of the '90s Valentino Guardians and the 31st-century Sorcerer Supreme! 5. Seen listening to Stan Lee are Watchers, a race of observers who monitor all that transpire in the universe but never interfere. Uatu is the Watcher assigned to Earth who observes us from his dwelling on the Moon. 6. According to Gunn, this film occurs just months after the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" meaning it is set chronologically before "Avengers: Age of Ultron". CAMEOS: 1. Ego momentarily transforms into Peter's imaginary concept of his father, David Hasselhoff, who appears as himself! 2. Miley Cyrus voices the disembodied robot head Mainframe in the Valentino tribute end-credit scene. 3. Stan Lee appears in a spacesuit regaling a group of Watchers about all his cameos when Rocket, Groot, Yondu and Kraglin are jumping through space! END-CREDIT SCENES: 1. Kraglin tests his ability to control the repaired yaka arrow but misfires puncturing Drax whereupon Kraglin sneaks away. 2. Sylvester Stallone's Stakar Ogord addresses a reassembled team of Ravagers from different clans who collectively represent the Jim Valentino Guardians of the '90s. They include Michael Rosenbaum's Martinex the Plutonian, Michelle Yeoh's Aleta the Arcturan, Ving Rhames' Charlie-27 the Jovian, a CGI Krugarr the Lem and Miley Cyrus' Mainframe the A.I. who is a character from the tertiary MC2 universe but is nonetheless included. 3. A frustrated, vengeful High Priestess Ayesha monitors a birthing chamber she claims will produce the next step in the Sovereign's evolution calling it 'Adam'. This is a tease for the introduction of Adam Warlock! 4. Quill scolds a now-teen Groot to clean his vine-littered room to which he replies with obnoxious, disrespectful iterations of "I am Groot"! 5. Tired of Stan Lee's prattling, the Watchers wander away leaving the old boy stranded in his spacesuit on the desolate planet. The next chronological stop in the MCU are the "I Am Groot" shorts, 'Groot's Pursuit' and 'Magnum Opus', which occur before the teen Groot end-credit scene. They are followed by Episodes 11-19 of Season 2 of "Agents of SHIELD" but be sure not to miss the "GUARDIANS' INFERNO" music video to see the whole cast out of make-up at a disco with Stan Lee, James Gunn and David Hasselhoff! It is located on the "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" blu-ray, DPlus as an Extra or on RU-vid.

Howard the Duck

You should play the Guardians of the Galaxy videogame

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I think I have a crush on Caleb 😂

"Bananas and ice cream? When I was a kid I just had no interest." My brain literally short-circuited. Until I found girls there was only sugar. I would gladly (and instantly) have sold my parents into slavery for a candy bar. ;-)

Drax is the MVP

I strongly advise you to react to the new cinematic trailer Assassin's Creed Mirage. You will love it!

Play the game! Pls play it, I wasn't excited to play it because of the avengers game being so disappointing but boy I got such a great surprise I love the guardians game also finished it twice with new game plus. If you can play with licensed music on otherwise that might impact your experience negatively, the soundtrack is great as it should be for a GOTG title.

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I need that dog. What breed is he?

I'd play the gotg game off stream tbh. It has so many amazing licensed music tracks playing the game in stream mode without them is a total waste

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There're a lot of really, really good MCU reactors on YT but you guys are my favorites! I was sorry not to see the 'pillow-turd' response but it's only fair to keep some exclusive content for the patreon folks I suppose. Living your most-nerd-life = living your best life! Drax is full-on comedy gold. Nipple pain sympathy my brother!

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Bro had to skip the best part

Dis like! You Talk over the Most informative Parts. And you Edited out one of the Funniest parts of the Movie! Just cut it Completely Out! Dislike! No Subscribe!