Right there with you. LOVED that moment.

First off, I want to say this movie was amazing probably better than the 1st except the soundtrack, which was still great.

I never knew what a McGuffin was until I read this forum, but couldn't the batteries be it? They do move the movie along for at least a while and are very important to the end as well. Just a thought.

I too had never heard the term, and I agree, the whole movie centered around the batteries.

I think it's more of a "if the bad guys get the __, we're all screwed!" Tesseract, Aether. The Rabbits Foot from MI3. The orb from Guardians 1. That kind of thing.

Saw last night, really awesome movie.

A McGuffin is something the protagonist chases after or tries to get. If the movie was Sovereign centric, then the batteties would be the McGuffin.

Not every movie has a McGuffin. I do not think Galaxy 2 has a McGuffin, but other people may disagree.

I felt like the batteries really only had one scene in the first act and two scenes in the last act with an impact on the plot. Really though the batteries only played a significant part in two players arc - Rocket and The Soveriegn.

To borrow from Vol 1 It's no "ark of the covenet / Maltese falcon sort of vibe".

I saw it again last night with my wife and enjoyed it. I still think it is a bit heavy handed with the sappy bits but still an amazing movie.

I saw the first in IMAX 3D in Bryan and this time I went to the Cinemark XD 3D. I think I like the XD better but that may also be because they have awesome recliners in that theater as well.

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Hey, does anyone know where I can get one of those Zunes?

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I actually looked it up. They're not cheap.

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Really? I still have mine.

Speaking of 80s, I meant to ask this...

The movie started in 1980, and then moved to "34 years later," right? So that movie was supposed to take place in 2014?

Am I remembering that correctly?

article on why goldblum was dancing in the credits.

http://screenrant.com/guardians-galaxy-mission-breakout-goldblum-grandmaster/

basically, they had footage of him dancing and borrowed it for GOTG. Also, in the comics, he is the Collector's brother.

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"We had footage of just Goldblum dancing and thought it would be fun to put it in there. And as you know from the comics, he's The Collector's brother. Keep an eye out at a particular theme park attraction opening soon, you'll get to see a little crossover It's just a fun thing."

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I noticed it too. I think this is meant to help explain why there will be a full grown Groot when they need to battle Thanos. Notice during the credits Groot was in his teenage years.

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Speaking of 80s, I meant to ask this...

The movie started in 1980, and then moved to "34 years later," right? So that movie was supposed to take place in 2014?

Am I remembering that correctly?

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yes. from what i read, b/c they had baby groot in it, this movie takes place just a few months after the first one.

seems kinda weird though, since the giant blob in Missouri is basically retconed into the MCU, as there is no mention of it in any other MCU materials. This would've happened right around or after The Winter Soldier.

Of course, it was a localized phenomenon, and no one on earth could possibly know how or why it happened.

Saw it tonight. Awesome movie and a great sequel!

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A great, fun movie. I really only want to add that I thought the use of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" when Ego turned Peter into a battery was the best use of a classic song in either film.

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Agree 100%. Unlike other movies.. looking at you DC.. Gunn does an awesome job integrating the music w/ Guardians themes .. "Mr. Blue Sky" .. perfect opening theme and it expresses the audience feeling for the excitement for the movie.

My wife was adopted and "Father and son" made her cry .. a lot. Then at after the movie she turn around and bought a ticket to see it a second time. She never see movie twice.. but this one she did.

I won't be able to hear "Come A Little Bit Closer" without thinking of the fight scene.

I am really appreciating what Gunn is doing w/ this group. You can tell he is a big fan and he is really having fun with the material. The changes he has made, actually works. He changed Drax backstory and origin, Starlord's dad to Ego and personality, and he also changed Yondu backstory and created the Ravengers from the original Guardians.. and no fan boy cared cause the movie was great. This shows what happens when you have a director who understand his/her audience and build a product that they want to see.

The only thing missing is Maj Victory .. come on I want to see Vance Astro .. ie Justice .. he is an Avenger and hopefully should make it as his older version as Maj Victory or younger version as Justice.. either version would be awesome.

4 years ago nobody cared about Rocket or Groot.. today my wife has a baby Groot on her car dashboard.

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Saw it Friday. It drug a bit in the middle but what movie doesn't. All in all a lot of fun. Watching Baby Groot dance through the opening scene was just perfect. If you want to know why Marvel is kicking WB/DC Comics rear end all you have to do is watch dancing Baby Groot at the start and teenage Groot in the credits.

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Actually DC Outsells Marvel in comics.

MCU >>> DCU

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Saw it Friday. It drug a bit in the middle but what movie doesn't. All in all a lot of fun. Watching Baby Groot dance through the opening scene was just perfect. If you want to know why Marvel is kicking WB/DC Comics rear end all you have to do is watch dancing Baby Groot at the start and teenage Groot in the credits.

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Actually DC Outsells Marvel in comics.

MCU >>> DCU

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Do they? I thought over the last couple years, Marvel was outselling DC. With Star Wars being a huge seller I remember reading that Marvel had the edge in market share.

DC dropped the price of their comics by $1 and had a pretty successful reboot in Rebirth at the same time. Those two things combined really helped them gain back ground that they lost with the New 52 universe.

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There are few things I want more in a movie right now than a Stark/Rocket or Stark/Drax conversation. I'm going to be straight up giddy when that happens.

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those would be great, but I think the real treat is going to be Rocket seeing an actual raccoon.

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Rocket: What the hell is this?
Peter: It's a raccoon.
Rocket: A rac-a...what? Never heard of it.
Peter: It's what YOU are, you moron.
Rocket: That is NOT me!
Drex: This creature is smaller, and far less irritating.
Groot: I am Groot.
Rocket: Exactly, Groot. That ain't me.
Peter: Oh my God!!!
Drex: Why does it eat garbage? That disgusts me.

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Gamora: This one must be a trash panda!

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um, where's his left hand?

also, where can i get that shirt?

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There are few things I want more in a movie right now than a Stark/Rocket or Stark/Drax conversation. I'm going to be straight up giddy when that happens.

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those would be great, but I think the real treat is going to be Rocket seeing an actual raccoon.

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Rocket: What the hell is this?
Peter: It's a raccoon.
Rocket: A rac-a...what? Never heard of it.
Peter: It's what YOU are, you moron.
Rocket: That is NOT me!
Drex: This creature is smaller, and far less irritating.
Groot: I am Groot.
Rocket: Exactly, Groot. That ain't me.
Peter: Oh my God!!!
Drex: Why does it eat garbage? That disgusts me.

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Gamora: This one must be a trash panda!

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Drax: So THIS is a trash panda. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA it looks just like you HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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(Peter whispering): It's MUCH worse.

interesting. GOTG 1 Groot actually died. Baby Groot is a true rebirth.