God, the difference between GOTG Vol 2 and Infinity War is just, vast– (spoilers)
GOTG2 is all about overcoming abuse, breaking cycles of abuse, learning and growing and loving your family. And – this is the first thing I liked about it – it makes it so clear that any form of treating people like things is wrong, the narrative has no sympathy for Ego, why does he deserve any? It’s a hopeful movie, full of good things. Yondu dies, but he dies on his own terms doing something out of love. Everyone goes forward into the future with what seems to be better things ahead of them-
And then Infinity War decided, “you know what would be a really good idea, how about we spend a whole movie trying to make you feel sorry for a genocidal abuser and kill off a beloved Guardian to serve his story?”
It’s like the fuckin’ evil twin of GOTG2! That movie left me feeling upbeat and hopeful! IW has done…dramatically the opposite.