GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 REVIEW
I think in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , James Gunn has written a very poignant movie; a tale of fatherhood (and by extension, parenting in general) and what it means to be a family. Warning: very, VERY minor spoilers ahead! The first thing to note about Gunn’s second outing with the Guardians is how it is so much about friends becoming family, in this case Star-lord and his band of brothers and one ‘sister’ have gone from a rag-tag team of bandits to essentially a family unit. Matter of fact, in one poignant scene Gamora reminds Peter that she thought he already found a family in the Guardians. Peter a.k.a Star-lord finally finds his biological father, very early in the movie, which I thought was surprising, but turns out plays to the movie’s strength. Peter is excited as is any child when meeting a long lost father. He’s also apprehensive at the same time for obvious reasons. When Peter’s father turns out to not be what he expected, the movie teaches us its first less