GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vol. 2 – WTL7196

The Songs: I’m not entirely sure that the songs featured here are MEANT to be terribly “popular” as they may have been impactful. Looking at the age of James Gunn, the director, my guess is that Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) might have been something that his parents might have been listening to when HIS father “smooshed his mother.” 🙂 ALL of the songs are much deeper, less “oh yeah, that song” especially for older viewers. I would compare it to my friend Jeff’s brother, who would have been right in the wheelhouse of THIS music when he was 19 in 1981. I’ve seen it twice now and the jukebox effect disappears inside the second viewing.

The giant qualifier statement that I have for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is this: In 2013, I knew NOTHING about Guadrians of the Galaxy. In less than 4 hours of on-screen time, 55 minutes x2 of soundtracks, and a good solid series of thread to weave it into an incredibly successful series of monolithic Marvel Movies – Marvel has created more chemistry and character tapestry than the cumulative composition of all DC movies to date. They’ve made me CARE about characters and story that (with the exception of involving the Kree race) I knew nothing at all about – in only as much time as it took for me to be in a theater watching.