What’s with the GOTG2 hate on this sub?

Just finished rewatching for the first time in a few years. The introduction of Mantis, the end of Yondu’s arc, BABY GROOT!, and the legendary Kurt Russell. It was actual even better than I remember. People on this sub treat this movie like it’s a bottom tier MCU project. It does have a bit more comedy than the average marvel film, but it’s a silly comic book movie about a silly group of characters, it doesn’t really take anything away from it for me.

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BelieveInTheShield2025-12-24 11:23

I haven't seen anyone, let alone an abundance of people hating it. But I'm also not chronically on the Marvel subreddit

Katharinemaddison2025-12-24 11:24

I love all the guardians films. Watching the Christmas special later today. Gunn moving to t’other side has got me excited about DC films.

TeaThese31632025-12-24 11:28

And people also forget the fact that James Gunn had to change most of its script, because Russo Brothers wanted Gamora in Avengers, who only contracted for 2 Guardians movies and was going to kill her in second movie and send her away.

If you see the end of Guardians 1, everyone wears what they will wear in Guardians 2 as a team, but only Gamora’s costume got changed because of tonal shift he had to give to her. The movie’s initial plan was abruptly changed because of Avengers but its still better than most of other MCU movies.

SERGIONOLAN2025-12-24 23:41

Gunn also had to rewrite Vol 3 after the Russo's brought the alternate Gamora into the present in Endgame after fridging the original in Infinity War.

If I was him. I would have just had the original resurrected and kill the alternate off as a screw you to the Russo's.

BZenMojo2025-12-25 03:14

Gamora's death had real consequences and created great storytelling potential. Gunn refusing to cop out earns him my immense respect, and him choosing to have Gamora just live a good life with some good friends while the Guardians are forced to grow up and take responsibility for themselves gave us the best version of Star-Lord we've ever gotten.

SERGIONOLAN2025-12-25 03:32

I see it as a massive mistake and the version of Star Lord we got from them on in the MCU was awful in my opinion.

I love a good romance and a happy ending, Peter and Gamora deserved a happy ending.

TeaThese31632025-12-25 10:29

Yeah, some say Gamora's bathroom scene metaphors the shit they got from Russo's

Adventurous_Pie_75862025-12-24 11:52

Who are these haters you speak of?

Spinier_Maw2025-12-24 12:06

Yondu's arc was amazing. Dave Bautista (Drax) and Mantis's interactions were priceless. Who can hate this movie?

pinguin_skipper2025-12-24 12:30

Isn’t it quite opposite and most people here praise whole GOTH franchise here?

I did not like those movies because of the humor.

spidervenom6192025-12-24 12:51

I will died on the hill that GOTG2 and GOTG3 are better written films then GOTG1 is and Ego/H.E. is miles better then the Main MCU Ronan is.

I swear if Ronan was in Captain Marvel or the Marvels he would be hated more but is only save cause of everyone else around him. He's such a nothing character.

LyonsKing12_2025-12-24 12:57

GOTG is by and far the best in the series.

2 was good

3 was really good

umbium2025-12-24 15:44

The internet hive mind decided it is not as good as the first one. Literally for no reason, because any logical mind would have told you otherwise.

But this is how communities on the internet work. A lesder of opinion (well considered user, streamer, youtuber, blogger. Whatever) gets with an opinion, that is valued by their fandom and that opinion gets more similar opinions because it is what gives you social credit (aka virality, views, likes, whatever) among the community, and people in a community usually don't want to be outcasts. That is why they are aprt.of a community. To be part of a group and feel accepted.

So they reproduce the same set of ideas that won't give them any problems among the community. Then the hive mind created some nowledge that is "common sense" even if it isn't.

aduong2025-12-24 17:31

What? The Guardians movies are some of the most glazed one here. Never seen hate. Personally I don’t care much for that one but it does have a fantastic 3rd act

BZenMojo2025-12-24 19:19

People not caring about a thing doesn't mean they hate it. It just means they don't care about it.

Now, I'm a hater. I hate that damn movie top to bottom except for the Gamora/Nebula fight, Peter's Berserk Button being activated by Ego, and the trauma-inducing, "He may have been your father, but he ain't your daddy." I also kind of dug the insights into Drax's cultural stuff like its openness with sexuality and its feminism.

But I HATED psychopath Groot to the point that his onscreen appearances just exhausted me. I hated how James Gunn made it his personal mission to treat Mantis like crap the whole time despite her being a traumatized victim of parental abuse her entire life. I hated how didn't understand some of the characters he was saddled with in the first movie by Jen Perlman, specifically him being confused into thinking Drax was an idiot instead of just a guy whose culture didn't understand symbolism and metaphor. And I hated that he turned Drax into an absolute dickwad in order to sell his own brutal jokes at Mantis's expense, and then turned around and had Drax give some fake AF speech about how it's cool that he insults her and cares for her anyway... because no. No.

That said, most people aren't bothered by these things. I'm the hater. The hater is me. And I haven't mentioned this movie in years.

SERGIONOLAN2025-12-24 23:38

I honestly thought GOTG Vol 2 was the best of the GOTG movies, with the first film just behind it, but , 3 was just awful, not good.