{"id":10345,"date":"2017-07-17T08:05:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T13:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=10345"},"modified":"2017-07-15T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T23:32:00","slug":"current-movie-reviews-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/07\/17\/current-movie-reviews-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Movie Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us who enjoyed <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (2014), <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/strong><\/a> (2017) <\/i>is, on, the surface, more of the same, full of snarky attitude, unexpected dialogue response patterns, crazy action scenes, and snazzy special effects. Thematically, however, it&#8217;s somewhat different and better focused.<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>There are two themes. The first is easy: family. Family, defined by who cares for you and you care for, and not family in a strictly biological sense. This is useful in a world where xenophobia brings concomitant risks of devastating war.<\/p>\n<p>The second theme is the meaning and\/or purpose of life, from the point of view of a near-God.\u00a0 This is portrayed from what appears to be the perspective of a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boltzmann_Brain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Boltzmann Brain<\/em><\/a>, which is an example of a self-aware entity arising spontaneously from a state of chaos. Often used for mind experiments involving infinite time lines, this apparently ridiculous concept takes center stage (if not under the actual name) in <i><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/strong>, <\/i>exploring the concept of a creature created in the midst of space, and how, upon gaining self-awareness, discovers the metaphysical burden of not having a purpose or meaning to its existence. The result? The suggestion that a non-social creature is unable to conceive of a life spent in the service of the community, which may seem obvious when stated in this way &#8211; but, given the alleged existence of the Abrahamic God, raises important questions with regard to its ability to function in such a position.<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>All that said, it&#8217;s easy enough to just sit back and enjoy the ride. Outside of some problems hearing all the dilaogue, which might be a problem with the cinema, it&#8217;s an enjoyable experience, even if Groot is not a scene stealer as he was in the first movie. But see the first one before seeing this one.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Recommended<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us who enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) is, on, the surface, more of the same, full of snarky attitude, unexpected dialogue response patterns, crazy action scenes, and snazzy special effects. Thematically, however, it&#8217;s somewhat different and better focused. There \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/07\/17\/current-movie-reviews-23\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10346,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10345\/revisions\/10346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}