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<em>Guardians of the Galaxy 2</em> Is Marvel’s First Real Comic-Book Movie in Years

The film focuses on telling a good story that can stand on its own—not dealing with an entire universe of superheroes.
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This post contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

The first , released in 2014, was an impressive feat of world-building. It faced the same challenge as most of the films in the early phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: It had to get the audience up to speed with a whole cast of characters based on a comic-book property that lacked the popularity of Spider-Man. Beyond introducing Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and his merry band of alien friends, also had to expand the Marvel

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