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ZERO SPOILERS: Glenn Reviews Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Glenn and his family are huge fans of Guardians of the Galaxy. In fact, the summer the first movie came out has become known amongst the Beck clan as "The Summer of Guardians of the Galaxy."

"We're huge fans of the soundtrack. I mean, the summer that it came out, we were on vacation . . . and it lasted all summer. We made jokes --- "I am Groot" --- the whole summer long. It was a summer that will be burned into the memory of my kids their whole life," Glenn said Tuesday on radio.

POLL: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2?

Those are high standards to live up to. How did he feel after taking the family to see the sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2?

"I think this movie is close to the most perfect movie I've ever seen," Glenn said.

See his entire review above --- with NO SPOILERS.

GLENN: Went to Guardians of the Galaxy last night with the kids. Took the whole family. I'm a huge of Guardians of the Galaxy, the whole family is. We're huge fans of the soundtrack. I mean, the summer that that came out, we were on vacation -- one of his it on vacation. And it lasted all summer. I mean, we making jokes. "I am Groot," the whole summer long.

JEFFY: Right.

GLENN: It was a summer that will be burned into the memory of my kids for their whole life, the summer of Guardians of the Galaxy, just to put it into perspective. Okay?

JEFFY: Ooh.

GLENN: I heard all these movie reviews that said, "Oh, it's the greatest. It's so much better than the first one." And I'm like, "Yeah, okay. Well, I'll see." Because that never happens. When's the last time you saw a movie that was better than the first one? And the first one has to be good.

JEFFY: I mean, I don't remember. It's been a long time. Years.

GLENN: What was it? Clover Leaf Lane? Cloverfield. That's what it is. Cloverfield.

JEFFY: Right. Possible.

GLENN: That one came out, and it was like, okay. But then the sequel to that was much, much better.

STU: That's a weird example.

GLENN: Because I'm trying to think -- I'm trying to think of anything where the first movie, where they made a sequel --

JEFFY: Right. Back in the '70s. Maybe. The Godfather.

STU: Godfather 2 is certainly one that people would point to in that conversation.

JEFFY: Yeah.

STU: I mean, Empire Strikes Back is certainly one I would point to. I mean, there are a few examples. But it's rare. You're right. Really rare.

GLENN: So I'm like, "Yeah, yeah, whatever." I think this movie is close to the most perfect movie I've ever seen.

STU: Jeez. Really?

JEFFY: Wow.

GLENN: Yeah, I loved it. I loved it. Tania had the only complaint in the family, she thought the music was better in the first one. But, you know, as a kid of the '70s, not so much. I mean, I thought they did some really good stuff.

But start with -- and I'm not going to give any spoilers away. I won't tell you anything about the movie itself. No spoilers.

JEFFY: Yeah, right.

STU: Good. Okay. Because I want to see it.

GLENN: But I will tell you, things like CGI -- which, you don't go to a movie for CGI. And CGI has gotten to the point, where you're like, okay. Whatever. Ooh. Everything is exploding. Got it.

They do some scenes in here with some amazing things with, you know, battle scenes and everything else that are incredible. But I can go see CGI in space all day long. CGI in the opening scene -- they take -- and I'm not spoiling anything. Kurt Russell is in this movie. They take Kurt Russell and they use CGI to create the Kurt Russell that I remember growing up in the 1970s. Okay?

And I can't tell it's CGI.

STU: Jeez.

GLENN: Tania said, "Who is that? How did they get him to look so much -- I said, "Honey, that's CGI." Yeah, it is.

I cannot see the CGI. I mean, it's the most incredible -- I see -- the CGI that just came out, the new Star Wars with the -- remember with the general and then Leia. I can spot that a million -- to me, it looked like a game. And, you know, that's good CGI. But it doesn't look real. I cannot tell the difference between real and CGI in this. It's unbelievable. Okay?

So the special effects are incredible. They do things like seeing the shock wave off of the wings of things when they're in the atmosphere, that nobody is going to really appreciate. But it was the attention to detail that was just incredible.

The script was funnier I thought than the first one. Hard, hard laughs. Even the new characters -- you know, it's like, oh, is that girl with the antenna -- is she going to be a Jar Jar Binks? Stop. She was great. They all were great.

Now, I don't like people to go, well, there were holes in the story line. You can't jump into hyperspace.

Shut up. It's a raccoon driving the ship. So please don't talk to me about holes in the plot.

I didn't see any. But I'm not one of those guys that look for those things, you know, when I'm going to see a show about a talking raccoon. I thought it was as close to a perfect movie as anything I've seen.

STU: And you're saying --

JEFFY: Wow.

STU: -- in the genre or overall movies?

GLENN: Name movies that you think were pretty darn perfect.

STU: I mean, I -- you know, I guess you're going into more like Oscar-winning times. You would put it in that category?

GLENN: I would say movie. Yeah, I think this could win an Oscar for several things. But I won't. But it could.

STU: I don't know. $146 million opening weekend. Now, Guardians of the Galaxy, the original did 94 and was gigantic. This did 146.

GLENN: Second biggest opening. Yeah.

JEFFY: That's domestically. Because worldwide, it's already done 427 million.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Oh, this thing is --

STU: All right. Let me ask you this. Two hours, 17 minutes. That's a little long.

JEFFY: Whoa. Whoa.

GLENN: Not a problem. Never slowed down. Never felt long. Never looked at my watch. Never thought, "Oh, jeez. How long is this going to go?" I mean, in thinking about it, I can't think of a scene that felt long. Didn't know it was that long. Yeah, didn't know it was that long.

JEFFY: Wow.

GLENN: I mean, this thing -- this thing -- I mean, I don't know -- especially when you have a sequel, you know, then the movie execs are like, "We could make a billion dollars with this one. Quick, get some more people to think it through." And then they have a whole room full of people that are like, "No, no, well, that might offend this group. So you don't want to do that. Well, hang on, don't offend that group, if you go with that joke." And they wreck the movie.

I don't know how they pulled this one off. It's better than the first. And I can't think -- I mean, I know there are. I know there are other movies that are out there that are just flawless. You know, but in this genre, it is by far the best Marvel, by far the best Marvel. And I like Marvel movies. Stu doesn't. I love -- I see every Marvel movie that comes out. I love them. This is by far the best.

STU: I mean, when you're talking sequels, I mean, most people, the standard is typically Speed 2: Cruise Control.

GLENN: No. Now, don't -- don't even go there. That was a flop. That was a flop. No, I'm talking -- that was perfect and flawless. That was colorless. That was colorless.

STU: What a huge mistake that they didn't get all the original people back for that one. Wow, you want to talk about just burning money.

By the way, it is Guardians of the Galaxy Volume II is the number 219 movie, all time worldwide after four days.

JEFFY: Wow.

STU: I mean, this is going to be a --

GLENN: Chris Pratt is --

STU: It's going to be successful.

GLENN: Chris Pratt is -- I mean, he's key to this movie. They're all so good -- Chris Pratt is just --

STU: He's at the point --

GLENN: He's on his way to being the Jimmy Stewart, Tom Hanks of this generation.

STU: Yeah, he's a money-printing machine.

GLENN: Yeah. But he's likable --

STU: But Hanks is an interesting parallel. You know, came from comedy. Has that sensibility, but also can really act. Can pull everything off. Is known as a nice guy. Never pisses you off.

GLENN: Yep. Yep. Yep.

STU: He's going to --

GLENN: He has a very, very, very long career.

STU: If I remember him, I would not be overly concerned with my 401(k). I mean, I put it in riskier investments and risk potentially losing some in a market correction. That's the sort of choices I'd be making.

GLENN: Wow, that's good.

STU: It's that type of life.

GLENN: So you actually like Guardians of the Galaxy?

STU: Yeah, and I don't like any of these movies. As you know, I'm not a superhero movie fan, per se. I typically like them a lot more when they're sort of sarcastic and self-aware.

GLENN: But aren't those all -- aren't all the Avenger movies kind of --

STU: No. No. That's why like, if I'm going to pick one from the mainstay that's happening now, it would be Ironman. Because I like his attitude.

GLENN: Right.

STU: But like, Captain America, eh.

GLENN: I love Captain America.

STU: I know. You love that. That Winter Soldier that came out a couple years ago, you loved that. But most of the time I don't like that. I did like Deadpool, for the same reasons, I think.

GLENN: Yeah, I didn't see Deadpool. I saw like 15 minutes of Deadpool, and it was just too much. I didn't even think -- you know me. I have a very dark sense of humor. I don't -- I don't get Deadpool. That's weird for me.

STU: That's surprising. But you also saw only 15 minutes of it. So maybe it would have turned you around. I did like that one. But, I mean, that's the type I would like. Most of them I don't.

But Guardians of the Galaxy -- I remember when I saw the first preview for Guardians of the Galaxy. Now, I'm not even familiar at all with the comic book. I didn't even know it existed. It looked like legitimately the worst decision I have ever -- you've got a talking raccoon and a tree in a movie. That's -- and the big hook is they're playing cassette tapes of '80s songs. Is that really --

GLENN: Oh, it was fantastic.

STU: But the preview when I first saw it, I was like, this is going to lose a billion dollars. And, by the way, Trump is definitely going to lose the election. But, I mean, this is going to lose a billion dollars.

GLENN: I sat in the movie last night, laughed really loud. I love to listen to my wife laugh. We used to watch The Office. And, honestly, she watched the office, I watched her. I'd sit back on the couch, and I would just watch her, just laugh. I love my wife's laugh.

And so yesterday, last night, she was laughing so hard. And I just -- I love anything that makes her laugh, I'm in love with. And so we're laughing together, really, really funny parts. But as many times as I laughed, as I'm critiquing the movie in a way that nobody else would -- I just kept -- I bet I said four times out loud to myself, "Wow." Just thinking, "Wow. I mean, this is perfect." You know, you're looking at the script and the acting and the CGI and the pacing and the comedy. All of it together. And the music. There were several times, I just -- I sat in the movie theater. At least four and went, "Wow."

STU: Jeez.

GLENN: It's a good movie.

STU: That is not only high praise for you, but also the fact that you didn't spoil anything in the movie is stunning to me. The audience is on the floor.

GLENN: Never happens. Never happens. Never happens.

STU: I cannot believe you did not ruin the movie.

GLENN: That is probably the most flawless movie review I have done.

STU: That is true.

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Meet the pro-Intifada candidate NYC Democrats just elected

New York City Democrats just elected 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a "socialist Muslim", as the Party's candidate for mayor. But Glenn Beck argues that his radical beliefs are actually communist and Islamist.

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VOICE: Z10852. Something weird is going on. The World Trade Center is on fire.

VOICE: Seriously the top of the building. We're trying to get information.

VOICE: Top level of one of the --

VOICE: To unfold from New York City.

VOICE: A plane crashed just --

VOICE: My sister is in that believe. I hope she's okay. I have to come to New York.

VOICE: It's pandemonium.

VOICE: It's raining papers.

VOICE: Wait a minute! Stop just a second. Why are we -- why are we -- I've got breaking news. Breaking news, yesterday. New York City just elected as their mayoral candidate for the left. And the Democrats, a -- a Muslim radical, who is also a communist!

So, you know, it only took you 25 years. It only took you 25 years, New York, to go completely insane.

Somebody who is -- well, I mean, if I might quote Michael malice today. I am old enough to remember when New Yorkers endured 9/11 instead of voting for it.

But you've got a -- you've got a communist jihadist apologist now.

Who was -- you know, well, CAIR put $100,000 behind his bid for New York City mayor.

So you have somebody who is endorsed by CAIR. That's really good.

He also was somebody who said, you know, he was -- he was for the shooting of the United Health Care CEO.

Said he was looking forward to driving down magnum Joan avenue. I don't know. Sounds like supporting people in the streets. Maybe it's just me.

Then he also said that he was going to globalize the intifada, which I think that's -- maybe -- maybe that's just me.

I mean, what do I know?

Tim Miller who is a podcaster. Asked him a few weeks ago. Asked him about his pro Palestinian slogan. Globalized the intifada. And he said, for me, ultimately, what I hear in so many, is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights, in standing up for Palistinian human rights. Oh, is that what you hear, Mr. CAIR?

Really? Huh, that's interesting.

Right. So globalize the intifada.

I mean, I mean, sure, that's -- I mean well, let me go on.

Because I don't want to take him out of context.

He then delved into the semantics of the intifada, citing the United States Holocaust memorial museum's use of a word for a translation for uprising, in an Arabic version of an article, a museum published about the Warsaw ghetto.

Oh!

So this is just a comparison, about the -- the armed rebellion against the Nazis!

I don't know if that makes me feel better!

I mean, if we're globalizing that.

We're the Nazis in this scenario.

Because I don't think it's the Palestinians.

I certainly don't think it's anybody who is like, hey.

Global jihad. I don't think it's those guys.

Or the Nazis. Who are the Nazis in that?

And it seems, if that's what you mean, then it's not just a harmless kind of slogan about human rights. It is a call for violence on the streets.

Because I don't know if you know, that's what happened when the Jews had their uprising against the Nazis.

I'm just saying!

But, hey, hey, free Palestine.

Oh, that's not what that means, gang. That is not what that means, but don't worry about it. He's just going to be possibly the new mayor.

And that's great. By the way, the Columbia faculty members signed a letter defending Hamas.

They were also among the donors to his mayoral campaign.

So, you know, you don't have anything to worry about.

And his father, who used to work at Columbia. Do you know, Stu?

Is his Dad -- is he still a professor at Columbia University?

He said that -- this violent terror thing of Islam, is not a part of Islam. Now, I've read the Koran, and much of the hadith.

And I'm pretty sure the violence is a part of that. But no.

No. This is something entirely new.

And his father while at Columbia university, wanted everybody to know, that this is actually -- this is something that came out of America!

America is really responsible for this.

And, you know, it really started with the Reagan administration, you know, when he started -- when he started with his very religious terms, to finish the war against the evil empire.

So, you know, that's where -- that's where 9/11 came from.

Is what -- don't worry about it! Don't worry about it!

Because who am I? I'm clearly just -- am I an anti-Semite today, or am I an Islamophobic? I can't remember which one.

Oh, it's probably both. Anyway, Islamophobia. Let me just explain Islamophobia. I haven't even gotten to the Communist part of it. Which is really, really -- New York, you're in one for hell of a ride. Buckle up.

It will be a fun rollercoaster for you. My gosh, I've never been happier that I've been away are if New York.

Anyway, I just want I to know, there is Islam. And then there is Islamists. Now, an Islamist is somebody who really wants Sharia law.

That's political Islam!

That's not a faith. That's political Islam.

Now, let me make really -- something really clear. Criticizing Islamism, is not Islamophobia. Pointing out the dangers of, oh. I don't know.

Political Islam. The ideology that seeks to use the tools of democracy, ultimately to destroy democracy, is not an attack on Muslims.

No. Uh-uh.

You know why?

Because Muslims are often the first people in line.

The first victims of the ideology.

So let's draw a bright, bright line between Islam as a faith, millions of people can practice that faithfully and peacefully.

It's mostly peaceful, okay?

Then there's the Islamism.

Islamism is something entirely -- that's a political project.

A theocratic political -- oh. Left loves theocracies. They love it.

Of course, you never see a problem with it.

See it when an Islamist is touting it. Anyway, it's not about prayer. It's not about fasting. It's not about spiritual life.

It's all about power. It's about merging of mosque and state. It's about implementing Sharia, not as a personal code of conduct. But as a governing legal system.

And it's -- it's supremacy.

Absolutely. Faith.

Religion.

It's -- there's one thing that's supreme.

It's misogynistic.

Deeply intolerant of all kinds of things.

Descent. Secularism. Other faiths. Even competing interpretations from inside the faith itself.

It will behead them too.

So let's -- let's be honest here for a second.

You know, CAIR should be labeled an international terror organization.

In my opinion. In my opinion.

Oh, does that make me -- that makes me an Islamophobe. I'm sure. I'm sure they will start a campaign against me on being an Islamophobe.

Stand in line, guys. You've been doing it since 2001, okay?

I don't really care. And I don't think the American people. I think that record, all the grooves are worn-out on that one, okay?

This is not a religion we're talking about. When we're talking about Sharia law. And we're talking about globalize the intifada. What does that mean, actually, to globalize it?

Does that mean we now want to do what is happening to Israel? All over the world?

Has the Palestinian plight become our plight you now, as Americans?

That there has to be an intifada here!

Because it's the kind of the same. You know. It's kind of the same over, you know, with what the Palestinians are going through.

Well, it's very much like what the Jews went through with the Nazis.

That's a weird one. That one makes my head hurt. It's very much the same as that. And very much the same as the fight against Donald Trump.

Oh, this is going to be fun. It's fun!

Really fun. You know, the irony here is, the ones that will scream Islamophobia the most, are the ones in the progressive left, the champions of feminism, LGBTQ rights. And secularism.

They're going to -- no. You want -- they're going to stand with the people, who want to kill them first.

See, this is how smart they are!

This is why it's going to work out well, in New York City.

Let me just say. If you have an ounce of common sense, you run a business, you have an ounce of wealth. And I don't mean wealth like, you know, hey, Lovey.

Let's get on the boat for a three-hour tour with a suitcase full of cash. I mean you saved anything, anything, get the hell out of New York City.

I mean, this is about survival. This is about free speech. This is about women's rights.
Religious pluralism. Secular legal systems. Liberal democracy.

But it's also about failed principles of Communism. Okay?

First, you have to call out political Islam for what it is. Okay?

And we have to do it with the clarity that we call out white nationalism.

Got to do it with that. Got to -- you know, the Klan. Really bad people.

Really bad people.

Anybody who is shouting for globalized intifada?

Pretty bad. Pretty bad people.

Okay?

Now, let's get to communism.

Because that's another cool, cool angle of the new Democratic candidate for -- for mayor of New York City.

That I just -- I think is cuddly and cute. Sure, it led to 100 million deaths. But this time, New York is going to be radically different. Oh, did I use the word radical?

I didn't mean to use that. What's radical about this guy?

Nothing. He's just like you!

Well, not exactly.

But let's talk about communism, next!

Now, the new mayoral candidate that's running there in New York City. That so many young people rushed to defend and vote for. He's promising free buses.

That's going to work out.

Where are you going to get the money for free buses.

It's free!

City-run grocery stores.

Oh, rent freezes. And finally somebody has done it. A 30-dollar minimum wage.

So under the banner of equity. And, you know, we will tax the wealthy. And the corporations. You know, we're going to squeeze another $10 billion out of them.

Really?

Because they're going to call a U-Haul.

You know, they will call something like U-Haul. There will be a lot of -- there will be a lot of movers that are like, how do I get the truck back from Texas or Florida back up to New York? Nobody is moving up there.

But he's going to do it.

Now, his vision isn't really new. You know, just -- just tax people, so we could have city-run grocery stores. You know, I remember -- I'm old enough to remember those city-run grocery stores in Moscow.

They were great.

The shelves were empty.

But that's just Moscow.

It worked out completely different in Venezuela.

Where, oh, no.

It didn't. That's right. The grocery store.

They were eating the zoo animals.

But it will be different in New York.

Because they have rent controls too.

And that will just choke the housing supply, but don't worry. As a young family.

You know, you voted for it.

You know better.

It will work this time.

So, you know, I like building ideas, I just don't like usually building on the graves of 100 million people.

But, you know, why not? Why not?

You know, use this dogma.

And this time, it will be different. It's not like it was in China. Where the great leap forward, was a gross -- a gross parody of progress. Venezuela, which was oil rich. One of the richest nations in the hemisphere now sees 90 percent of its population in poverty!

Yeah. Darn it. You know what they did?

They decided to take state control of things.

You know, like grocery stores. And it worked out well. How is that free busing working out in Venezuela?

I just want to -- I just want to know.

Anyway, then you've got the globalize the intifada. Which is going to drop a little violence in, and anti-Semitism in with your communism.

Which is weird!

Because violence and anti-Semitism, always happen. When it -- when it comes to -- when it comes to communism.

This is weird!

I've got to play something for you. Because this has talked about on me earlier this morning.

Oh, wow.

Wait a minute. This is -- this is the whole coalition coming together here.

So this is going to be good. New York, this is going to be great.

It's going to be great for you.

No. He's going to uplift you. Then the social fabric of New York City is just going to be -- just one.

It's going to be fantastic. Don't worry about your 120 billion dollars in debt. Or your 10 billion-dollar deficit that you have right now.

You are going to charge the rich more taxes, and they will stay right there.

They will be like, you know what, that 46 percent in taxes that I'm paying, this is just not enough. It's just not enough.

I need to pay 60 or 70 percent to be able to pay my fair share. So that's good. That's good. That's good.

You know, they're not risking 100 million people. It's just 8 million people.

This time, it's just 8 million people.

But, hey. For those of you in upstate New York. That aren't going to be part of this experiment.

Don't worry, you get to pay for it. Because they'll kick it up to the state. The state will have to subsidize everything. And don't you love it?

Really, don't you want to subsidize the really crazy ideas of New York City?

I mean, why don't you have a -- why don't you have a democratic socialist. A/k/a communist mayor.

Why haven't you done that? Are you not progressive enough? Are you not looking into the future?

Are you stuck in the past?

I don't know. I don't know. The graveyard is pretty big. I have a hard time getting past that one. You know, yeah, so I'm stuck in the past. Because I can't seem to pass that graveyard, and get to be down the path with you. But it's going to be a paradise.

Forget arithmetic. You know, or human nature. This time, it's going to work. It's going to work. So all right!

Wish I lived in this morning.

No wait. Nope. I don't. Nope, I don't.

And Ted Cruz, stop it. Stop writing, hey, come to Texas. No. No. Don't come to Texas. Don't come to Florida. Go to California. It's beautiful this time of year. Go there. Go there.