The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special - Every Marvel Movie Ranked & Recapped

[@Orson_Welp]

Tim. There's an entire run of jokes in Vol. 2 about how Drax thinks Mantis is ugly and is wrong because he's Drax. History will come for you

[@OMGLX]

Mantis is my #1 MCU Crush, strongly solidified by this performance. She is adorable and Pom puts so much into every line she reads to take them over the top in the best way. She's GREAT. #TimWasWrong

[@GeneFJacket]

Mantis is not a bug! She is the Celestial Madonna and she's friggin' adorable. HOW DARE YOU, SIR!

[@16bitOtaku]

Exactly! She is not a bug! Her name is just Mantis. Kevin Bacon isn’t bacon…

[@josephgrigsby]

The added detail to how Nebula moved her head while dancing was a nice touch.

[@phizz1234567890]

Adagio in D Minor is a song from the Sunshine soundtrack (movie has Chris Evans, Benedict Wong, and Cilian Murphy -- one of the best sci-fi movies ever made), and was in Wonder Woman 84, as well as the Days of Future Past, and Kick-Ass.. The song In the House -- In A Heartbeat is the song from 28 Weeks Later that was also in Kick-Ass 1 and 2, as well as many other pop culture properties.

[@ElbowGreaseTG]

I can't get past 8 minutes in because I've rewound Tim, reacting to Nick not being up on the screen, and Greg's "Great one" response to Nick questioning the reason behind Hans Zimmer's name at least 10 times. Cracking me the F up. I swear this happens every time I watch the content instead of just listening. A +

[@ThePonderer]

This special was very charming, and I like that Mantis finally had some focus, but I feel like her character arc wasn't fully formed and that kinda held the whole thing back. I don't know what brought her from unwilling to reveal her parentage to Peter, to then being willing to at the end.

[@andrewfeistner3384]

The magic of the holidays and guilt

[@lexis4490]

Yeah, it wasn't really the purpose of the special unfortunately. But as a Mantis fan, I will take whatever I can get.

[@BLonsdale912]

The Christmas spirit of course!

[@cal2727]

Shocked Tim thinks Mantis is ugly!?!? Always thought she was hot too 😅

[@KamasamaK]

Bug fuckers unite!

[@antoniomay167]

This movie was so charming and the soundtrack was so good, I loved every song the used.

[@superpanda2980]

I love that this in review is longer than the special itself lol 😂

[@neojd]

Mantis is such a cutie. C’mon Tim.

[@mutedmayday]

Loved Mantis in this

[@David-uc6sg]

How dare you question Sean Gunns's abilities? He is amazing in Gilmore Girls.

[@CheefChaos]

He low key steals scene's in Gilmore Girls, great comedic timing, definitely helps to have a brother in the business.

[@TheMissingLink000]

Just listening to the convo around 22:00 and yeah rotoscoping is nearly as old as animation itself, even Disney's first feature Snow White used rotoscoping for the human characters like Snow White and the prince

[@ennur4208]

The Gobot was the villain of the Christmas Special.

[@canonblackwell1]

The house they used for Kevin Bacon was David Crowder‘s house from the band Crowder. He has a very LA looking house in a very LA looking neighborhood but he lives in Georgia where most marvel stuff is shot.

[@falcon4196]

My dad has seen some of the MCU. He loves the Guardians movies and is a fan of the Old 97s. Watching the special with him over the holiday weekend was a blast.

[@Channelreboot]

Thank you for the Tucson shoutout Mr. Miller🫡

[@DonatelloEsq]

I was expecting a bigger freak out about the MCU recognition of Batman and Bruce Wayne.

[@loganbigmo]

I'm guessing you didn't watch _Eternals_ then

[@evansimon1065]

Can’t believe Tim thinks mantis is ugly.

[@mattbell1907]

I can't imagine them setting up all those Christmas lights on a TV budget. Like even the whole budget. It's so many lights.

[@loganbigmo]

While I don't think Mantis is hot, she is definitely not ugly. I don't know what Tim is on, calling Mantis the ugliest thing ever in the MCU.

[@realrobrose]

Old 97s are the ones who play that Christmas song from the last decade that plays at some point on the radio and Kevin Bacon sings at the end.

[@cal2727]

Jessica Chastain and the Zelda zombies hahahaha 😂😂😂

[@aggie128]

It was supposedly David Crowders House in Atlanta Georgia

[@CheefChaos]

Jesus songs pay well it seems

[@BRD0211]

Tim straight up turned into Drax the Destroyer in GotG 2 the way he went off calling Mantis ugly.

[@jettxjordan]

45:24 Andy xDDDDD

[@CaptainMaakasu]

The special was a 10/10, watched it multiple times already and it still makes me laugh ^^

[@tonydub98]

What the hell is Love and Thunder doing at 15?

[@paulsmith9192]

@Kinda Funny what's wrong with the pateron version? It wont load.it keeps saying live on an archive upload.just wont play

[@KamasamaK]

If you're wondering how both lists have 39 items, the old list only has 38. It skips #37.

[@bvick22]

I love that Marvel Snap gets referenced every MCU in review 😆👍

[@DonatelloEsq]

1988 is the year Peter was taken.

[@aaron-downey]

Opening with fairytale of new york. Great

[@baundiesel]

Loved the review! Enjoyed the special as a cute little thing to take a peek back into that world. The weirdly defensive take by Tim on how Mantis look was so awkward. lol

[@JonathanWidergren]

Really enjoyed this special! I was confused however that Mantis can jump that high, yet asked Drax if he could throw her 🤔

[@MtnRangeLivingRoom]

The old 97’s are fucking awesome. Time bomb and king of all of the world are great

[@zebrachicken]

I don’t know if this was answered, but the house they used for Kevin Bacon’s house was actually in Atlanta and it belongs to David Crowder. He’s a big time Christian music guy.

[@LifeOfMikey1]

that intro! lol how do i make that

[@haydenjoossens]

I’m gonna be annoying n say what I’ve said since the TV shows came out: I really think specials, shows, and movies should be separate when being ranked. They all have different standards in terms of quality and ig structure, so it doesn’t make sense to me comparing a special to something like Age of Ultron, for example.

[@lexis4490]

Not annoying to me. I don't know how you compare this special to a movie like Iron Man that was groundbreaking.

[@KonohaRamenNoodles]

What’s annoying is still ranking these numerically. They should rank the titles like they rank their villains. S-D rank.

[@CrowTRobot]

I rank this on the high end of Phase 4 w Loki, Shang-Chi, Ms. Marvel, WF and Spider-man. Maybe specials are the way to go…except Daredevil. Keep that one a series.

[@austinmcmanus1397]

My Phase 4 Ranking: 1. No Way Home 2. Loki 3. Hawkeye 4. Wakanda Forever 5. Shang-Chi 6. Multiverse of Madness 7. Falcon & Winter Soldier 8. WandaVision 9. GOTG Holiday Special 10. What If…? 11. Werewolf by Night 12. Black Widow 13. She-Hulk 14. Ms. Marvel 15. Love & Thunder 16. I Am Groot 17. Moon Knight 18. Eternals

[@Lauren-zx3gx]

The best thing about James Gunn and having him as a writer/director is that he understands the comic-accurate side of the characters as well as the characters he helped establish. Also… this list will continue to be a huge mess. Agree with Greg. Lol

[@dustyw8771]

I can't tell was Andy joking the dog was real not cgi

[@Artifact515]

I still think that the movies and TV shows should be seperate lists

[@koreywinicky7767]

James Gunn has said it is NOT Kevin's actual house and also according to James, Kevin is against over-the-top decorations in real life which is why he thought it was funny to over-decorate the fake set house. On top if that I think '1988' isn't necessarily a Kevin Bacon reference but it is the year that Peter was kidnapped by Yondu.

[@loganbigmo]

They literally say this in the episode, when Greg's reading off of a site. Gotta watch the video before ya comment!

[@koreywinicky7767]

@@loganbigmo nah

[@Freyr4wow]

Did anyone else think that at certain moments the acting was (intentionally) wooden, like a ‘real’ holiday special? Also I presume Tim was playing the Drax bit of thinking Mantis is ugly, and the others thought he was serious, so he doubled down?

[@karlmoore1837]

I thought this was OK, I think it could of been 25-30 minutes instead, just could of been a bit snappier timing wise. If Tim wants a good xmas watch, then watch Klaus.

[@abrack_]

So how do the rankings work with just 4 votes now? Andy says 33, Greg says 15, Tim says 24, Nick says 34, and then it just... goes to 33?

[@CheefChaos]

A year later and it's still a great question lolol

[@MelodicQuest]

Tim, it's not kinkshaming if YOU'RE the odd man out

[@lexis4490]

Mantis is gorgeous and incredible and would of beat Thanos!

[@m.o.2185]

Have not seen anyone just post the link to the widely-used John Murphy song. Here ya go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWLGY36mqteBjdE

[@TheNearsightedGamer]

I agree with Tim... kinda. I wouldn't go as far as to say Mantis is ugly but I will say that her face is weird looking. There was a little too much of seeing her talk. That's the best way I can put it. The Guardians movies are probably my second least favorite of the MCU movies (I haven't seen any Thor movies (no not even Ragnarock) and I'm not in a hurry to. I liked the message and the whole theme of it. But spending that much time with those 2 a good time. They're best when paired with someone else to play off of. That's just what I think.

[@KingRabla]

It's bugs me that there's no space for "16.IRON MAN"

[@elcapitan2293]

Oh God! We got this covered is not the kind of site you wanna reference. Always writing about wild, unsubstantiated rumors.

[@RLSmith-uo9zs]

Like most MCU projects it was better the second go with out all the MCU pressure.

[@realrobrose]

Chris Pratt felt like he was annoyed with whoever was filming him and just wanted to go home.

[@lexis4490]

He was pretty one note.

[@usedfuzzbox]

Loved Guardians, and Christmas in general, but like most of phase 4, this just didn't hit that well. Not bad, and great to have more Mantis and Cosmo.....But the Yondu and Peter gift section was worth the wait at least!

[@teddyholiday8038]

Kevin Bacon forever.

[@UT1TEXAS]

🥚 🥚 's!

[@jameshughes5714]

These guys Were EFAP, til they sold their credibility .. you need a review shot-for-shot watch mauler n the boys on EFAP

[@toomuchdogvids8027]

The voting system has been very weird to me since Kevin stopped doing the in reviews. 2 put it at 33 and 2 put it 25 or higher. So it could go at 33, 29, or 25 arguably. I have an idea since makes joke about how bad the list it. I say redo it, have everyone full time at KF do it, that way it represents the company as a whole and make a new ranking. Then going forward anyone can be on the reviews and it'll give you more flexibility, but your vote only counts on the new list if your in the studio when your reviewing the movie or such, so like if Kevin is running the show he can still vote and not have to be on the review and can just have brief thoughts and stuff. Or just get a new 5th lol

[@vishalbharadwaj570]

I just open these videos for the intro and leave 😅

[@hellsapoppin9326]

301 + club

[@marcusbk]

I thought this was really, really bad. Wasn’t expecting everyone to love it so much.

[@stanco4ever]

I didn't enjoy this one at all... shame, I normally love Gunn/Guardians/Christmas, but this just didn't work for me.

[@mikekasabion]

The special was honestly pretty bad. Marvel worst year for marvel stuff since phase 2.

[@Booka3141]

I thought it was shite, couldn't finish it. I guess Disney set a pretty low bar these days.

[@tylermettler1984]

Thats because they care more about quantity over quality. Phase 4 is awful and the future of the MCU is in shambles. Sucks because they had a good thing going.

[@CrowTRobot]

Thankfully, very very few people agree with you. Great special. Lots of thought and love was put into this and it shows.

[@Wair18]

I was bored out of my mind watching this. I thought it was super corny and pretty bad.

[@geoafe66]

Sorry.. this special was terrible