Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

This movie was so good.

I went with a big group of people (so much easier now with assigned seating) and everyone loved the movie. We saw it on Saturday afternoon and by Sunday evening people were still talking about it and riffing on the best one liners.

Karen Gillan was great, I almost didn't recognize Lee Pace in it, and Chris Pratt has just jumped into the leading man acting pool. As people mentioned the pacing of the film was excellent. Whenever it seemed too humorous some drama or action would break out and whenever it started to get too maudlin you had a nice bit of humor to cut the tension. Definitely want to see it again.

I also want the soundtrack... curse Awesome Mix vol 1!!

Let's not forget the best part of the movie:


Couldn't even tell Rocket was Bradley Cooper at all. You could hear Vin Diesel in Groot, but still they both did a really great job.

Also:

noodle: YEP that was him.

qhue...that sound track mix is...AWESOME.. been playing it all weekend. hell i hooked my phone to my stereo to play it and broke out my cassette adapter for my car(older car no bluetooth or sync stuff) to play it also and ..i NEVER do shit like that.

i am going to see this again.

Hey we're Kevin Bacon!

I was laughing so hard as Groot was throwing those 5 speared guys around. But I was done laughing when he stopped, and that's when the rest of the theater laughed. I didn't understand it.

Vvoid_sl said:

Much like Sutekh and Richard Rider, I will literally jizz in my pants if Adam Warlock is the post-credits scene of Avengers 2. Well, or if he shows up in any other way, but that would be extra awesome if done that way. I'd expect him to show up (even if only briefly) in GotG2 at that point as well.

I know they can change these stories around just about any way they want, but if they want to stick to even just a little bit of authenticity, Warlock needs to be a significant part of how they defeat Thanos.

I wonder who they would get to play him if they did?

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Well he kind of has too if they are going to do any kind of story related to the Infinity Gems and keep it somewhat Marvel. Adam Warlock was the instrumental being both times Thanos brought together the Infinity Gems.



and



Without Adam Warlock, Thanos would have succeeded both times.

Selix_sl said:

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I am not sure how Marvel Deep Space works but isn't the angle they took close to scientifically accurate?

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Accurate enough for me given the ones involved are non humans and or heavily modified cybernetically.

I went and saw it a second time. It was just as good as the first time. It has been a while since we had a movie that will become a classic all the way around.

NoodleAnus_sl said:

Let's not forget the best part of the movie:

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Groot spearing those dudes and slamming them around for 5 minutes.

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The tone of the movie was set really well. They gut punch you in the beginning and then immediately make the movie fun and upbeat with him dancing, followed by action etc. Like others have said, the movie just flowed right. I tend to get bored at times when watching movies (Hello Transformers 4) but I never once felt that way.

I got the impression that they are going to have about 30 minutes of extended and deleted scenes for the Blu-ray of this. And probably about 50 takes of Chris Pratt blooper reel material.

Probably one of the first movies that you can tell was cut down that I think made the right decision. I'm sure some Ronan/sisters backstory was lost but the movie was the perfect length. Didn't feel like a single scene dragged too long.

Wuyley_sl said:

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My brother and I were laughing when he was going ape shit but we absolutely lost it when he turned around and smiled. I haven't laughed like that since First Class when Wolverine tells the two to go fuck themselves.

The tone of the movie was set really well. They gut punch you in the beginning and then immediately make the movie fun and upbeat with him dancing, followed by action etc. Like others have said, the movie just flowed right. I tend to get bored at times when watching movies (Hello Transformers 4) but I never once felt that way.

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Ya, they tried to balance feels with laughs and it worked. The part at the end especially, when you find out reason the mix tape and the name "Starlord" were so important to him is because both were given to him by his mother.

james gunn, the director, definitely has made some interesting movies in the past. you can see where his sense of humor comes from
PG PORN: Roadside Ass-Sistance - YouTube

also i started reading some of the GoTG comics and the early (70s?) ones are goofy as FUCK. Groot is a fully talking, evil tree. Racoon, completely separate, teams up with Hulk and lives on some Alice in Wonderland style planet. Its crazy to see how far apart the original ideas and the movie version is.

I might see this again this weekend, last movie i saw twice in theaters was like... the matrix

spronk_sl said:

james gunn, the director, definitely has made some interesting movies in the past. you can see where his sense of humor comes from
PG PORN: Roadside Ass-Sistance - YouTube

also i started reading some of the GoTG comics and the early (70s?) ones are goofy as FUCK. Groot is a fully talking, evil tree. Racoon, completely separate, teams up with Hulk and lives on some Alice in Wonderland style planet. Its crazy to see how far apart the original ideas and the movie version is.

I might see this again this weekend, last movie i saw twice in theaters was like... the matrix

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yeah. volume is basically the "definitive" version of Guardians.
Its where "I am Groot" started. As you say, he could talk normal originally.

I was kind of disappointed by Drax and Gamora. I thought Dave Batista delivered the best performance in the movie, but the abilities of both characters were fairly underplayed.

I was actually worried about Bautista, didn't really think he'd be a good fit but I wound up loving his performance.

Everybody did really good in that movie, even Zoe looked pretty damn hot as Gamora.

Only thing I didn't like was Ronan stopping to comment on Quill dancing, I understand the humor behind it, but still thought it was cheesy.
People keep saying it was better then Star Wars, but eh can't agree with that. Star Wars had one of the best uses of Deus Ex Machina I've seen in Cinema.

I'm not sure how they will deal with Richard Rider now, they probly won't make him earthbound because that would be much too similar to Quills backstory.
Also the people complaining about the nova corps, they really didn't show the Nova Force so that may still be out there.


Best part for me by far was Thanos, and seeing a Celestial.

Yea aside from The Rock I think the Bautista dude is about the top of the pile for the wrestler > actor types.

The ONLY thing that sucks about this entire story arc is that Silver Surfer, and FF are not involved. I would love to see Marvel Studios get a crack at Silver Surfer stand alone movie. He would also be great in this story arc as well. /sadface