[Movies] Guardians of the Galaxy
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Man, you've been drinking a lot...
I'd only JUST got there.[DOUBLEPOST=1406943295,1406942985][/DOUBLEPOST]So yeah, me and @HCGLNS and his wife (whom I can't remember her handle on here) just got out of seeing it. It was amazing. Loved every minute of it and will probably see it at LEAST once more before it's gone.
The new Star Wars suddenly has some big, unexpected shoes to fill in order to top that.
OMG, when Moonage Daydream by David Bowie started playing.... I fell a little bit more in love with the movie.
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Just got back from seeing it. Guardians right now on Rotten Tomatoes is sitting at 90%. Never have 10% been so wrong about anything. That movie was fucking awesome from start to finish.
I never see movies twice in theaters. I will see this one again before it leaves the big screen.
I never see movies twice in theaters. I will see this one again before it leaves the big screen.
Wow. It's not often these days a movie EXCEEDS my high expectations, but this movie sure nailed it. It has the perfect mix of comedy, heart, action, a wee bit of drama, and killer special effects. I honestly think this movie did a better job showing the five people grow as friends and allies then all the heroes in The Avengers did. Each one of them had some growth while not losing the key to what made them unique.
Also...
Also...
What other major super hero movie has had the main villain lose due to a dance off?
Didn't they say he was born from a race so ancient they didn't even know what it was? Does not seem like it can be any of those guys if that is the case.
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His mom made the mix tapes, but yes!
The way I took that scene was he took the stick he was crying over near the end and decided to put it in a pot and take it with him as a sort of remembrance or possible last chance to bring Groot back. While it was not overly stated in the next scene, you can see a little bit of happy surprise go over Rocket when he noticed the baby groot stretch out his little arms.
I just love how Marvel has been doing things . . .
Iron Man - Hi Tech Adventures
Captain America - 1st a war movie, 2nd a 70's style spy/Bond flick
Thor - Cosmic Adventures
Avengers - The Big Team Up
GotG - Space Opera
They're gearing up to have the 'Doctor in the house' and got the rights to Blade and Ghost Rider back, so there's the supernatural angle covered.
As it stands IMHO, the best atm is GotG followed by the tie for 2nd place of Avengers and Winter Soldier.
Iron Man - Hi Tech Adventures
Captain America - 1st a war movie, 2nd a 70's style spy/Bond flick
Thor - Cosmic Adventures
Avengers - The Big Team Up
GotG - Space Opera
They're gearing up to have the 'Doctor in the house' and got the rights to Blade and Ghost Rider back, so there's the supernatural angle covered.
As it stands IMHO, the best atm is GotG followed by the tie for 2nd place of Avengers and Winter Soldier.
Oh God yeah, that was a pleasant surprise. I was really impressed with the music in the movie, Peter's mixtapes always seemed to fit the situation at hand so well.
I have always considered Thor a bit more of the Space Opera. The family drama, the lavish costumes with caps, even the way they talk sometimes feels like it's trying to be more "grand" then it is.
GOTG felt more like a cosmic western. A band of outlaws, bounty hunters, the guy who wants to destroy the town, the man out for vengeance, and all of them having a change of heart, returning to the "town" in which they were criminals to have a shootout with a bigger threat. Maybe that's just me though.
Also, when it comes to the villian.
GOTG felt more like a cosmic western. A band of outlaws, bounty hunters, the guy who wants to destroy the town, the man out for vengeance, and all of them having a change of heart, returning to the "town" in which they were criminals to have a shootout with a bigger threat. Maybe that's just me though.
Also, when it comes to the villian.
Rhonan was probably the most threatening villain in any of the Marvel movies to date. He was literally indestructible for almost the entire movie making the heroes look like paper. If not for his own hubris on more then one occasion (dance off!) and a lot of luck (rocket bomb!) everyone would have been dead.
Cripes, if a lot of us are already planning on seeing it multiple times, I'm starting to think this movie is going to sell EXTREMELY well. Maybe not $1 billion well like Avengers, but damn, Marvel & Disney are gonna be very happy with this risk by the end of the weekend, I'd say.
Also did anyone notice there was a lot of scenes in the trailer that were not in the movie?
Two I can remember off the top of my head is the shot of Groot walking up and getting "surprised" by Peters tape player, and the shot of Gamora with her shirt down looking over her shoulder (which I think was supposed to be part of the prison section). There were one or two more I remember noticing during the movie but I am having issues remembering right now.
Two I can remember off the top of my head is the shot of Groot walking up and getting "surprised" by Peters tape player, and the shot of Gamora with her shirt down looking over her shoulder (which I think was supposed to be part of the prison section). There were one or two more I remember noticing during the movie but I am having issues remembering right now.
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I can buy that. Similar to what CK said on the last page too. It didn't really bother me per se, it just seemed...abrupt.
I was hesitant to say this was my favorite of the Marvel movies last night since I was still so excited from having just seen it, but man...I cannot stop gushing about this movie. Already have plans to see it again next Sunday.
I'm guessing Groot's ability to grow back from very little is covered in the comics already. I looked over Rocket Racoon #1 that came with my most recent Loot Crate and basically all he manages to get back from Groot's most recent destruction in the comic is a clipping, and he's not too concerned by it.
The "rude gesture" during the line-up scene wasn't censored. Personally, I think it was funnier censored because it had the scanner saying something like "Rude gesture imminent" or something.
Oh just remembered. The part during the line-up where Rhomann Dey says "They call themselves the Guardians of the Galaxy" was not there, which makes sense since they didn't establish the group yet. Must have been a trailer only recording since you see JCR saying the line on the screen during the trailer.
Also,
This might be me, but there was a scene in the trailer where I remember Nova Prime saying something about trusting the lives of 6 billion people to some criminals, but during the movie when it most likely would have happened (when the Ravagers show up), I don't remember it actually occurring. Instead Rhomann Dey shows up, says a few lines, and Nova Prime asks if he trusts Peter, and that was pretty much it. Was that line there and I just totally blanked it?
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That is all.[DOUBLEPOST=1406953006,1406952423][/DOUBLEPOST]So, one thing I've been wondering about.
That is all.[DOUBLEPOST=1406953006,1406952423][/DOUBLEPOST]So, one thing I've been wondering about.
The Collector was holding the Tesseract and the Aether, I believe. So was he just getting them for Thanos, or does he still have them. I predict that in the next movie, which may actually be the Infinity Gauntlet story, that Thanos is going to capitalize on the devistation that Ronan caused to the Nova Corps to just walk right into their base like a badass and take the space gem. So, we have the Tesseract, the mind gem from Loki's staff, the Aether, and now what looked like the space gem. Only two more gems to go.
I don't think he has the Tesseract. The one thing I specifically remember from the scene after the end of "The Dark World" was the Asgardian's saying one of the reasons they were giving the Collector the Aether was because "Having two infinity gems so close together is dangerous." That tells me they kept the Tesseract. When the Collector mentioned "two down" I assumed that meant he had a third (well I guess now fifth) unknown gem.
This is a pretty cool little retrospective on the Marvel movies so far. Guardians is the climax to Phase 2, which finishes off with Avengers 2.
(Though note, there is a minor spoiler of someone's appearance in Guardians in this video. So maybe wait until you see the movie before watching this.)
(Though note, there is a minor spoiler of someone's appearance in Guardians in this video. So maybe wait until you see the movie before watching this.)
So we're missing what, Time and Soul, most likely, as aside from Reality those are probably the most powerful. Aether is probably Power, Loki's was Mind, purple is Space, and the Tesseract could be Reality, maybe?
Personally, here's how I saw them:
Tesseract is the Space Gem (teleporting is bending space)
Loki's Staff is the Mind Gem (its mind control properties seem to synch pretty well with that)
Aether is the Reality Gem (it had an ever-shifting form and Malekith wanted to use it to change the universe to when it was darkness)
The purple gem is the Power Gem (the wielder gets super-charged and it made Ronan's weapon even more powerful than before)
Tesseract is the Space Gem (teleporting is bending space)
Loki's Staff is the Mind Gem (its mind control properties seem to synch pretty well with that)
Aether is the Reality Gem (it had an ever-shifting form and Malekith wanted to use it to change the universe to when it was darkness)
The purple gem is the Power Gem (the wielder gets super-charged and it made Ronan's weapon even more powerful than before)
Yeah, I guess if you ignore color those make more sense. Still, leaves the Time and Soul gems, which should be interesting to see brought to life.
Pretty sure color is the last thing they are really paying attention. I mean unless my memory is fuzzy the Tesseract (AKA the Cosmic Cube) was a completely different object of power and had no ties to the Infinity Gems, let alone being one of them. They are going to take some liberties.
Hey, I just had a thought. What if it's the Soul gem that creates Ultron? It's been all but confirmed that Ultron is going to be a corrupted AI, basically an evil Jarvis. What if the thing that makes him feel anger towards his creator and humanity itself is the Soul gem. Because it actually gives him emotions.
Just a thought, and probably not it, but it's all theory at this point.
Just a thought, and probably not it, but it's all theory at this point.
I noticed the Dark Elf from Thor 2, but I didn't catch anything else (besides Cosmo, of course).
Howard was there. Only for a second but you can see him.
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I don't know if it was Whedon or someone else, but they confirmed that the Tesseract was, indeed, one of the Infinity Gems. It was also confirmed when it was shown in GotG, when The Collector was talking about them.