Guardians of the Galaxy

[gosabres1984]

Originally Posted by guitarheroforhire

just curious, for those of you who saw this at the imax, how much did you end up paying for your ticket? Mine was about $20, and it seems ridiculously high

$15.75

[Bizdady]

Originally Posted by GuitarHeroForHire

Just curious, for those of you who saw this at the IMAX, how much did you end up paying for your ticket? Mine was about $20, and it seems ridiculously high

It's $15 here for first Showtime then it's $20.50 regular price and price just keeps getting increased.

[jd_from_da_80s]

I'm glad a majority of y'all liked it. Got my tickets for tomorrow with the Mrs. I wanted to see it in Imax, but she refuses to go to a theater where there aren't reclining seats. If I like it enough, I'll see it by myself in Imax next week, AM show of course lol. There's an Imax 10 blocks from my job so I'll just come into work late.

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by MarkJ801

I disagree with the people saying the villains weren't in it enough. The amount of peril was so high that focusing on them would have been too distracting. We needed to see what the guardians were going to do.

I just wanted motivations. Clearly Nebula has daddy issues but it was only hinted at. BesidesLoki, the Marvel villains have never been awesome though.

[GuitarHeroForHire]

Originally Posted by RandyK

I ordered online beforehand and got it for $12.00.

Leaving now to drive an hour to go see this! So excited.

I'm leaving in a bit as well, let us know what you think of it when you get back!

Originally Posted by gosabres1984

$15.75

Originally Posted by Bizdady

It's $15 here for first Showtime then it's $20.50 regular price and price just keeps getting increased.

Wow, so it looks like local IMAX theatres can price tickets at their discretion, I always thought prices were about the same across the board like regular movie theatres.

[Bizdady]

I went with a smaller amc with leather lazy boys and reserved seating. Taking my kids and nephew so can't be paying twenty bucks a pop lol

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by jscoggins

That first trailer made it seem like the movie was going to be some sort of joke, as if Marvel was punking us.

Surprise, surprise, the comedy was genuinely hilarious, and the movie developed a surprising amount of pathos from two CGI characters. Groot can make people cry despite his limited vocabulary. That is awesome.

Who would've thought three simple words and a cgi tree could be so tear inducing?

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by GuitarHeroForHire

Wow, so it looks like local IMAX theatres can price tickets at their discretion, I always thought prices were about the same across the board like regular movie theatres.

Nope. Studios mostly dictate ticket prices these days. They can be especially keen on directing prices for heavy populated areas, or proven demographically successful areas. If prices were dictated by the theatres, the studios wouldn't make any money. The theatres would just offer tickets at $1 to get larger numbers of foot traffic, thereby increasing the chances of concession sales. I say this because studios are taking almost 100% of the box office revenue for almost all films now during the first month or two. So, there is barely any incentive for the theatres themselves to raise prices.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Oh. My second viewing yielded much more positive results. I don't know why I didn't enjoy it all that much the first time. But, last night it proved to entertain quite effectively. I'd still put it amidst the middle of the list for Marvel Universe films.

4/5

[toddly6666]

Spoiler tidbits and questions:

[Show spoiler]
Star Wars stuff:
1. Is Star Lord's helmet, costume, and foot jetpacks a riff on Boba Fett? His helmet is obviously pretty damn cool as Fett's.
2. Did anyone else notice that one of the robotic voices on a loudspeaker sounded exactly like EV-9D9 - the droid that tells R2, "You're a feisty little one, but you'll soon learn some respect."

Marvel Universe stuff:
1. Did anyone notice what all the background stuff in The Broker's shop was on display?
2. Besides Howard, Adam, and Belke, did anyone notice what all the background characters/things in The Collector's room was on display? Who was that white looking creature that kept showing up? Was that one of those Thor Dark World villains?
3. Is Starlord's emperor father Jason of Sparta going to show up in future films since he was mentioned by Nova Prime and Yondu?
4. Are the Guardians going to hopefully show up in other films besides their own?
5. Was the skin-falling-apart deteriation of the Collector's secretary as she held the gem stone a nod to what happens to Nebula when she gets transformed into an ugly zombie in The Infinity Gauntlet books?

Other tidbits:
1. The Kree ambassador was played by Maximus' military sidekick "sheath your swords!" from Gladiator
2. The biotchy movements and line delivery by Nebula was awesome. Very subtle but it was awesome seeing her act pissed off.
3. In the prison, two of those prisoners looked like Mel Brooks and Jackie Earle Haley. Funny stuff!

[thunderforce]

Off to a great start GOTG had the highest opening this year 11.2 million

[NARMAK]

Saw on release and gotta say, this is probably the best year Marvel has had so far. Cap 2 and this are just amazing. Both movies are all meat and no potatoes (that's a good thing btw )

I think Cap 2 offered a different more 'serious' take on things in Marvel with high stakes and a tone to match with espionage elements whereas here, the stakes are high, but the comedy aspects keep a really fun tone to the movie.

Avengers eat your heart out. There's a new group on the block.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

Saw on release and gotta say, this is probably the best year Marvel has had so far. Cap 2 and this are just amazing. Both movies are all meat and no potatoes (that's a good thing btw )

I think Cap 2 offered a different more 'serious' take on things in Marvel with high stakes and a tone to match with espionage elements whereas here, the stakes are high, but the comedy aspects keep a really fun tone to the movie.

Avengers eat your heart out. There's a new group on the block.

Phase II has definitely had a better 2014 than 2013. I think Captain America 2 was better than Guardians, but both were miles better than Iron Man 3 and Thor 2.

[Agent Bond]

You guys don't seriously think they were considering making a movie with him?!

Absolutely! He's the one that started it all for Marvel movies. I, for one, want a remake.

[ultlife2013]

It was a very good movie but these kind of threads never surprise for the amount of offhand comments about other Marvel movies. Some people can never give up a chance to bash other Marvel movies I guess.

My favorite comment was 'Robert Downey Jr 3', I never seen that one before.

[Comicman494]

Biggest Thursday opening of the year!

[yeslek]

Originally Posted by Kor-ray

So IMAX 3D or Regular?

IMAX 3D

Am thinking I may have to re-watch via IMAX even though its a fiver more expensive than standard 2/3D - yes it was THAT good

Originally Posted by toddly6666

Still thinking about this film - it really is a comic book movie masterpiece - Gunn has pulled in all the best elements of Marvel superhero flicks, the tone of the 1980s sci-fi/fantasy/action flicks (bonus for having a lovable memorable character played by a wrestler), OT Star Wars, old and new Star Treks, Dr. Who, Hellboys, and Firefly.

agreed,
I'd probably put it on par with Avengers, just beating out Iron Man 1 (and I LOVE me some Iron Man)
though I'm curious as to how it will hold up on repeat viewings....hopefully I'll find out again this w/e

[VanDammage80]

Just got back from seeing it. Friggin loved it!!! By far, the best of the recent Marvel movies. Hell, it may be the best Marvel movie in general.

[Scottie]

Oh man! Phase 2 is kicking some serious ass!

This film was a total blast! It had the perfect combination of fun and pure awesomeness.

[Agent Bond]

The stinger was worth the price of purchase alone.