Guardians of the Galaxy

[disneywildcat]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

my friend and I are the only people I know who think Interstellar looks completely bland and uninteresting. Ill wait to watch at home if that.

It's looks more like a Ray Bradbury type of story, which is why I'm interested in it (and it's Christopher Nolan's first film as director after The Dark Knight Rises).

At the IMAX theatre I went to see GOTG at, the second Interstellar trailer was screened without any IMAX scenes in it (unlike the 1st trailer). I do think it will look good in IMAX when it comes out.

[cinemaphile]

Of course, im also in the minority that found Gravity to be just okay and highly HIGHLY overrated - the story, the acting, the imax experience...

[UK_fan_05]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

I can understand people are entitled to their own opinion but to give this a 1 star or 2 stars you know you gotta be trolling the thread. #JustSaying

Not all of them are but you can look back at just how some treat other Marvel movies and know who is. The usual suspects are there with the exception of our banned buddy mlittle3.

[motorheadache95]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

Of course, im also in the minority that found Gravity to be just okay and highly HIGHLY overrated - the story, the acting, the imax experience...

I thought it was a great experience in IMAX 3D, but I also that if you didn't see it in that format, as a film by itself it was just okay and maybe not even worth watching at home (unless you have some kind of 3D projector setup).

[walruswarrior]

The problem with this movie is the end scene. Who gets distracted by someone dancing? Every time I see it I go really??? That's what prevents Ronan?? Its just beyond silly.

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by walruswarrior

The problem with this movie is the end scene. Who gets distracted by someone dancing? Every time I see it I go really??? That's what prevents Ronan?? Its just beyond silly.

Totally agree. It's like who wrote this movie? Completely ruined the movie for many people who actually walked out during that scene. Everything should be taken seriously when the main villain is about to kill everyone.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by walruswarrior

The problem with this movie is the end scene. Who gets distracted by someone dancing? Every time I see it I go really??? That's what prevents Ronan?? Its just beyond silly.

It wasn't the dancing that distracted him. It was that he wasn't being treated seriously or like a serious threat. So got annoyed and then angry at the fact that Star-Lord, the person who has been trying to stop him and even trying to kill him was just being the clown.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Beast

It wasn't the dancing that distracted him. It was that he wasn't being treated seriously or like a serious threat. So got annoyed and then angry at the fact that Star-Lord, the person who has been trying to stop him and even trying to kill him was just being the clown.

I actually thought it was a bit of both. When I first saw it, I thought, "Wow...seriously??" for a few seconds.

Then I thought, "....wait....this is PERFECT for this film." And also, probably how Ronan would have reacted to this guy from Earth doing something absurd and out of the ordinary for what Ronan is used to, so it just kind of took him off guard as, "What...the...hell is happening??!"

Add on top of that what you mentioned about him not being taken seriously, as that is something that gets under his skin as evidenced by his scenes with Thanos.

[Another_Dude]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

Completely ruined the movie for many people who actually walked out during that scene.

B.S.

I know this is the internet and all, but I am not going to believe there was an actual event witnessed by you where "many" people walked out at that time because of that scene. You don't need to lie to impress us.

[motorheadache95]

Originally Posted by Another_Dude

B.S.

I know this is the internet and all, but I am not going to believe there was an actual event witnessed by you where "many" people walked out at that time because of that scene. You don't need to lie to impress us.

Yeah, no kidding. Like people were all-- "Well, the entire movie was fine right up until this last part near the end, so I'm just gonna get up and not watch the ending."

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by Jett Rink

Not true. I wish people would stop making assumptions about people they do not even know. People are entitled to their opinion and that does not make them a troll.

I just realized you were one of the only 5 that gave it a "1 star" no wonder you had to say something. Anyhow, it would be interesting if you can contribute and share the big reason why you only scored it a 1 star. I'd love to read about it

[Sean B.]

Originally Posted by walruswarrior

The problem with this movie is the end scene. Who gets distracted by someone dancing? Every time I see it I go really??? That's what prevents Ronan?? Its just beyond silly.

I guess it can be said that Ronan just didn't know what Peter Quill(Star lord) was doing, and that had caught his attention and stopped him.

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by SilentDawn

Some people can see behind the comic timing and visual effects to find a tired and worn Marvel formula with a paper-thin villain and predetermined plot points.

[Jett Rink]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

I just realized you were one of the only 5 that gave it a "1 star" no wonder you had to say something. Anyhow, it would be interesting if you can contribute and share the big reason why you only scored it a 1 star. I'd love to read about it

A few pages back I rated it again after a second viewing.

[Pizzamorg]

Just come back from viewing number two, enjoyed it even more a second time, but also differently than I did the first time. There is a lot going on in Guardians, it isn't cluttered, just detailed and has a constant surprise factor, you never know what is coming next. Now I knew the long game, at least for this film, the individual details all fit together much cleaner. And as I already had many a favourite moment, I let those moments wash over me so I could concentrate on what else was going on around those moments that I might have missed first time. I see you Howard the Duck, behind the Collector!

Gotta say as well, when you do take time to appreciate the finer details between the lines there is some great stuff there which reward multiple viewings. The reveal with Peter at the end makes sense of some of the biggest plotholes in the film even if it doesn't outright spell it out and characters I found slightly weaker, like Drax or Gamora, shine a second time if you try not to let the others steal the show AND your attention. Gotta say though, Nebula was really forgettable the first time around so I tried to focus on her more this time and wow...Gillan feels really out of her depth in the role. And that score, gorgeous!

Most shocking though is that although the laughs didn't hit me quite as hard this time around - still a very chuckle worthy film, don't misunderstand - the emotional parts hit me even harder. I was so swept up in the 'WE ARE GROOT!' sequence that I completely forgot for a minute that I already knew how it ended, I almost started full blown crying the second time because I'd grown such a connection to the characters. And that cold open... it was such a shock for me the first time, but the second time, knowing how comedy focused the film is, makes that cold opening all the more shocking.

Anyway, I'd argue it about as close to perfect as a film can be. It sounds hyperbolic I know but it just resonates with me so deeply after just two viewings, it sweeps you up like the Ravagers do Peter and suddenly it's over, you laugh, you cry and you go screaming for more. It's becoming one of my all time favourites, I love these characters and I love their world. Until next weekend!

[MattW]

I'd give it the award for the most overrated movie of the year. Three stars.

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by MattW

I'd give it the award for the most overrated movie of the year. Three stars.

Yeah, you tell us how it really is!

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

Yeah, you tell us how it really is!

Okay: Once the rush subsides, you realize you're basically watching a version of Ryan Reynolds' goofy-slacker Green Lantern, only with better aliens and a more print-comic friendly plot.
And then memories of the movie start to oil-and-water separate into how much Thanos/Gamora/Infinity canon Marvel insisted on getting right in the script, versus how many goofy 70's songs James Gunn wanted to put on the soundtrack.

(I mean, it's good, but you start to realize it was good in overcoming incredible strikes against it...
That said, Beast and Diesel's analyses of the Dance-Off were dead-on. I can see how audiences would think it was just Gunn scribbling more high-school graffiti on the movie, though.)

[Sean B.]

Originally Posted by MattW

I'd give it the award for the most overrated movie of the year. Three stars.

It's not released yet so there's no way of rating it any amount of stars, until after we have seen it when its released to movie theaters.

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Okay: Once the rush subsides, you realize you're basically watching a version of Ryan Reynolds' goofy-slacker Green Lantern, only with better aliens and a more print-comic friendly plot.
And then memories of the movie start to oil-and-water separate into how much Thanos/Gamora/Infinity canon Marvel insisted on getting right in the script, versus how many goofy 70's songs James Gunn wanted to put on the soundtrack.

(I mean, it's good, but you start to realize it was good in overcoming incredible strikes against it...)

It's good that you're able to know how it's not that good before the rest of us come to that opinion.