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08 August 2014 @ 01:04 pm
ATTF: Guardians of the Galaxy!  
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ALL THE THINGS FRIDAY: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

This movie came out in US theaters last weekend, but I realize not everybody has had a chance to see it yet. For those of you who have, what are you thoughts? Loved it? Hated it? Wondered why the raccoon talked like a 1940s gangster?
Was Baby Dancing Groot not the greatest thing ever?
So come one, come all, come flail!

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franztastisch: family[personal profile] franztastisch on August 8th, 2014 06:15 pm (UTC)
Dumb as shit. Loved every minute. Baby Groot is a thing I need in my life. :D

More seriously, some people I talked to had it as their fvourite Marvel film which, fine, if that's your thing. For me, there wasn't the emotional depth for me to call it a favourite. It was a 14yo boy film, and there ain't nothing wrong with that, but there was no Steve/Peggy moment like in Cap 2, or "We are not soldiers" from Avengers. It hit nearly all my highs, but not that one.

HOWEVER: reasons I love Marvel films over DC: "Evacuate the city, the protection of our people is our priority." THANK YOU *glares angrily at Man of Steel*

(There will come a day when I'm not pissed at Man of Steel. But it is not this day.)
[identity profile] i-llbedammned.livejournal.com on August 8th, 2014 06:24 pm (UTC)
I am so glad I wasn't the only one that was glad to see them care about their civilians. It makes the whole world feel a lot more real when they are concerned about casualties.
franztastisch: family[personal profile] franztastisch on August 8th, 2014 06:30 pm (UTC)
This is one of the reasons I love the MCU so much, because they remember that the heroes aren't the only ones affected.
[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on August 8th, 2014 06:30 pm (UTC)
All of this. It was loud, funny, colourful, busy, explosion-y, full of tropes ... classic movie for a Friday night or after someone at work pissed you off, and bring the pop corn.

But it was not deep. And as for the characters Respective Tragic Backstories, they were like a tick box in an Olympics interview ("and what personal adversity did YOU overcome to win your silver medal, Miss ...?"). So, as a result, I'm not invested in any of the characters -- certainly not to the point where I'd write stories for/about them.

And YES to the protection of civilians thing -- I leaned over to Kidlet and whispered in her ear (she hates when people talk in movies) that This is the kind of nod to reality that's the reason I like Marvel. (Avengers had me at "Every living soul not working rescue ...")

But Dancing Baby Groot? Merchandising genius. Especially if it comes with an Awesome Tape, or at the very least, Marvin Gaye.

franztastisch: felt like a kiss[personal profile] franztastisch on August 8th, 2014 07:12 pm (UTC)
I think it worked because it's self aware. It's a dumb concept but it knows it is and therefore it's OK. It's basically the best kind of 14yo boy film, because of that.
[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on August 8th, 2014 07:17 pm (UTC)
Precisely! And all the more fun for that.

I even willingly sat through the 10 minutes of names and events being thrown at me (who knows squat about the History of the Galaxy), figuring it would all eventually make sense/work out.

And it did.
[identity profile] philstar22.livejournal.com on August 9th, 2014 02:49 am (UTC)
For me, the emotional impact was in the little things. These five people who had lost so much coming together to do the right thing. The little hints at their backgrounds, and in particular Drax's and Rocket's. Groot's sacrifice. The shot of the Xandarian guy with his family at the end. It was subtle, but it was there for me. The movie for me was about losing your family and making your own.

That being said, I can see why others wouldn't see it that way.
[identity profile] frea-o.livejournal.com on August 9th, 2014 04:32 am (UTC)
Seconded to everrrrrrything you said here. I'm not a fan of Drax (sorry, you lose all respect by referring to women as whores, especially when you're the literal one on the team), but the rest of them? I walked away loving it. I put it as #3 in my Marvel movies. But then I've always adored rambunctious space romps and found families.

And Gamora. I AM HERE FOR ALL OF THE GAMORA.
[identity profile] philstar22.livejournal.com on August 9th, 2014 04:37 am (UTC)
The whore line was stupid. But it was so out of character for someone who is always literal that I chalked it up to bad writing. It made no sense because it isn't like Drax thinks she is actually a prostitute. As someone somewhere else said, it would have made much more sense for him to call her murderer because he thinks she actually is one, and her reaction would then be to that label when she is trying to distance herself from her past.

Gamora is awesome. I want to see her and Natasha in the same movie so I can watch them being awesome together.
[identity profile] happilydancing.livejournal.com on August 9th, 2014 05:35 pm (UTC)
I didn't like how many times "whore" and "bitch" were thrown around in the movie. Like I know he was calling Ronan a "bitch" but I kinda felt like it was insulting to women.
franztastisch[personal profile] franztastisch on August 9th, 2014 10:32 am (UTC)
Yeah there were the little things, and that was fine, but it still didn't hit the emotional level of any of the other Marvel films. I'm not saying there was nothing there, because clearly there was, but for me it didn't have the same impact.
[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on August 10th, 2014 04:33 pm (UTC)
Agreed. The emotional stuff was pretty much limited to phone-in-your-tragic-backstory tropes, but that was outweighed for me by the space-operatic fun. It reminded me so much of some of the Keith Laumer/Eric Frank Russell/Fritz Leiber sci fi I grew up with (with elements of the first Star Wars trilogy, or am I the only one who thinks that?) -- how could I do anything but love it?