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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?
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franztastisch[personal profile] franztastisch on August 9th, 2014 10:57 am (UTC)
Well, I love Thor to pieces but yeah, better I guess. Cos Gamora reaches out to Nebula even at the end, and Nebula survives. So she'd be an interesting Loki-type character, if given room to grow. And yeah, how she deals with the fallout of Thanos and Ronan and all that could make her a very interesting ongoing antagonist. Also because they're both women and therefore the woobiefying of Nebula will be minimal, both in the MCU and any fic.

I was slightly disappointed in Nebula actually, just cos I felt Karen Gillen was slightly overacting. But also because the scriptwriters don't have those things that I think are Joss Whedon's main selling points; the ability to hint at complex backstory with minimal airtime, and balance large casts sucessfully. I mean, Clint Barton got 15 mins in Avengers and I still feel we got told more about him as a person in that film than we do of any characters in GotG apart from Peter Quill, and maybe Rocket. It's the showing not telling thing again.
[identity profile] hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on August 9th, 2014 11:01 am (UTC)
Yes! I'm glad someone agrees with me for the showing/ telling thing.

In a lot of the ways the characters were stereotypes, and Gunn didn't take the opportunities he could have for characterization. I mean look at what the fight scenes in Cap 2 told us about each other characters, and compare that to the fight scenes in GotG.

And I think Karen Gillan was slightly overacting, but as an actor you're led by the director. She has so much range as an actor, looking at her past work, that she could have delivered the right note of performance had she been told what that was.
franztastisch: she's in fashion[personal profile] franztastisch on August 9th, 2014 12:00 pm (UTC)
The thing is, given the type of film this was, the characters being stereotypes doesn't acutally bother me as much as it otherwise would. Like I said above somewhere, it's pretty self aware for a film. It knows it's dumb and works with it. It wouldn't work otherwise. But yes, the fight scene comparison is a good one, because everything about the fights in Cap2 told you more about the characters.

I think also, the voice modulation thing that they used for her didn't help.

That being said, these are all minor quibbles for me, because the purpose of this film wasn't to be as character driven or emotionally hard hitting as the other films. Over all I thoroughly enjoyed it for the ridiculous and hilarious spectical it was.
[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on August 10th, 2014 04:39 pm (UTC)
I think the problem is James Gunn, who -- unlike Joss Whedon-- generally doesn't know what to do with women other than have them look attractive to fanboys good.

*ducks and waits for the backlash*
[identity profile] frea-o.livejournal.com on August 9th, 2014 06:18 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I thought she'd put most of her energy into the accent and didn't have much left over for the character. I think they should've just let her be Scottish.

...but I'm biased because her voice is amazing.
[identity profile] hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on August 9th, 2014 11:26 pm (UTC)
Her voice is amazing! I don't see why space can't have multiple accents (grabs Farscape and hugs it to chest)
[identity profile] happilydancing.livejournal.com on August 9th, 2014 05:37 pm (UTC)
Agreed about the character development. Would have liked to seen more depth. Still hoping for it in Guardians 2.