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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY |OT| ...Who?
- Thread starter Neoxon
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GotG came out in the States on the anniversary of Howard's movie, that's it. He may get a One-Shot, but don't expect much else.
https://twitter.com/ERCboxoffice/status/526396583718694912
GOTG is the third highest grossing film of 2014 behind Transformers and Maleficent.
So I'm guessing it's past X-Men DoFP as the highest grossing superhero film of the year then?
GOTG is the third highest grossing film of 2014 behind Transformers and Maleficent.
So I'm guessing it's past X-Men DoFP as the highest grossing superhero film of the year then?
Yes, it did so this weekend, and is going to pass Maleficent by the next one.
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Rank Title (click to view) Studio* Worldwide Domestic / % Overseas / %
1 Transformers: Age of Extinction Par. $1,087.3 $245.4 22.6% $841.9 77.4%
2 Maleficent BV $757.4 $241.0 31.8% $516.3 68.2%
3 Guardians of the Galaxy BV $752.6 $328.6 43.7% $424.0 56.3%
4 X-Men: Days of Future Past Fox $746.0 $233.9 31.4% $512.1 68.6%
5 Captain America: The Winter Soldier BV $714.1 $259.8 36.4% $454.3 63.6%
6 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Sony $709.0 $202.9 28.6% $506.1 71.4%
7 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Fox $707.2 $208.3 29.5% $498.9 70.5%
8 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fox $615.0 $176.6 28.7% $438.4 71.3%
9 Godzilla (2014) WB $525.0 $200.7 38.2% $324.3 61.8%
10 Rio 2 Fox $496.7 $131.5 26.5% $365.2 73.5%Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Well well well, would you look at that. 700 million worldwide huh? Who would have predicted that?
Oh that's right - me and TEJ did months before the movie came out. Never once doubted it too!
Excessive pandering and product placement to the Chinese audience.
eastx
Member
Yup. And they do not care how stupid a movie is.
Well well well, would you look at that. 700 million worldwide huh? Who would have predicted that?
Oh that's right - me and TEJ did months before the movie came out. Never once doubted it too!
I predicted it will make Winter Soldier numbers, i fell short.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Just got back from watching this at the cinema. It was absolutely terrific; I haven't enjoyed a film this much in a long time. I was impressed at how detailed they managed to make the universe, with enough time spent in each location to make it feel real but always moving on and keeping the pace going. I love the visuals and tone and humour. It was so lively and fun and colourful, and the characters worked really well together. The one thing I probably would change would be the romantic interest between Gamora and Star-Lord; that felt a bit needless. I really loved the subtle humour, like John C. Reilly calling him 'Star-Prince' near the beginning, and then when he was being processed the computer came up with his alias as 'Space-Lord'. I also loved it when Rocket woke up with bed hair . The story was fine and while Ronan was a fair boring villain, there wasn't really time for anything more as there were already so many characters in the mix. The themes of friendship were a little cheesy but likeable, and I felt like there was a growing bond between the five over the course of the film. And oh man at the very beginning scene; I was almost in tears as
. It was pretty heavy stuff to begin the film with. The final battle was excellent and really reminded me of Star Wars. In fact, a lot of things reminded me of Star Wars, from the style of the world with its heroes and criminals and mercenaries and powerful warlords. So many characters were perfectly cast and in particular I thought Glenn Close was great as Nova Prime, as she brought an element of seniority and gravitas to the role. The CGI was excellent and although ubiquitous didn't feel too excessive and I loved how colourful they made everything.
So anyway, the short version is that I loved this and it might be my favourite MCU film yet (although I haven't seen The Winter Soldier). I like that these films are being woven together, and despite everything happening in each film behind the scenes we know that Thanos is gathering steam - it should be a pretty amazing climax, and probably unprecedented in the history of cinema (the only similar point of reference I can think of is SPECTRE from the Bond films). I wonder whether Marvel will bring the Avengers, Guardians etc together to battle him for the finale?
. The story was fine and while Ronan was a fair boring villain, there wasn't really time for anything more as there were already so many characters in the mix. The themes of friendship were a little cheesy but likeable, and I felt like there was a growing bond between the five over the course of the film. And oh man at the very beginning scene; I was almost in tears as
his mum spoke to him on her death bed before passing away
So anyway, the short version is that I loved this and it might be my favourite MCU film yet (although I haven't seen The Winter Soldier). I like that these films are being woven together, and despite everything happening in each film behind the scenes we know that Thanos is gathering steam - it should be a pretty amazing climax, and probably unprecedented in the history of cinema (the only similar point of reference I can think of is SPECTRE from the Bond films). I wonder whether Marvel will bring the Avengers, Guardians etc together to battle him for the finale?
Chezzymann
Member
Well, to be fair, neither do we.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
GotG was a stupendously awesome movie, but amazingly enough CA:TWS is at least as good, and possibly even better to be honest. The two movies are so close in excellence that it's honestly hard to pick one over the other. I'd say that technically CA:T WS is the better movie, but GotG is more fun. But CA:TWS has some great comedic parts too. Again the two are so great that it's hard for me o pick one over the other.
In short, you need to see Winter Soldier as soon as humanly possible!
The Winter Soldier isn't just my favorite Marvel movie, it's one of my favorite movies period. Other than the stupid
we have to knock down all three helicarriers or else we'll fail
I agree with you on the quality of WS, but I don't think that ending is stupid.
They knew knocking out Project Insight would pretty much achieve their short term goal-but it wasn't going to eliminate Hydra-and they had to ensure that the helicarriers were out of commission so HYDRA couldn't use them later.
Chezzymann
Member
Well, at least wait until
the hellicarriers AREN'T over a city full of people before you shoot them down so you don't end up accidentally killing thousands of people.
Because the dude said he hadn't seen TWS?
Triggerhappytel
Member
Yeah; I didn't like Captain America: TFA, but I've seen enough of TWS to know that I'll probably like it a lot better. I'll be asking for it on DVD for Christmas, along with GotG and X-Men: DofP (which I also haven't seen, but know I will like). It's been a pretty damn good year for superhero flicks!
I know why they did it, I just didn't like that they destroy that specific number and the whole "right in the nick of time" part was just too cliche for me. It didn't kill the movie or anything and I love the stuff with Steve and Bucky, I just wish that they didn't have such a cliche climax.
Have you noticed there are 2 versions of 'Come and get your love'? One with a distinct clean sound (re-recording?), and the one used in the movie (the original?). The latter sounds much better, but it sucks that on Spotify for example the Awesome Mix list links to the inferior (clean) recording. Hope that cassette they put out has the good version!
godofcookery
Member
you can just replace it in spotify with the latter version. It's at least on there!
Ow yeah of couse, made a seperate list and replaced it. I also put everything in order as it appears in the film:
Spirit in the Sky is only used in a trailer.
godofcookery
Member
Ow yeah of couse, made a seperate list and replaced it. I also put everything in order as it appears in the film:
Spirit in the Sky is only used in a trailer.
yea, i was waiting for that song to appear in the movie. still, makes for great trailer i suppose.
AbsolutBro
Member
I want to see this movie again really badly, but there are no theatres around me showing it.
Strangely enough, Amazing will have the HD stream available November 18th, but the SD stream won't be available until December 9th, when the disks actually release.
So I still have to wait 2.5 more weeks. D:
Strangely enough, Amazing will have the HD stream available November 18th, but the SD stream won't be available until December 9th, when the disks actually release.
So I still have to wait 2.5 more weeks. D:
The movie is currently at 765M and the only markets left are Italy and China.
In the first one it'll make about 5M more (currently at 5.6M), and in the second it's at about 94.9M, so it'd have to do an extra 30M+ for the movie to break 800M.
As much as I'd love to eat crow on this, I'm not sure at all it'll do it
Thatoneguy64
Member
I mean, I'm with you on being way into Guardians, but the movie really doesn't have a ton of steam left in it, man. It came out in August. It's down to pulling less than $1 million per week in the States. It's already been out in China for a month and already has $94.89 million there, $20 million less than Winter Soldier made there in the same time period. I'm not sure these films have super long legs domestically. Things usually fizzle out and we stop getting reports after like a month. Transformers: Age of Extinction's $300 million in China? Happened in its first month.
If Guardians crosses $800 million, it'll do it barely so. It will not go far beyond. There aren't any more countries to release in. Most places have had it for well over a month. I love this movie and hyped it to hell, but it's basically done as far as box office is concerned.
http://www.slashfilm.com/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3/
James Gunn says he wants to make GOTG into a trilogy.
James Gunn says he wants to make GOTG into a trilogy.
Can Crusher
Banned
Hope he can keep the quality up. First was some of the most fun I've had at the movies in years.
Christoff Yurievich
Member
Just got back from watching this at the cinema. It was absolutely terrific; I haven't enjoyed a film this much in a long time. I was impressed at how detailed they managed to make the universe, with enough time spent in each location to make it feel real but always moving on and keeping the pace going. I love the visuals and tone and humour. It was so lively and fun and colourful, and the characters worked really well together. The one thing I probably would change would be the romantic interest between Gamora and Star-Lord; that felt a bit needless. I really loved the subtle humour, like John C. Reilly calling him 'Star-Prince' near the beginning, and then when he was being processed the computer came up with his alias as 'Space-Lord'. I also loved it when Rocket woke up with bed hair. It was pretty heavy stuff to begin the film with. The final battle was excellent and really reminded me of Star Wars. In fact, a lot of things reminded me of Star Wars, from the style of the world with its heroes and criminals and mercenaries and powerful warlords. So many characters were perfectly cast and in particular I thought Glenn Close was great as Nova Prime, as she brought an element of seniority and gravitas to the role. The CGI was excellent and although ubiquitous didn't feel too excessive and I loved how colourful they made everything.his mum spoke to him on her death bed before passing away
So anyway, the short version is that I loved this and it might be my favourite MCU film yet (although I haven't seen The Winter Soldier). I like that these films are being woven together, and despite everything happening in each film behind the scenes we know that Thanos is gathering steam - it should be a pretty amazing climax, and probably unprecedented in the history of cinema (the only similar point of reference I can think of is SPECTRE from the Bond films). I wonder whether Marvel will bring the Avengers, Guardians etc together to battle him for the finale?
My dad died just two weeks before the film released so that opening scene...fuck. I saw the movie with my son and he was a little worried about me. Hell, last week I was singing along to the soundtrack (as you do) and I got choked up during "O-o-h Child" because I was thinking of the scene where he's listening to Vol. 2 and thinking about his mom and I started thinking about my dad.
Preview of GOTG Blu-ray special features:
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Tricky I Shadow
Banned
So can't wait to pick this up - it's going to look glorious!
I've got it pre-ordered and am counting down the days.
Another Blu-ray featurette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLw0bGrdc8c#t=25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLw0bGrdc8c#t=25
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Man, I hope the sequels keep the main theme. So good.
Well seeing as Best Buy is a US only story, I'm going to lean towards yes.
No idea, have the other steelbooks been available in other BBs?
If it isn't you could use a freight forwarder like I do, or maybe some GAFer can lend a hand there.
There are Best Buys in Canada, Mexico, and there were in UK and China at some point.
My body has been ready for MONTHS, I need it now D:
http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-guardians-galaxy-bluray-bonus-features-detailed-73311/
Blu ray special features announced:
Blu ray special features announced:
BONUS FEATURES (DIGITAL HD*, DISNEY MOVIES ANYWHERE, 3D BLU-RAY, BLU-RAY).
Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes: Fake Laugh
Making-of Featurettes: Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn (20:01), The Intergalactic Visual Effects for The Guardians of the Galaxy (6:50)
Exclusive Look at Marvels The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2:08)
Gag Reel (3:42)
Audio Commentary with director James Gunn