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Guardians of the galaxy, is this movie really good ?
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Escape Goat
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What does that mean?
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
I dont understand the love it gets, it's standard Marvel fluff, but in space. I really have no other way of describing it, it isn't near as interesting or suspenseful as the Winter Soldier.
Discotheque
Banned
I think sadly the plot is pretty generic, especially towards the end
But the characters in this film still made it a fun ride. Way better ensemble movie than either avengers movie tbh
But the characters in this film still made it a fun ride. Way better ensemble movie than either avengers movie tbh
Confrontation
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Ah yea. Isn't it time for someone who thinks their opinion is more important than everyone else's and therefore should make a thread about it on one of Nolan's movies?
CharminUltra
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It's fun. Not sure I'll ever see it again, though.
SneakyStephan
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It was fine.
I watched it till the end and didn't regret it.
That makes it 100x better than transformers and all that other tripe already.
I watched it till the end and didn't regret it.
That makes it 100x better than transformers and all that other tripe already.
Escape Goat
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Sure. It gives everyone a chance to post Nolan fight choreography and Talias death scene.
I know what you mean, but :
I'm not collecting a bunch of opinions to color my expectation since I already have a bunch of friend with strong opinions about this movie.
I just really like to have a wider spectrum of opinions (and so far I'm already happy about that), especially on this movie!
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
It's a good movie, and even better if you're following the MCU movies in order.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
It's a solid movie. I really don't like Marvel hero movies and DC movies and all the nuances about the differences between the two (I don't care, don't explain them to me), but Guardian of the Galaxies gave me a face full of Chris Pratt and a whole bunch of laughs.
The Lone Courier
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Its awesome
All that bad and it ends up average somehow. It's a bad movie it's ok to have that opinion. You are not alone.
-MD-
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I agree about the action scenes, I thought they were awful but I never see people bring it up.
The scene with the green chick fighting the blue chick is just a series of super fast cuts with neither of them ever connecting.
John Kowalski
Banned
eh
CountAntonius
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Best sueperhero movie and one of my favorite action movies ever.
Shamrock7r
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It's one of those movies you can be in the mood to watch whenever forever.
It is in the above elite club with other whenever forever movies like Captain Ron, Big Trouble in Little China, Grandmas Boy, etc
It is in the above elite club with other whenever forever movies like Captain Ron, Big Trouble in Little China, Grandmas Boy, etc
Well, yeah. Thing is, I didn't completely hate it the first time. I thought it was okay. Second time bored me to tears and now it's basically unwatchable for me. Cue the "no fun allowed" shit posts that make no sense.
The only scene I wouldn't mind seeing again at some point is the final scene with baby Groot dancing. The rest of the movie was trash, and the "I am Groot" shit was so cringeworthy it hurts to think about.
Definitely one of those movies where "the music is so good" blinds everyone to how bad the movie itself was.
For sure, and it wasn't just that one fight either. Every "fight" or action scene was completely forgettable. Sometimes I try to remember what happened in this movie and I come up with nothing.
Escape Goat
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I dont think this is a thing.
Well, if people could remember them they'd talk about them. I don't actually remember the action scenes in Guardians at all.
I wish it wasn't. I noticed it a lot when the movie first came out, people claiming it had one of the best soundtracks of all time and using that to hype the movie.
ZackieChan
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But there's only one opinion that actually matters...
Captain Tuttle
Member
Fun movie, doesn't even seem like a super hero movie which I generally don't like.
Brian_FETO
Banned
The characters and their interactions will make or break the movie for you. There's a whole lot of nothing going on plot-wise
Visuals are beautiful
Action is nonexistent
Bad guy sucks, with all evil characters being severely underutilized
If you like "Marvel humor" then you'll have a lot to like here. If you don't....gauge your expectations accordingly
Visuals are beautiful
Action is nonexistent
Bad guy sucks, with all evil characters being severely underutilized
If you like "Marvel humor" then you'll have a lot to like here. If you don't....gauge your expectations accordingly
Chuck Norris
Banned
Which makes it an MCU movie
This.
I literally walked out of the theathre saying "Hollywood sci-fi hasn't seen anything like this since A New Hope".
Summer Haze
Banned
Just got done watching it and loved every second of it. I put off watching it for ages because I thought it looked tacky and cheesy as hell, and I don't usually enjoy Marvel/superhero movies. I was wrong to.
I enjoy most of the Marvel movies, and found GOTG to be very entertaining. I enjoyed Winter Soldier more that year, but Guardians brought a lot to the table by bringing that cosmic goodness. I also still can't believe they made a great financially successful movie based on the property. I enjoyed the team a lot in stuff like Annihilation, but I never would have dreamed they would receive a great movie.
Extra Sauce
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It's a good, not great movie. I think the enthusiasm for it is inflated by how starved people have been for a quality "space adventure". My main gripe is the humor not landing as strong as I was hoping it to.
That being said, I can't wait for the sequel.
That being said, I can't wait for the sequel.
I share this opinion.
Riposte
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How hard is it to remember things? Apparently very difficult. Off the top of my head I can think of a few (maybe all?) of the action scenes even though I only saw it once a year ago.
Overall I didn't like the action and thought it was the weakest part of the film (and more often than not, the weakest part of most Marvel films). The jokes and moments surrounding those scenes were always better than the actual fights. I would say it was below the average quality of the action in the movies following The Avengers.
Anyway, you have the prison escape, which was better for the preparation dialogue and pay off. There's the fight against Ronan's forces, split between a poorly shot space ship fight that was hard to read and Drax being an utterly useless piece of shit against Ronan himself - biggest letdown of the movie, Drax is nothing more than a loud-mouthed clown, far ways off from a Thanos-killer. There's the Nova air fights which were alright, visually impressive. The Kree who name I forget finally got the show off his arrow, which wasn't a fight, but a pretty cool moment nevertheless. Gamora actually has the only really competent hand to hand fight scene in the movie against her sister, which was funny because people said she didn't do anything. What the fuck did Drax do? The rest of the guys fought the mooks, which was mainly played for laughs.
Overall, it is a pretty funny movie, with a very interesting theme to it. I'd rank it one of the best Marvel movies in spite of it's lack of good action.
P.S. Thor 2 is not a bad movie.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
Probably the closest we have come to a Cowboy Bebopian science-fantasy movie yet.
It's not bad, just mediocre - which means it ranks as one of the best Marvel movies so far.
It's not bad, just mediocre - which means it ranks as one of the best Marvel movies so far.
Escape Goat
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He got his ass beat by Ronan.
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