Guardians is getting positive early reviews by AURaptor

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I was a bit iffy on this one, even though it had a great cast, and direct tie ins to The Avengers. I may actually go see it opening weekend !

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You know something Rappy, this could be the closest we get to Serenity 2. I get that vibe from the trailers, so it doesn't surprise me that it's gotten positive reviews. I'll be front row, center!

My Jedi sense is tingling!

Wait..........I may have mixed my superheroes.

SGG

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 11:07 AM

ZEEK

Already have my tickets for Thursday night. They had me with the first trailer. Looks funny and just the right tone for a movie with a talking raccoon.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:55 PM

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Already have my tickets for Thursday night. They had me with the first trailer. Looks funny and just the right tone for a movie with a talking raccoon.

Isn't that raccoon limitless?

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 7:31 PM

America loves a winner!

Alexis Denisof is in it, and so is Karen Gillan - aka Amy Pond, from Dr Who.

* Going Sat morning !! Got my tix!

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Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:03 PM

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

"EXTENDED" 5 Minute Clip
The more I see, the better it looks.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Friday, August 1, 2014 11:46 AM

ZEEK

My review: Good. Not great. I enjoyed it but I don't feel like I ever need to see it again. The humor is the best part IMO, but I don't think it will have the same impact a second time. I will definitely go see a sequel.

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Friday, August 1, 2014 10:26 PM

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Been giggling giddily ever since the movie let out.
BELIEVE THE HYPE, people!
Just about the most perfect filmgoing experience I've had in years.

Last time I felt like this about a movie was walking home from The Matrix, where I'd been first in line at Grauman's Chinese on opening day.

I plan on seeing this thing several more times.

But I remember when this film was first announced in 2012, and I checked out the comics, and thinking, "The raccoon and the tree are gonna be problems."
Well, they weren't.
They were perfect.

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Saturday, August 2, 2014 5:26 PM

America loves a winner!

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But I remember when this film was first announced in 2012, and I checked out the comics, and thinking, "The raccoon and the tree are gonna be problems."
Well, they weren't.
They were perfect.

I concur. I was real leery on the talking racoon. My worst fear was going to see the movie and there being a host of kiddies in the audience, eager to see a talking rodent, ala Splinter. Thankfully this was not the case, on either account!

Very good flick, though I'd not call it 'great'. Comparable to The Avengers. Some have liked it more, I wasn't quite as sold, but there was some freaking deadly humor. Almost lost my breath a time or two... very good stuff.

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Minor bummer - I didn't recognize Nathan F or Alexis Denisof, as they were deep in make up / cgi. Oh well.

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Saturday, August 2, 2014 8:52 PM

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But I remember when this film was first announced in 2012, and I checked out the comics, and thinking, "The raccoon and the tree are gonna be problems."
Well, they weren't.
They were perfect.

I concur. I was real leery on the talking racoon. My worst fear was going to see the movie and there being a host of kiddies in the audience, eager to see a talking rodent, ala Splinter. Thankfully this was not the case, on either account!

Very good flick, though I'd not call it 'great'. Comparable to The Avengers. Some have liked it more, I wasn't quite as sold, but there was some freaking deadly humor. Almost lost my breath a time or two... very good stuff.

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Minor bummer - I didn't recognize Nathan F or Alexis Denisof, as they were deep in make up / cgi. Oh well.

This movie was a mess. A big hot mess. Still, I enjoyed it because I'm a big sci-if geek and it was pretty (rodent and tree were indeed excellent, as were all the effects and make-up.) It was funny and I was entertained through out. I had a good time watching this movie. Really glad I went to see it.

But it was still a huge mess. Absolutely nothing of substance, nothing to bring my attention back in the long run. At least, not until I see how it ties into the rest of the marvel-verse, which I'm pretty sure it will. Maybe then I'll need a second look.

I do enjoy that this is 100% geeky stuff that no one would have copped to enjoying, or even watching, in my younger days. And yet now all this sci-fi gibberish will pull a decent audience and make plenty of money. The geeks have won. The mainstream has bought into the entertaining possibilities of sci-fi fluffy silliness. I can't help but be pleased at all that.

My summation:I enjoyed this movie, but I have no need to see it again.

Edge of Tomorrow was so much better.

Lucy. :/ so so.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 1:35 AM

Hey M4P, I'm going next week with my son and some of his pals. We are all geeks for sci-fi and a little giddy to go and see this film.

So, I'll be seeing you in the funny papers.

SGG

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 8:43 AM

America loves a winner!

Not as cheesy as Galaxy Quest, but I have heard some compare it to that.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 10:46 AM

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Hey M4P, I'm going next week with my son and some of his pals. We are all geeks for sci-fi and a little giddy to go and see this film.

So, I'll be seeing you in the funny papers.

SGG

I was hugely looking forward to this too, which is maybe why I felt a little let down. Expectations too high. I wanted another avengers, which I loved. Saw that one three times in Times Square so I could walk back to grand central and check out the buildings that got trashed in the final battle. :)

I'm reconsidering that maybe I ought to see GotG again to see if I'm being unfair. Sure it was all over the place, but really funny and the lead guy was quite good. Yay for having an unknown (to me) take the lead so I don't know what to expect of him. Dave Boutista was also really good. I liked his few perfectly delivered lines in last summer's Roddick. And damn Zoe Saldana! She just gets better with every movie.

Yeah, I think I need to see it again. Also want to pick up the avengers tie ins. I caught a few, but I bet there were more. I won't say anything about them now. I'll wait another week before I go all out with spoilers. :)

Oh, one more thing: the after credits bonus scene was just weird, but falls right in line with the theme of the movie. Goofy silliness! Hilarious actually, for us children of the 80s.

Looking forward to your take on it SGG.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 7:00 PM

Hey M4P,

Truth be told I've been more than a little giddy to see this movie (like a kid on Christmas morning), so I've been carefully avoiding seeing any more previews or film clips. Plus, I'm trying not to get too excited for precisely that reason - looking to avoid a big letdown.

I've read a handful of reviews (I was careful not to read the spoilery parts) just so that I can have that "fresh" out-of-the-box experience. I went together with my son and his friends to see Spiderman and we had a blast catching all of the horribleness of that fiasco (plus dissing all of the cringe-inducing facial expressions of one Denis Leary); that I want to go, once again, with them cause it should be loads of fun.

We will, most likely, go see it in a Secaucus Movieplex (as we did with Spiderman). So yes, I'm excited but, trying to put a lid on it. Did I mention I love sci-fi (since I first saw the strings pulling the spaceship across my TV screen while watching Flash Gordon). Yes, I'm that old - but so young at heart.

SGG

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Hey M4P, I'm going next week with my son and some of his pals. We are all geeks for sci-fi and a little giddy to go and see this film.

So, I'll be seeing you in the funny papers.

SGG
I was hugely looking forward to this too, which is maybe why I felt a little let down. Expectations too high. I wanted another avengers, which I loved. Saw that one three times in Times Square so I could walk back to grand central and check out the buildings that got trashed in the final battle. :)

I'm reconsidering that maybe I ought to see GotG again to see if I'm being unfair. Sure it was all over the place, but really funny and the lead guy was quite good. Yay for having an unknown (to me) take the lead so I don't know what to expect of him. Dave Boutista was also really good. I liked his few perfectly delivered lines in last summer's Roddick. And damn Zoe Saldana! She just gets better with every movie.

Yeah, I think I need to see it again. Also want to pick up the avengers tie ins. I caught a few, but I bet there were more. I won't say anything about them now. I'll wait another week before I go all out with spoilers. :)

Oh, one more thing: the after credits bonus scene was just weird, but falls right in line with the theme of the movie. Goofy silliness! Hilarious actually, for us children of the 80s.

Looking forward to your take on it SGG.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 7:59 PM

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]I was hugely looking forward to this too, which is maybe why I felt a little let down. Expectations too high. I wanted another avengers, which I loved.

Avengers came from a totally different sexier point. You had several already established "heroes" that were supposed to give you a hard-on every time your pretty little pony came on-screen. Guardians is a much grittier(did someone say ANTI-HEROES??), out in left field kinda play- which makes some people wanna look away or take a step back from the chaos- but the MOMENTS were still there and they played out every bit as poignant as anything in Avengers did. We all went away a wee bit misty eyed and felt that we had gotten our moneys worth. It was well directed, the characters were relatable, lots of great one liners, I can't recall the CGI getting in the way of the story at any point, and it had a point- WHAT MORE DO YA WANT OUT OF A MOVIE?? I think we will see it again....

The only problem I had was with the course language and awkwardness of the key moment of the movie.
"I may be an a-hole, but I'm not a TOTAL dick"

I mean, we'll TRY not to be vulgar, but not really? I just think there has to be better descriptors for "not a genocidal maniac" than DICK...
And yeah, I do know the whole saying about dicks, so I know why he did it, I just wouldn't have gone with that phrase myself. Do you really wanna be known for that one-liner for all eternity? Ick.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 8:02 PM

Oh, and I think Nathan was the blue guy getting his nostrils cleaned in the prison?? At least the credits listed him as "Monstrous Inmate" so I dunno...

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 9:14 PM

I had a very convenient 3 hour gap open up in my day, and a perfectly timed showing to catch. So I saw it again.

I stick with the call that this movie is messy, in that it goes way out of the usual bounds of material that can be clearly packaged and sold. But I take back any feelings of disappointment. On second viewing, going in without my previous expectations, I can only say that this movie is brilliant. Ok, it's goofy, it likely won't please the reality drama loving critics of the academy, etc, but I don't care. I fricking love it lol!

Visually - perfection. You're right wish, there's not a moment that the CGI is too much, though it is clearly CGI head to toe. I think it's the best looking movie I've ever seen. Tie in here to my previous thoughts - the look is messy, as is all the silly sci-fi language. But I think that's the best compliment to give CGI: it looks messy in the way that real life is. Every shot had incredible detail behind it. And there was so much weird story handed out. I never read the comics; it overwhelmed me on first viewing. Second time around I can absorb it, and look forward to all the obvious and less obvious places this story will go. Damn straight they ok'd the sequel already!

I will say nothing else until SGG sees it, to avoid spoiling.

Except the language: clearly I am one who thinks too much, but the sentence wish brings up made me think this: Quill suggested that an asshole is something bad, but a 100% dick is so much worse... Not what I expect of a manliness dominated culture. Is this the effect of the gays? ;).

[please don't take me seriously...]

One more: I looked for Nathan in every prisoner. I looked real hard at the nostril guy. Couldn't see it with all the CGI, didn't hear it in the synthed voice, but that seems the likeliest one. I certainly didn't see or hear him anywhere else. Hard call.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 9:34 PM

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One more: I looked for Nathan in every prisoner. I looked real hard at the nostril guy. Couldn't see it with all the CGI, didn't hear it in the synthed voice, but that seems the likeliest one. I certainly didn't see or hear him anywhere else. Hard call.

"According our very reliable source with intimate knowledge of this and the production has spoken exclusively to us about this and we here at Schmoes Know have our answer:

Nathan Fillion will be voicing the part of Cosmo, the psychic Russian cosmonaut dog that has appeared in the Guardians of the Galaxy comics."
-- http://schmoesknow.com/hot-scoop-guardians-of-the-galaxy-news-nathan-f
illions-cameo-revealed-spoiler/25426/

The Fillion as Cosmo the Dog rumor was repeated at:
www.hypable.com/2014/06/24/nathan-fillion-cameo-guardians-of-the-galax
y/

Nathan says, "I'm not Cosmo." Then what are you? The hype machine continues on . . .
-- https://twitter.com/NathanFillion/status/482250899549478914

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 9:39 PM

Apparently there has been massive downloading of "Hooked on a feeling" this weekend.

Can't get it out of MY brain, for sure. Here are other songs listed on the soundtrack, per wiki anyway...
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Artist(s)

Length

1. "Hooked on a Feeling" Blue Swede 2:52
2. "Go All the Way" Raspberries 3:21
3. "Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum 4:02
4. "Moonage Daydream" David Bowie 4:41
5. "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" Elvin Bishop 4:35
6. "I'm Not in Love" 10cc 6:03
7. "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5 2:58
8. "Come and Get Your Love" Redbone 3:26
9. "Cherry Bomb" The Runaways 2:17
10. "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes 4:37
11. "O-o-h Child" Five Stairsteps 3:13
12. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

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Sunday, August 3, 2014 9:48 PM

Supposedly "Guardians" weren't packaged together as a team until 2008, which coincidentally is when Iron Man came out. Boy, Disney sure got long term with this scheme, didn't they? Wonder who put this whole shebang together for them...

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 10:16 AM

It really lives up to all the hype. Got two hours of what I expected, non-stop action and humor. Enjoyed it more than the Avengers (and pretty much everything else in the past nine years). A lot of people think Groot stole the show, but I gotta go with Rocket myself.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 1:51 PM

STORYMARK

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Supposedly "Guardians" weren't packaged together as a team until 2008, which coincidentally is when Iron Man came out. Boy, Disney sure got long term with this scheme, didn't they? Wonder who put this whole shebang together for them...

Yep. None of the character in the movie team were originally on the comic team (the original line-up included Yondu, and was led by the Russian Cosmonaut dog).

Marvel has a "story development team" which combs through their backlog of material, and pitches new takes that could lead to film (they started this years ago, before the Disney buy-out). That's how this version of Guardians started, and the women who did that research is credited as co-writer (though apparently not much of the script she wrote was used).

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”? Isaac Asimov

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 1:54 PM

STORYMARK

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One more: I looked for Nathan in every prisoner. I looked real hard at the nostril guy. Couldn't see it with all the CGI, didn't hear it in the synthed voice, but that seems the likeliest one. I certainly didn't see or hear him anywhere else. Hard call.
"According our very reliable source with intimate knowledge of this and the production has spoken exclusively to us about this and we here at Schmoes Know have our answer:

You missed Nostril Guy?? He was 8 feet tall, blue, and literally the only guy in the whole movie that had a scene about a tree jamming its roots up his nostrils while a Raccoon exclaims "this is our booty."

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”? Isaac Asimov

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 7:06 PM

America loves a winner!

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Apparently there has been massive downloading of "Hooked on a feeling" this weekend. Can't get it out of MY brain, for sure. Here are other songs listed on the soundtrack, per wiki anyway...
Title

Artist(s)

Length

1. "Hooked on a Feeling" Blue Swede 2:52

Hate to admit it, but that song stuck around in my noggin for the rest of the day and a bit into the next one as well.

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9. "Cherry Bomb" The Runaways 2:17

Dunno why, but I always took this song to be more of an 80's tune. Seems it was a bit a head of its time. Also, Claudia , from Warehouse 13, comes to mind.

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10. "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes 4:37

Cheese a' la-mode.

What makes this song even better is I once heard it performed live, by Rupert himself.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 7:16 PM

Check out this video:

Okay, not playing here, but check it out in the Blue Sun Room, Guardians of the 'Verse.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 7:17 PM

Double post.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 8:23 PM

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Check out this video:

Okay, not playing here, but check it out in the Blue Sun Room, Guardians of the 'Verse.

You mean this video?
'Firefly' meets 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

"I am Groot." You are Jayne.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 7:15 AM

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Which is the better Crew? Guardians of the Galaxy vs. Serenity

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Friday, August 8, 2014 6:11 AM

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Guardians of the Galaxy's massive success means Marvel doesn't have to play by the rules
www.vox.com/2014/8/6/5967101/what-guardians-of-the-galaxys-massive-suc
cess-means-for-marvel

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The Avengers, Superman, and Batman taught us that comics dictate what movies you make. Guardians showed us that isn't the case, and that Marvel has the ability to dictate which comic books you buy, based on the movies it makes. (This obviously means that the studio should double-down on a Squirrel Girl movie.)

This should give Marvel a ton of confidence to experiment

In a sense, Marvel is working with a freedom its biggest rivals don't have. It doesn't need a recognizable name or people to be familiar with its source material to turn out a $94 million blockbuster. The company doesn't have to keep plucking stories from its A-list.

. . . the hero that fans are really amped about and want to see in the movies is Captain Marvel (a.k.a. Carol Danvers, formerly known as Ms. Marvel).

While she isn't featured in the Avengers movie, Captain Marvel has been an integral member of The Avengers in the comics. The brilliant Kelly Sue DeConnick has written the Air force pilot-turned-superhero Danvers into a badass (yet imperfect) leader of the Avengers and a feminist icon. DeConnick was there when Carol changed her superhero name to Captain, and traded in her skimpy outfit for a more modest captain's uniform. She also packs the same kind of punch (thanks to photon beams, super strength, superhuman durability, and flight at the speed of sound) as heavy hitters like Captain America and Iron Man.

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Friday, August 8, 2014 5:46 PM

Gotta remember to see this.

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Friday, August 8, 2014 5:59 PM

America loves a winner!

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Gotta remember to see this.

Showing at a theatre near you, I'm sure.

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Saturday, August 9, 2014 12:18 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Finally saw it yesterday. Yes, it's good, it's fun, but not great. I may or may not review it for my site since it was ultimately unsatisfying for me. I long for more serious SF films, since what we've been getting is no different than your typical action film dressed up with more CGI and in a fantastical setting.

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Saturday, August 9, 2014 2:59 PM

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LMAO, now that was funny!

SGG

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Saturday, August 9, 2014 5:55 PM

America loves a winner!

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LMAO, now that was funny!

SGG

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Saturday, August 9, 2014 6:11 PM

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serious SF films,

Not sure people are capable of being serious about anything anymore. It would require more than three seconds of thought, and unfortunately they must return to their cell-tablet-pad-console every two or their brain structure collapses.

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Sunday, August 10, 2014 6:19 PM

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But I take back any feelings of disappointment. On second viewing, going in without my previous expectations, I can only say that this movie is brilliant.

Now this is the kind of comment I dream of reading on the Internet!

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Sunday, August 10, 2014 7:49 PM

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But I take back any feelings of disappointment. On second viewing, going in without my previous expectations, I can only say that this movie is brilliant.

Now this is the kind of comment I dream of reading on the Internet!

LOL! I may have admitted I was wrong here, but don't let it make you think I'll ever be wrong in the future. At least, don't let the RWED people think that... ;)

Re serious sci-fi: yeah, I like that too, though I think it's harder to carry off. My love of sci-fi that is scientifically interesting is part of why I had a hard time adjusting to this movie. But if you accept it as just a fun escapist ride, it's hard to find fault with it.

As for "serious" things to appreciate in GotG, I think the production value (CGI) and the tightness of the script are pretty damned amazing. Clear example: the prison.

(minor spoiler warning)

It went from checking into prison through exposition/team forming in prison to prison break in moments. Grok grabbing the battery to start the break was an ingenious and amusing and seamless way to keep the plot moving. This movie had very few dead spots, yet managed to not become a mind-numbing ***every moment is the climax!!!*** snoozefest like Armeggedon. (I could do nothing but eyeroll through half of that. May not have helped that I saw it with petroleum drilling engineers who scoffed at Bruce's choose of drill bit.)

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Saturday, August 16, 2014 12:09 AM

Okay kiddies, here it is:

I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!!

Sure, it's not your more serious sci-fi fare, but.........WHO CARES!
It was not sold as Star Wars or Star Trek, but a fun ride through space, a poor man's Serenity, a comic book jaunt worthy of the Avengers-like praise it's been receiving.

I really like the approach taken by the director, save one small thing (you knew it was coming) the soundtrack. Mind you, I loved the song selections, but the placement could have been better. That's it! Otherwise, perfection....as far as this type of movie goes. I think I get where you gave the criticism of it being "messy."

It had a frenetic pace and very little lull in the action, but it definitely had a comic book feel to it, even down to the assembly of the crew. It never took itself seriously, and just when you thought it would, something totally juicy and Firefly-like would happen.

But I loved it and will go to see it again, mainly because I missed some of the dialogue (a combination of too much laughter in the theater and poor sound system). I caught it in 3D - quite by mistake, but it wasn't a complete disaster.

Loved - First of all, the intro was a perfect set up that paid off later. Then "Star Lord" dancing to Come and Get Your Love on the deserted planet where he found the Orb. That set the Silliness Tone right from the start, Chris Pratt was cast perfectly, actually all were perfectly cast, as Peter Quill. Zoe Saldana as Gamora (reminded me of Zoe Wash) perfect as the love interest. Even Bautista as Drak the Destroyer got into the act.
But my favorites were Rocket and, even more so, Groot (who had little to say but turned out to be the most brilliant use of CGI ever in sci-fi).

The script - tight, snappy and entertaining. We knew, going in that Quill would be a Captain Tightpants replica. But the others..........the others, especially Drak, caught me off guard, and I love that about a movie. Give me something I don't expect. That line about something going over his head was comic genius. Rocket had no filter and sick sense of humor. But Groot had some of the more memorable moments in the movie. Here was this enforcer who had a heart of gold, a big teddy bear. We are Groot! Just the right amount of emotion without being sappy (it reminded me of Jayne looking into the infirmary while Kaylee was being attended to by Simon).

There's so much more, but you get the gist. Messy, sure.......but movies are many things; some entertain, some make you think, some send a message, some make you laugh and still others amaze.

Was it Star Wars, no (by the way, I love the pop culture references sprinkled throughout), was it Avengers (Lee Pace wasn't Tom Hiddleston) close, but no. Was it Serenity, lightly flavored, but no.

Still though, there was a hint of those movies lurking about in the background. But I dare say, this is a hodgepodge of those classics and none the worse for the wear. I think Ebert himself would have loved this mess.
I did.

SGG

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But I take back any feelings of disappointment. On second viewing, going in without my previous expectations, I can only say that this movie is brilliant.

Now this is the kind of comment I dream of reading on the Internet!

LOL! I may have admitted I was wrong here, but don't let it make you think I'll ever be wrong in the future. At least, don't let the RWED people think that... ;)

Re serious sci-fi: yeah, I like that too, though I think it's harder to carry off. My love of sci-fi that is scientifically interesting is part of why I had a hard time adjusting to this movie. But if you accept it as just a fun escapist ride, it's hard to find fault with it.

As for "serious" things to appreciate in GotG, I think the production value (CGI) and the tightness of the script are pretty damned amazing. Clear example: the prison.

(minor spoiler warning)

It went from checking into prison through exposition/team forming in prison to prison break in moments. Grok grabbing the battery to start the break was an ingenious and amusing and seamless way to keep the plot moving. This movie had very few dead spots, yet managed to not become a mind-numbing ***every moment is the climax!!!*** snoozefest like Armeggedon. (I could do nothing but eyeroll through half of that. May not have helped that I saw it with petroleum drilling engineers who scoffed at Bruce's choose of drill bit.)

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Saturday, August 16, 2014 12:19 AM

By the way, I did enjoy and appreciate the sequence you mention below. It made sense and it had good pace, but mainly I understood what was going on, and it was entertaining. The director made some good choices, bravo!

Plus, I love how they used John C. Reilly

SGG

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"It went from checking into prison through exposition/team forming in prison to prison break in moments. Grok grabbing the battery to start the break was an ingenious and amusing and seamless way to keep the plot moving."

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 5:05 PM

Finally managed to see it.
Enjoyed it far more than I expected to, and I DID expect to enjoy it.

Once upon a time I saw the best SciFi work with the introductory episode featuring the wonderful Gregg Henry as a Sheriff, plus some Nathan guy. And also one time when seeing a James Gunn flick with Gregg Henry as a foul-mouthed Mayor, plus some Nathan guy. Again an opening scene with Gregg Henry, and a warm fuzzy feeling settles me in for the ride.

I got an often repeated sense of dramatic freedom or non-tension which seems very rare in films for a long time now. GCI was great, didn't notice it and Groot seemed to be seamless.
Not as good as Edge of Tomorrow, IMO - but far better than Transformers this year. I can't place it above Galaxy Quest, but it shares similar vibe with the script, cadence, character interplay and also my suspension of disbelief was gone soon after the opening Earth scene.

I may see it again when it hits the budget cinema ($1.50 around here).

Had just watched Chris Pratt again as Hattieburg (firstbaseman) in Money Ball the other day.

SPOILER ALERT

I was really assuming that Starlord would eventually beat Groot to the punch with "I am Groot" but that never happened. Maybe they were dangling a red herring, I bit.

I did not place Josh Brolin or Seth Green.

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Thursday, October 16, 2014 6:04 PM

Upcoming Elementary season opener features Ophelia Lovibond, who played Carina in Guardians.
I recall watching for her in the credit role, but now it's been a while and I forget what her part was.
Anybody remember who the character Carina was in GotG?

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Thursday, October 16, 2014 8:58 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I can't remember. I've only seen Guardians once. According to IMDb the character of Carina has also appeared in Thor: The Dark World and the animated Avengers show. She could have been one of Ronan's minions.

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Friday, October 17, 2014 1:48 AM

MOOSE

She was the Collector's servant.

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