Guardians of the Galaxy (Post-release)
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CB2001
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Yes, that is true. In the credits scene for Thor 2, the Asgardians took the Aether to the Collector because they didn't want two Infinity Stones in the same place (where as for Collector, he wouldn't have mind having all stones).
Just saw the movie for the first time. My brother had warned me that I may want to skip the prologue, not telling me why. Damn was that bit a kick in the nuts because of personal experiences. But hey, just a movie. The payoff at the end made up for it.
I enjoyed it, especially Rocket´s lines. But I must say that it was not as great as I had expected it to be.
Great design work, although sometimes so much visual information that the imagery felt overloaded. Nice character work, from backstories to developments. All in all, an IMO okay movie that I need to watch again, because my current opinion may be influenced by my company falling asleep during the third actWhich is not a good sign because she really enjoyed the other Marvel movies
I only recently saw it as well. One of the problems with Hollywood trying to make a hundred comic movies every year is that I've just gotten sick of them. Frankly, the last few I have bothered to see just make me wish I hadn't.
But this one kept getting good reviews so I gave in and downloaded it.
All I could think by the end was "Now was that really so hard? Why must you feed us 20 pieces of crap in between good comic book movies?" Needless to say, I loved it. I'm sure it had problems, but nothing that really bothered me too much. Certainly nothing that I couldn't ignore and just enjoy the movie.
And while I agree that I definitely dont want a captain America dance off, at the same time, it wouldn't kill some of the other movies to have a little bit more fun. It usually works well when they do...like some of Hulks shenanigans in Avengers, or Iron mans reaction to the kid telling him that his father left him. They don't ALL have to be batman and superman waxing soulfully about how no one understands them.
tl:dr: great movie. Loved it. Want more.
I was just clicking through the soundtrack again today and I just keep coming back to how amazing so many aspects of this film are, taking into account where movies are today. I mean, forget for a second that both Rocket and Groot are characters that are treated seriously, with depth, and not just there for comic relief. Think about it.The biggest hit of 2014- a comic book sci-fi blockbuster with (relatively) unknown characters, starts it's credits sequence with the main character dancing to Redbone using a space-rat for a microphone ... and it ends with the heroes flying into space to the freakin' JACKSON FIVE.
It may not advance the "medium of film" in any revolutionary way, but the fact that this movie was allowed to be made in the way it was in this day and age, when we have such travesties as the Transformers movies, is just incredible.
It may not advance the "medium of film" in any revolutionary way, but the fact that this movie was allowed to be made in the way it was in this day and age, when we have such travesties as the Transformers movies, is just incredible.
DARKSIDE72
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You are so right. MANY aspects of this fim are simply put...PERFECT. Every time I watch it it just puts a huge smile on my face. Chris Pratt steals every scene he's in! He's awesome! Rocket and Groot are amazing characters. One can tell that a LOT of time went into fleshing them out. I can't wait for a sequel.
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This Guardians of the Galaxy Dancing Groot Premium Motion Statue will be 1:1 scale. Priced at $199.99.
Factory Entertainment - Guardians of the Galaxy Dancing Groot Premium Motion Statue - YouTube
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granted my expectations might have been unreasonable but I was hoping to see actual motion ... like, dancing. I kinda lol'd at the last 3 seconds when it just sort of wobbled.
looks nice, though.
Totally, I expected more motion as well. I wish they implemented arm movements.
Quite a number of official Baby Groot collectibles, but none in 1:1 scale until now, so I am pleased they got that right. And would have preferred if they included the Jackson 5 music track as well. One of the previous small collectibles did have that.
Quite a number of official Baby Groot collectibles, but none in 1:1 scale until now, so I am pleased they got that right. And would have preferred if they included the Jackson 5 music track as well. One of the previous small collectibles did have that.
Groot comes back from sprigs in the comics many times, well known to readers.
I think griping about films based on maintream DC / Marvel hero comic books where the very source material is filled with come backs, famous for it even is not really something to get bent about. That's something those comics do, you know that The Joker is going to be back, but it's how they do it that matters.
You want realistic life and death there are tons of films to choose from. And certainly there are comic films that off characters.
Didn't Kick Ass let Big Daddy die?
I think griping about films based on maintream DC / Marvel hero comic books where the very source material is filled with come backs, famous for it even is not really something to get bent about. That's something those comics do, you know that The Joker is going to be back, but it's how they do it that matters.
You want realistic life and death there are tons of films to choose from. And certainly there are comic films that off characters.
Didn't Kick Ass let Big Daddy die?
niennumb1
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Yeah the sculpt looks great on that Groot, but the movement is a complete joke that shot this potential purchase to a "no, thanks".
Unless they show some significant advances in the technology in the "moving" replica, there's no way i'll consider this. I like that it's a 1:1 scale finally and a big plus to getting me on-board, but I am fine with my model FX one I bought some months back and don't see $200 value right there.
Unless they show some significant advances in the technology in the "moving" replica, there's no way i'll consider this. I like that it's a 1:1 scale finally and a big plus to getting me on-board, but I am fine with my model FX one I bought some months back and don't see $200 value right there.
CB2001
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I agree with you on the regard that the films are following the rules of a comic book, but film is an entirely different medium that invites the audience to feel and have a visual sense of realism (seriously, how many conversations have there been on these forums about how realistic/non-realistic a film has been?). Now, if it was all a TV show, then I would get the whole kill them off/bring them back thing working, because its an on-going story. But for films, even a series of them that are strung together, you're pretty much causing the audience to not care when you kill of the character for real. The problem with using the Joker as your example is that he's never really killed. Batman won't kill him because of how his character was designed (if Batman did, he'd save himself a whole lot of future problems. Hell, if Gotham City stopped sending the Rogue Gallery to Arkham and implemented an actual death penalty, they would have saved themselves a whole lot of future problems with the Joker).
And yes, Kick-Ass killed off Big Daddy in both the comic and the film. But then again, the comics were trying to tell a story about what'd it be like if there were real masked vigilantes, so you won't see Big Daddy coming back in any version (unless its a flash back or a dream sequence) because the world in the comic isn't a comic book universe ala Marvel and DC.
The challenge for the story teller for those kinds of comics and movies is to make you think they just might do it this time.
Bond, Indy, they simply are not going to die, you know this, but still exciting to see them escape.
We may be getting a Sandman movie. Now that's a very different kind of DC comic, Death is an actual character in that one.
Bond, Indy, they simply are not going to die, you know this, but still exciting to see them escape.
We may be getting a Sandman movie. Now that's a very different kind of DC comic, Death is an actual character in that one.
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