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 Ahtman wrote:
I was curious but saw the "Directed by Brett Ratner" and quickly lost interest..

Yeah, I didn't see that until the credits - boo on me for not doing my due diligence. I don't know who's worse - that guy, the guys who crap out a paranormal activity every year, or that Damon Lindelof.


I've got plans to go see Guardians on Monday with a friend, but it's gonna be pretty tough to hold out - I could theoretically go after I get off work in the morning.

I enjoyed Guardians. It didn't take itself seriously at all and looked awesome in Imax. Look forward to number 2.

Saw it yesterday at 11:30 am, watching it again today at 9:15pm with my brother. Possibly seeing it again at the weekend with friends. I really really enjoyed that film.

Just got back from it. I enjoyed it quite a lot. I still think Cap 2 was better, and this movie criminally underutilised Nebula and the Collector, but otherwise it was great.

I did think the ...cameo at the end was hilarious.

And Thanos was intimidating!

Thanos was scary as , One of the most awesome parts of the movie for me was

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Just got back from it. I enjoyed it quite a lot. I still think Cap 2 was better, and this movie criminally underutilised Nebula and the Collector, but otherwise it was great.

I did think the

Spoiler:

Howard the Duck

...cameo at the end was hilarious.

And Thanos was intimidating!

Yup. I'm not 100% on the entirely golden armour, but they absolutely nailed Thanos. The dude looked like he could crush Captain America in a single hand without breaking a sweat!

As folks are now discussing the film itself, I've added a spoiler warning to the title just in case and I'll be bowing out now, as I have yet to see it. It seems to be getting good reviews, though!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Just got back from it. I enjoyed it quite a lot. I still think Cap 2 was better, and this movie criminally underutilised Nebula and the Collector, but otherwise it was great.

And Thanos was intimidating!

That is a good description. I thought Nebula was going to have a wee bit more story time.

Yeah, Thanos doesn't seem too scary to me at all. I just can't help but have the phrase jolly red giant going through my head.

 Ahtman wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Just got back from it. I enjoyed it quite a lot. I still think Cap 2 was better, and this movie criminally underutilised Nebula and the Collector, but otherwise it was great.

And Thanos was intimidating!

That is a good description. I thought Nebula was going to have a wee bit more story time.

Spoiler:

There was that moment when Rhonan decided to betray Thanos and everyone around him was mortified, and his second said "But Thanos is the most powerful being in the universe!" Having the giant skull planet also opens up the possibility of Galactus, or Galactus-like depending on the wacky film rights, in the future.

Galactus comes under the Fantastic Four franchise, sadly. Knowhere (the skull planet) is the head of a celestial anyway, and they're completely separate from Galactus. (Celestials are an ancient race of energy beings, Galactus is an elder of the universe, the last remnant of the universe that came before this one)

 Goliath wrote:
Galactus comes under the Fantastic Four franchise, sadly.

I know, but if the movie bombs they might end up with him back, though I'm not holding my breath.

 Goliath wrote:
Knowhere (the skull planet) is the head of a celestial anyway, and they're completely separate from Galactus.

I know, which is why I didn't say it was his skull. Showing that there were/are creatures in the galaxy of that size still opens the door for enormous creatures, such as Galactus. It is a way of setting the audience up.

Just saw it today, and I have to say it's the most fun I've had in a cinema in years.

I was expecting it to be a bit rubbish and it totally blew me away.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Goliath wrote:
Galactus comes under the Fantastic Four franchise, sadly.

I know, but if the movie bombs they might end up with him back, though I'm not holding my breath.

 Goliath wrote:
Knowhere (the skull planet) is the head of a celestial anyway, and they're completely separate from Galactus.

I know, which is why I didn't say it was his skull. Showing that there were/are creatures in the galaxy of that size still opens the door for enormous creatures, such as Galactus. It is a way of setting the audience up.

Ah, my mistake; I thought you were going in a different direction with your comment

I'd like to think that the FF film will bomb and the rights will revert, but the cynic in me says that even if it's the worst film in the history of cinema, and causes a catastrophic loss for Fox, they'll still make a point of hanging on to the rights just to feth with Marvel.

Because it's Fox.

FF suck anyway, so the film probably will bomb. At the very least it's going to compared to this, and likely not in a positive way.

Wasn't there a story that they put out a 'fake' FF film just so they could keep the rights?

Surely they won't revert if an actual proper film was pants?

Just saw guardians again in two days, this time in 3d. Going again tomorrow, this movie just makes me smile.

 Ahtman wrote:

Spoiler:

There was that moment when Rhonan decided to betray Thanos and everyone around him was mortified, and his second said "But Thanos is the most powerful being in the universe!" Having the giant skull planet also opens up the possibility of Galactus, or Galactus-like depending on the wacky film rights, in the future.

All it really does is open the doors to the Celestials, one of which we saw when the Collector was explaining the Infinity Stones. That's great, but as Galactus sadly remains in the hands of FOX and their laughably bad attempts at making The Fantastic Four, we'll have to get by with the giant unknowable god-machine thingies that make up the Celestial race.

 Compel wrote:
Wasn't there a story that they put out a 'fake' FF film just so they could keep the rights?

That wasn't a story. It was a reality.

*Raises Hand*
What happened to the Aeather after the collecters Accident?

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
*Raises Hand*
What happened to the Aeather after the collecters Accident?

Didn't Thor 2 end with him giving someone a message about having tracked down another one? Or was he talking to himself? I haven't seen it since the theater so don't recall exactly.

Hmm maybe. Also. I loved their use of 80s songs.
The only thing I wish they did was explain Ronin more TBH.

Just got back from the film, absolutely loved every minute of it, it was everything I hoped it would be and so much more, I'd go so far as to say that its basically the perfect movie.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Just got back from the film, absolutely loved every minute of it, it was everything I hoped it would be and so much more, I'd go so far as to say that its basically the perfect movie.

Ditto! Me and my fiance loved it!!!

Gong to see t again with my boyz!

I'd say it is a solid 3 star film. I'd put Avengers, CA2, and Iron Man 2 as being a bit better.

I flat out disliked the following:

1) The alien designs were terrible. I know they're being faithful to the comics, but Marvel's aliens are bland and look like something out of a second rate Star Trek TNG episode.
2) NovaCorp. Again, bland uniforms, half of them look "Terran", but aren't?
3) Far too much cringe worthy or just cheesy dialogue coming from Gamora, Nebulon, and Quill and a few tertiary characters.
4) The pulled out of the donkey cave resolution.

I was unimpressed by:
1) Chris Pratt as Peter Quill. His acting wasn't bad, the character was constantly cheesy.
2) Zoe Saldana as Gamora. Does she even know how to act or were her lines so bad that she delivered them like a robot?
3) Everytime Nebulon opened her mouth I just wanted to groan.
4) The plot. It was a generic losers coming together against all odds to save the day.

However:
1) Bautista's delivery of his literal lines was consistently hilarious and didn't get old for me.
2) Rocket was absolutely brilliant.
3) Groot was much better than expected and hi
4) Most of the action was very good.


Overall, the good greatly outweighed the bad. When the film took itself seriously, ie the rarara let's do this guys speeches, it was painful to watch. When it embraced the cheesy action-comedy and let fly it was a blast. I don't know if I'll watch it again.

For the record I also thought Days of Future Past was better and had much better acting from the entire cast.

Oh my God I loved it.

Saw it today and enjoyed it immensely. I am considering going back to see it again in theatres, something I haven't done since Avatar.

Im not sure if anyone Knew this(But most likely did) Dan Abnett made the Guardians of the Galaxy

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Im not sure if anyone Knew this(But most likely did) Dan Abnett made the Guardians of the Galaxy

Kinda...

I haven't seen this yet, not sure if should spend the money on tickets or just wait and rent it. Honestly, the trailer didn't impress me, but I am slightly interested because that guy from Parks and Recreation is in it, i forget his name, but I love that show.

jewels wrote:
I haven't seen this yet, not sure if should spend the money on tickets or just wait and rent it. Honestly, the trailer didn't impress me, but I am slightly interested because that guy from Parks and Recreation is in it, i forget his name, but I love that show.

Christ Pratt and it's worth going to see in the theater.

Totally awesome movie. The only thing I didn't like was that there was no Avengers tidbit at the end! I look forward to those so much