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Oh I know Diesel is a nerd, When I showed my Co-workers a pic of him playing DnD it was hilarious to see their reaction.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
I'm actually okay with characters being depowererd compared to their comic book counterparts. The rising power creep of modern comics is one the main things that turns me off about them.

Agreed, as some characters, IMO simply don't work on screen the same way as they do in the comics.. Scarlet Witch being the biggest example off the top of my head.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:

 Slarg232 wrote:
So have any of you guys read the comics?

I was thinking about picking one up today, and just wanted to know how closely the movie followed the comics (As per Characterization, less about actual story).

I think they have the characters right except Gamora who is basically a lot more mean and powerful. That would be one complaint I have. Gamora and Drax have super strength and are on a whole other power level from the rest of them. Gamora once had all her flesh burnt off her body because she was exposed to a star and was mostly ok. She would never be afraid of someone simply pointing a gun at her. They really depowered her. Also, this team is more like an abbreviated team. There have been a lot more members in the past but they sort of just took the main ones. Although currently they are only using the movie cast right now.

But Drax is still "Everything is Literal", right? Stuff along those lines.

Is the next movie Howard The duck?

That was a lot of fun!

Drax was pulled out of the way of the incoming crashing ship.

 Slarg232 wrote:

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:

 Slarg232 wrote:
So have any of you guys read the comics?

I was thinking about picking one up today, and just wanted to know how closely the movie followed the comics (As per Characterization, less about actual story).

I think they have the characters right except Gamora who is basically a lot more mean and powerful. That would be one complaint I have. Gamora and Drax have super strength and are on a whole other power level from the rest of them. Gamora once had all her flesh burnt off her body because she was exposed to a star and was mostly ok. She would never be afraid of someone simply pointing a gun at her. They really depowered her. Also, this team is more like an abbreviated team. There have been a lot more members in the past but they sort of just took the main ones. Although currently they are only using the movie cast right now.

But Drax is still "Everything is Literal", right? Stuff along those lines.

Don't recall him having that trait. I think the movie kind of made him more interesting and also Groot is cooler in the movie too surprisingly. He's like the opposite of Gamora and actually got up-powered.

Yeah he did...

"Don't worry about Drax, metaphors go over his head."
"Nothing goes over my head! ... My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it."

 Compel wrote:
Yeah he did...

"Don't worry about Drax, metaphors go over his head."
"Nothing goes over my head! ... My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it."

Behold!

Never call me a 'thesaurus' again

"Just don't break any more laws, alright guys?"

"What if a man displeases me and I rip his spine out?"

"That's actually murder...and uh, really, really bad."

 Compel wrote:
Yeah he did...

"Don't worry about Drax, metaphors go over his head."
"Nothing goes over my head! ... My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it."

We were talking about the comic.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:

 Compel wrote:
Yeah he did...

"Don't worry about Drax, metaphors go over his head."
"Nothing goes over my head! ... My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it."

We were talking about the comic.

One of us was.

Drax the Destroyer: I just saved Quill!

Peter Quill: We've already established that you destroying the ship I'm on is not saving me!

Drax the Destroyer: When did we establish that?

Peter Quill: Like three seconds ago?

Drax the Destroyer: I wasn't listening. I was.. thinking of something else.

Drax's quotables alone make the movie worth a second viewing.

Drax was a much better character than I imagined, as was Groot. They were all really great, frankly.

jamesk1973 wrote:
That was a lot of fun!

Exactly what I want in my summer movies. Fun. Surviving in space was silly (as pointed out by grumpy pants! J/K), but he is half-whatever.

Drax and Rocket were funny.

 kronk wrote:

jamesk1973 wrote:
That was a lot of fun!

Exactly what I want in my summer movies. Fun.

This. Totally this. I just want to have a good time sometimes. I saw this and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in the same weekend. Honestly the best weekend of movies I've seen in a long, long, long, long (you get the point) time. Especially since this has been a pretty bad year movie wise to me.

Indeed. We saw Apes first and now want Han Solo style comedy. Looking forward to it.

 Hulksmash wrote:
Especially since this has been a pretty bad year movie wise to me.

You must see more movies than I do, because thus far, it's been a pretty damn good year for movies. Then again, I've only seen CA: Winter Soldier, Draft Day, Godzilla, and X-Men: Days of Future Past in theaters this year

Winter Soldier was excellent. Days of Future Past was solid. Not spectacular to me but good. I just haven't had stuff coming out in theatres that screams see me in theatres or I'm so good you don't want to wait 6-8 months for me to rent.

That's mostly what I meant with that

 Hulksmash wrote:
Winter Soldier was excellent. Days of Future Past was solid. Not spectacular to me but good. I just haven't had stuff coming out in theatres that screams see me in theatres or I'm so good you don't want to wait 6-8 months for me to rent.

That's mostly what I meant with that

OK - haven't seen GofG yet but I have to agree:

*Godzilla was decent but a disappointment.
*XMen was decent but I forgot about it right after.
*Legos Ok that was a surprise bag of awesome, because EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!!
*Anchorman II yea that was epic too. (and I was even sober for that one).
*300 was very disappointing.

Just saw it last night and I absolutely loved it. It was a movie that was just pure fun. That said, it was also a very well made movie with a lot of thought put into it and had some of the best world building since Firefly.
Drax was surprisingly funny. The whole cast did such a good job.

Easily in my top three summer movies.
Godzilla
Captain America
Guardians of the Galaxy

Runners up, X-Men, How to Train you Dragon 2, Maleficent

Was the Lego movie this year? In that case add it to my awesome list. That was great fun too.

The wife and I tend to go to the movies every weekend or every other weekend. But we've found weeks at a time where we didn't go to the theatre for lack of anything that was worth the cost of entry.

I just hadn't felt that happy or excited leaving a theatre in a while. I loved Cap 2 and it was great but it didn't leave me feeling so danged upbeat. But I think that's more the material in general (rogue-ish adventure film vs. spy/espionage film) since I rate Cap 2 and this equally. Both actually better than Avengers to me honestly which is a close 3rd with the original Iron Man in 4th.

Loved it. It was exactly what I was looking for: A cheesy, comedic action movie.

Also, a grand total of three people in my theater got the after-credits scene.

 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:
Loved it. It was exactly what I was looking for: A cheesy, comedic action movie.

Also, a grand total of three people in my theater got the after-credits scene.

And how many know who Cosmo was?

 Hulksmash wrote:

 kronk wrote:

jamesk1973 wrote:
That was a lot of fun!

Exactly what I want in my summer movies. Fun.

This. Totally this. I just want to have a good time sometimes. I saw this and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in the same weekend.

Me too! That one was good too.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 Hulksmash wrote:
Especially since this has been a pretty bad year movie wise to me.

You must see more movies than I do, because thus far, it's been a pretty damn good year for movies. Then again, I've only seen CA: Winter Soldier, Draft Day, Godzilla, and X-Men: Days of Future Past in theaters this year

Ferrae is technically correct(the best kind of correct!). This has been the worst year with regards to movie profits and attendance in 8 years according to the people who keep track of that sort of thing.

Just thought I'd add this.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/sibling-rivalry/44276-sibling-rivalry-guardians-of-the-galaxy

My thoughts after seeing the movie:

Starlord: And so was a new generation of disruptive RPG characters born for high school GMs everywhere.
Gamora: Hello there female Stock Character #4. I could have sworn I saw you in another multi-hero marvel movie. Are you sure you've always been green?
Rocket: What do you know, the talking CGI Racoon worked. I would have lost that bet.
Groot: OP melon-fether. Can't complain if you're playing support.
Drax: Sorry bro, doesn't look like there was a movie enough movie left for you. Hey, you've got two knives though.
Ronin: Wait.. what's your motivation again? I think I remember like one line about a war or something.. are you just being a jerk to be a jerk?
Blue Redneck: I would've rather seen you as the villain, nice arrow bro.
Thanos: Wow.. like your CG is really unconvincing next to the tree and toy pusher.

Overall, I liked it. As substantial as fruit fly's fart, but whatever it was fun and functional and I got few laughs. B/B+ish.

Ronin was basically trying to destroy the peace between the Skree (?) and everyone else. They constantly said that he was a fanatic to the old ways in the film, and that the older Skree would never have submitted to a treaty.

He was basically a religious fanatic whose people disowned him but they weren't going to do anything bout him.