I found GotG fun, but not up to the hype. Or even the previews. They were funnier.
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§ ita § - Aug 01, 2014 1:03:02 pm PDT #27490 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Juliebird - Aug 01, 2014 1:18:02 pm PDT #27491 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I think I must be the only person in the universe who isn't interested in GotG, even with the hype and good reviews. Maybe because it skews too much on the goofy comedy side, it seems from the trailers, and I just don't go in for comedies, even on DVD, let alone the theatre?
I might go see it to listen to Vin Diesel, though, provided he has enough dialogue...
Jesse - Aug 01, 2014 1:20:39 pm PDT #27492 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, phew. I was in danger of overhyping myself.
§ ita § - Aug 01, 2014 1:44:28 pm PDT #27493 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I might go see it to listen to Vin Diesel, though, provided he has enough dialogue...
To tell, or not to tell...
But if you don't like comedies, you shouldn't bother go seeing one. Even though I thought it was definitely less funny than the trailers imply, it's still clearly a comedy.
Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2014 1:45:34 pm PDT #27494 of 30000
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I found GotG fun, but not up to the hype. Or even the previews. They were funnier.
I agree that it doesn't live up to the hype, but there was a lot of really funny shit in the movie that wasn't in the previews. The thing with Rocket asking for the guy's leg and then the guy's eye killed us.
Maybe because it skews too much on the goofy comedy side, it seems from the trailers
The movie is actually not as relentlessly goofy and comedic as the trailers make it look. It has a lot of lighter moments and typical undercut-the-drama Marvel humor, but it's also very much a dramatic movie. Pretty good balance.
I might go see it to listen to Vin Diesel, though, provided he has enough dialogue...
Uh, well, he does say, "I am Groot," a lot. (Also I love that he recorded that dialogue in other languages for foreign releases.)
le nubian - Aug 01, 2014 2:59:02 pm PDT #27495 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
he does say, "I am Groot,"
This is probably the single reason why I am seeing the movie tomorrow.
Anne W. - Aug 01, 2014 4:40:53 pm PDT #27496 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I loved GotG muchly, although in a different way than I loved the recent Captain America film. I loved Rocket, but found that Drax got the biggest laughs from me.
I also just about lost it at the second post-credits sequence. What a cameo...
Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2014 9:08:04 pm PDT #27497 of 30000
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got the biggest laughs from me.
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beekaytee - Aug 02, 2014 11:27:16 am PDT #27498 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
That was my personal favorite too.
I need to see it again to get all the dialog I missed because of the audience reactions.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 02, 2014 12:11:26 pm PDT #27499 of 30000
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I liked it a lot better than I expected to based on the trailers. Most of Peter Quill being an unlikeable smartass was in them, so that character was a lot easier to sympathize with in the film as a whole.