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Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2014 1:45:34 pm PDT #27494 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

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
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

got the biggest laughs from me.

"Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too good." Dead.


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
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

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.


Polter-Cow - Aug 02, 2014 12:18:29 pm PDT #27500 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I need to see it again to get all the dialog I missed because of the audience reactions.

Yeah, we missed the next minute or so of dialogue after Rocket revealed he was fucking with Quill about needing the leg because the whole audience was laughing so hard.


Dana - Aug 02, 2014 1:49:56 pm PDT #27501 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I spent most of the movie thinking "This is fun, but only on a surface level for me," but then I thought they nailed the ending and the found family thing.


-t - Aug 02, 2014 1:53:08 pm PDT #27502 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I went with IMAX 3D, and I think that was a good call. More for the IMAX than the 3D.

Loved it. Very pleased.


beekaytee - Aug 02, 2014 2:41:02 pm PDT #27503 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

Yeah, we missed the next minute or so of dialogue

Totally. And, during the prison fight and at The Collector's and roughly 1/3 of the whole dang movie. So much laughing and shouting.

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.

Absolutely this, too. I expected to be rolling my eyes at the lead throughout, but ended up finding that character completely charming.

In future installments, I hope Gamora is given more dialog beyond rolling her eyes at pretty much everyone.

And, with all due respect to Amy Pond fans, I felt like Karen Gillan proved again that she can't really act her way out of a wet paper bag. She didn't have much to work with, of course, but still. On the other hand, her paint job was beautiful.