Doesn't matter how well it does in future weeks: it is going to make 65 million this weekend which is simply not the flop it deserves to be (admittedly an opinion based on nothing but reviews and general Bay disdain)
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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Gris - Aug 09, 2014 6:53:30 am PDT #27627 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Kalshane - Aug 09, 2014 9:59:33 am PDT #27628 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Well, the problem is, folks usually disregard reviews about "dumb action movies" because they just assume the reviewers are being elitist. It takes their friends saying "No, really, it sucked" to convince them to stay away.
Gris - Aug 09, 2014 10:16:33 am PDT #27629 of 30000
Hey. New board.
But surely if you're choosing between two "dumb action movies" and one is 20% fresh and the other is 92% fresh...
Kalshane - Aug 09, 2014 12:11:08 pm PDT #27630 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
But it's the Ninja Turtles. Tons of 30-somethings who grew up on it with kids that are fans of the new show. Same reason the Transformers movies are successful despite being 3 hours of noise (visual and auditory) and tasteless jokes. The average consumer will choose the familiar over the unknown, regardless of reviews.
Gris - Aug 09, 2014 1:12:19 pm PDT #27631 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I know. That's what makes me sigh.
askye - Aug 09, 2014 3:02:18 pm PDT #27632 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I saw GoTG finally!!
Watching it made me really appreciate the trailers for the movies, because the trailers didn't give away too much and I kept thinking "oh I know this from the trailer" and then it turned out different. It was fun and there was the right amount of goofy and serious.
-t - Aug 09, 2014 3:09:44 pm PDT #27633 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I agree, they did a great job with the trailers.
-t - Aug 09, 2014 3:09:46 pm PDT #27634 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
askye - Aug 09, 2014 3:37:54 pm PDT #27635 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I liked other things but that's what stuck out at me at the first. Also the music/soundtrack was really well done.
At the beignning I was like "oh I know what's going to happen!! And then Quill starts dancing and strutting towards the orb and the whole theatr laughed. I wish there was more backstory for the other characters, like Rocket and Nebula but there was so much conveyed. The look on Karen Gillam's face when Thanos called Gamora his favorite daughter said a lot. I wish I knew more...oh man and now I'm thinking about Nebula and Loki meeting and wondering how that would go. Also the line about how she hated Gamora least of all. I wanted a whole Nebula movie. I don't really want her redeemed I just want to know her story.
And Rocket when he's drunk and goes off about being taken part and put back together again and again. The look on Quill's face (and I guess the others, i'm blanking on the reaction shots). Again, I want a Rocket Racoon movie and how he meets Groot. Groot!! Seriously I'm wondering if Groot is going to be different growing up or regenrating or whatever he is doing with the influence of Quill and the others. I'm not saying this was the BEST MOVIE EVAH! but I wanted more time in the world and to explore. There just wasn't enough time.
Steph L. - Aug 09, 2014 3:54:04 pm PDT #27636 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
We saw GotG, too, and I pretty much agree with: AWESOME. The movie was such so freaking much FUN. And I cannot get over how much it reminded me of Farscape, in all the best ways.
I loves me some Groot, HARD, but I think Drax might be my favorite.
And I need to get the soundtrack. Or the songs I don't already have (which is about half, I think).