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Kalshane - Aug 17, 2014 5:23:55 pm PDT #27653 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.

Finally watched GotG today. Enjoyed it, but wasn't blown away like some folks. Probably middle of the pack in my Marvel movie hierarchy.

I did love Rocket and Groot, though.

Went back and read all the whitefont and I too was shocked Drax didn't react to the "give a shit" line.

amyth - Aug 19, 2014 5:50:27 am PDT #27654 of 30000

And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

AW YISS. My instant video copy of CA:TWS is available today.

Am I going to watch it every day? Probably.

I wish I could go home right now and get started.

Steph L. - Aug 19, 2014 5:56:31 am PDT #27655 of 30000

I look more rad than Lutheranism

AW YISS. My instant video copy of CA:TWS is available today.

Oooh. I need this.

DavidS - Aug 19, 2014 8:23:10 am PDT #27656 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

AW YISS. My instant video copy of CA:TWS is available today.

Oh jeez, we're not going to see Ple for a month.

Atropa - Aug 19, 2014 8:52:59 am PDT #27657 of 30000

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

You won't see me for a month, either, but that's because my BluRay of Only Lovers Left Alive arrives today.

Steph L. - Aug 19, 2014 6:42:12 pm PDT #27658 of 30000

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Relevant to GotG *and* Captain America: Winter Soldier: [link]

Consuela - Aug 19, 2014 8:10:36 pm PDT #27659 of 30000

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Hah! That was cute.

DCJensen - Aug 19, 2014 8:13:25 pm PDT #27660 of 30000

All is well that ends in pizza.

I made a couple of GotG gifs, here's the Final Groot scene, melded into a looping gif.

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DavidS - Aug 19, 2014 8:20:27 pm PDT #27661 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Perfect, Dan!

Calli - Aug 20, 2014 3:10:40 am PDT #27662 of 30000

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Nice, DCJ!

I saw Lucy yesterday. It wanted to be more profound than it was. All science-tinged technobabble aside, the evolutionary imagery didn't blend well with the action bits. The director seemed fixated on ScarJo's eyes--which are lovely, but didn't require quite so many close-ups. I think ScarJo did a good job with the early, emotional bits, but she seemed to be trying to play someone without emotion in the last 3/4 of the movie--I suspect a directorial choice--and it came across as flat. Speaking of, I have doubts that accessing more intellegence would make us less emotional. Emotions are brain based, too, right (with help from hormones)? So accessing more of our brains may well mean we access more emotions, not fewer. But picking at the science in this movie won't lead anywhere good. Or fit in one post. The action bits were sufficiently actiony, things blew up as needed, and I felt like a vital transition scene got accidentally cut somewhere. It was refreshing to see a summer action flick that never has a US scene. I felt that having almost all the bad guys be Chinese and all the good guys be white wasn't the best choice. But it was nice to have a chunk of the movie set in Taipei; I haven't seen a lot of movies set there.

So, on the whole, I'm ok with paying for a matinee ticket, but I'm glad I didn't pay full price.

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