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Saw Gaurdians of the Galaxy, and...
11 years ago
I liked it.
My apprehension came from the fact that I didn't really like the Avengers movie. It didn't have much of a story to speak of, and to be honest I found it kind of boring in many parts. Loki was beaten by Thor alone, and seeing Thor teamed up with the Hulk, Iron Man etc. kind of... um, took the suspense out of whatever kind of urgency the movie was trying to convey. His generic army of 'Gears of War' monsters also didn't make him seem anymore menacing. There was simply no way the goodguys were going to loose, they might as well been squishing ants. I also found the whole thing out of character for Loki, who had his sights set much higher, but then settled for trying to conquer earth, a place he didn't show much interest in before. Ok maybe I'm being a little hard, I didn't HATE avengers or anything, but was disappointed nonetheless. I mean I did at least watch (and like) the cartoon.
This brings me to reason #2 why I was apprehensive of this movie. This:
Is how I was first introduced to the Guardians of the Galaxy, and it was all I knew about them up till now. Now remember, I liked this cartoon, but I'll be outright honest here: I did NOT like these characters just from what little I saw of them on EmH, particularly the raccoon. The advertisements for the movie also made the raccoon seem a bit annoying, portraying him as a one-liner machine, but really that wasn't the case at all. His voice was also MUCH BETTER in the movie, he sounded much less like a stereotypical, small, cute cartoon character trying to sound menacing as he did in EmH,he also sounds better without the forced accent.
The rest of the team was also better. Seeing them fight the Avengers in the cartoon to a standstill made me worry these characters would be just as boring as the avengers were on screens, but that wasn't the case at all. In the movie they were pretty weak and basically the underdogs. They didn't stand the least bit of chance against the main badguy of this story, which made it more interesting to me. The characters also had a lot more heart put into them, and I was surprised just how much they were trying to play the sad fiddle in this movie between all the jokes. I'm very happy it was like that.
The only thing I didn't like about it is most of the aliens were far too human, literally "colored people" and such, and some not even that, just regular people passed off as aliens; but I know that's just Marvel. I am also familiar with the Kree and stuff, so that didn't bother me at all, and I knew what the main characters looked like already. I was just hoping to see more interesting background aliens, but there really wasn't any. =I Small complaint though! Didn't really ruin anything for me.
tl;dr I'd totally watch it again, and am excited to see any sequel it might produce.
My apprehension came from the fact that I didn't really like the Avengers movie. It didn't have much of a story to speak of, and to be honest I found it kind of boring in many parts. Loki was beaten by Thor alone, and seeing Thor teamed up with the Hulk, Iron Man etc. kind of... um, took the suspense out of whatever kind of urgency the movie was trying to convey. His generic army of 'Gears of War' monsters also didn't make him seem anymore menacing. There was simply no way the goodguys were going to loose, they might as well been squishing ants. I also found the whole thing out of character for Loki, who had his sights set much higher, but then settled for trying to conquer earth, a place he didn't show much interest in before. Ok maybe I'm being a little hard, I didn't HATE avengers or anything, but was disappointed nonetheless. I mean I did at least watch (and like) the cartoon.
This brings me to reason #2 why I was apprehensive of this movie. This:
Is how I was first introduced to the Guardians of the Galaxy, and it was all I knew about them up till now. Now remember, I liked this cartoon, but I'll be outright honest here: I did NOT like these characters just from what little I saw of them on EmH, particularly the raccoon. The advertisements for the movie also made the raccoon seem a bit annoying, portraying him as a one-liner machine, but really that wasn't the case at all. His voice was also MUCH BETTER in the movie, he sounded much less like a stereotypical, small, cute cartoon character trying to sound menacing as he did in EmH,
The rest of the team was also better. Seeing them fight the Avengers in the cartoon to a standstill made me worry these characters would be just as boring as the avengers were on screens, but that wasn't the case at all. In the movie they were pretty weak and basically the underdogs. They didn't stand the least bit of chance against the main badguy of this story, which made it more interesting to me. The characters also had a lot more heart put into them, and I was surprised just how much they were trying to play the sad fiddle in this movie between all the jokes. I'm very happy it was like that.
The only thing I didn't like about it is most of the aliens were far too human, literally "colored people" and such, and some not even that, just regular people passed off as aliens; but I know that's just Marvel. I am also familiar with the Kree and stuff, so that didn't bother me at all, and I knew what the main characters looked like already. I was just hoping to see more interesting background aliens, but there really wasn't any. =I Small complaint though! Didn't really ruin anything for me.
tl;dr I'd totally watch it again, and am excited to see any sequel it might produce.
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Like Planet Hulk. LOVED the comic, the animated movie.. less so.
There was an alien called No Name, amazing female bug alien, awesome story in the comic an her background too. http://www.writeups.org/fiche.php?id=4826
SHE WAS NOT EVEN IN THE ANIMATED MOVIE AT ALL! THEY GOT RID OF HER ENTIRELY!
So yeh, it dont surprise me at all.. still super keen to see this movie tho.
Especially with all the positive reviews from so many different people.
Love the brood.. tho I only have the plantet hulk comics with the one brood in it.. :c
I'll probably see this movie a week or so later, just long enough for the crowds to die down.
I'm still giddy that they put my absolute favorite Guardian in as a cameo. Makes me hopeful that he'll be a character in Guardians 2.
I saw them both in a double-feature at the local drive-in.
i'm one of those picky comic book people who don't like things changed just for the sake of a movie.
examples.
Drax the destroyers back story is so wrong in this movie it makes me sick.
they TOTALLY effed up starlords and the nova corps uniforms.
hollywood has a boner for screwing up stories and characters that were fine the way they were.
(braces for the burning hate spewing replies).
Totally in love with that Rocket Raccoon character too now };)
And the films where the bad guys win normally aren't that much fun and just leave you feeling ew.
Watching the Avengers was like watching Superman fight the Monarch.
I liked it with only minor qualms. Like the stupidly rushed "and then he was abducted" opening, and the many times they played it too safe and kept "reviving" the characters.
I loved Groot though. He was so nice ^^
That was probably the least amount of dialogue Vin Diesel's ever had in a movie lol.
The Iron Giant is why he got the role.