"Guardians of the Galaxy" - currently 100% on RT

[KeithTalent]

who put the sticks up your asses?

Exactly.

KT

 

[Phanuel]

Are we like Kevin Bacon yet?

 

[SP33Demon]

By far the best joke in the film in a movie that was full of very uneven comedy.

KT

What was the joke? I missed it as well. Our theater's sound was kind of crappy.

 

[Phanuel]

What was the joke? I missed it as well. Our theater's sound was kind of crappy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/quotes?item=qt2214593

 

[AznAnarchy99]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/quotes?item=qt2214593

I finally get that joke now. Hahaha.

 

[Eug]

So, I give this movie 3.5 stars out of 5. It's good, but I felt the pacing was too quick, at the expense of character development of the protagonists. Also, I didn't really feel much for the villains. They were just there as a necessary device to keep the plot moving but I didn't especially hate them. Yeah, they were bad, but that's just because we are told they're bad. It's not as if we really watched them do much bad stuff before we are told they are bad.

Because of this, I found the plot, although in some ways simple, a little bit confusing in some other ways.

As for the presentation, I was pleased. I was in the "cheap" 2D room in a theatre where they were also showing it as UltraAVX in 3D, but even my cheap 2D looked good. Very good in fact. In some areas the contrast was a little light, but overall the tones and contrast was very good, with minimal noticeable pixelation. This was in stark contrast to when I saw Star Wars (Attack of the Clones IIRC) digitally projected for the first time. Digital projection back then (over a decade ago) definitely looked like a work in progress, whereas Guardians of the Galaxy made it look like digital projection has finally matured. I don't know if this is 4K or 2K, but I don't care. (UltraAVX is 4K, but apparently the screen is bigger too.)

I feel like this joke was missed by a lot of people. =(

It got quite a few laughs in my theatre.

 

[Eug]

GotG is now in the top 10 for domestic box office for 2014.

It also looks like it's going to top Godzilla, The Amazing Spider Man 2, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes soon. That would put it in 6th place, I predict within 10 days.

 

[zinfamous]

I've heard of the artist's name before, and I understood what he meant by it. Although, I can't recall any of his paintings off the top of my mind. :$

It was a good joke

 

[Crotulus]

It was a good joke

Yes it was a good joke. A bit more racy than I've come to expect in a Marvel movie though.

I so want to get to the theater to see this again. I've seen it in IMAX and standard 2d so far. Maybe I'll catch a 3d screening for the trifecta.

 

[zinfamous]

actually went the other night after a work outing in which most of us got plastered. One of our people had finally broken up with her shitty BF, so we got her wasted. Only the two of us went to see Guardians, though. It started at 9:30, she passed out about 30 minutes in, so I was like...shit lets get out of here (trains would stop running before the movie ended anyway).

so, my 1st attempt to watch it again was a huge waste

 

[Eug]

Yes it was a good joke. A bit more racy than I've come to expect in a Marvel movie though.

I so want to get to the theater to see this again. I've seen it in IMAX and standard 2d so far. Maybe I'll catch a 3d screening for the trifecta.

Your IMAX was 2D? All of ours are 3D locally AFAIK.

 

[Crotulus]

Your IMAX was 2D? All of ours are 3D locally AFAIK.

My local IMAX is 3D like all the rest. I was talking about checking it out a third time in a "standard" 3D screening (ie. Real3D). So basically just like the IMAX but without the shifting aspect ratio and not quite as nice sound.

 

[Eug]

GotG is now in the top 10 for domestic box office for 2014.

It also looks like it's going to top Godzilla, The Amazing Spider Man 2, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes soon. That would put it in 6th place, I predict within 10 days.

My prediction was way off. After yesterday, it is already in 6th place at $204.5 million domestic.

It even has a shot at taking 5th place, which is currently occupied by X-Men: Days of Future Past which is at $232.2 million. GotG is projected to get another $17 million this weekend, which would bring it up to about $215 million.

It also now has 200 positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, out of a total of 218 (91.7%).

 

[Eug]

Now the #1 grossing movie domestic for 2014, at $275 million.

Impressive.