Big Boy Laroux

I understand his point, and I'm saying that of the MCU movies, the only ones I've seen people be negative about consistently are IM2 and Thor 2 (IM2 definitely more so than Thor 2). And yes, both of those had negative reactions from the beginning.

hasslein

I just saw it, I liked it, but I liked Super more.

fumanstan

While true, it does seem like a lot of people come out of the woodwork to talk about how something like Avengers did nothing for them these days.

RichC2

Eh, the Marvel movies fill the niche they're trying to fill. I didn't care for The Avengers, Iron Man 2, Thor 2, Captain America 1, The Incredible Hulk, but felt Captain America 2, Thor 1, and Iron Man 3 were worth a single watch. Iron Man was the best of that bunch.

But regardless, they're all competently made for what they are. Though not a single one of them had a great villain, not sure what the deal is with that.

I've watched Guardians a handful of times now, and it's easily my favorite of the bunch despite having terrible villains, and the movie sort of loses a little bit of steam after the half way mark, still it's an actual fun movie.

taffer

It's probably because the best Marvel villains belong to Sony and Fox. The Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and X-Men franchises have the best rogues galleries. The Avengers rogues gallery is rather lackluster in comparison.

I have heard rumors that Marvel would like the Fantastic Four property back, not so much as to have the Fantastic Four themselves back, but rather so they could have villains like Doctor Doom and Galactus back.

I wonder what Marvel will do after phase three for villains. Ultron is coming up, and Thanos will be phase three. What other big villains do the Avengers even have? The only big one I can think of is Kang. The rest of the Avengers villains I can think of are minor, like Gravitron (who appeared in Agents of SHIELD already), Taskmaster, and maybe Beyonder if they get desperate.

Ash Ketchum

The New York Times says today that GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY was the highest grosser at the U.S. box-office for the year. (TRANSFORMERS 4 was the highest worldwide grosser.)

Solid Snake

Hrrmmm. What was the gap between the two in domestic and international take?

RichC2

Guardians of the Galaxy:
Domestic: $332,552,345 43.1%
+ Foreign: $439,600,000 56.9%
= Worldwide: $772,152,345

Transformers 4:
Domestic: $245,439,076 22.6%
+ Foreign: $841,965,423 77.4%
= Worldwide: $1,087,404,499

Solid Snake

Hell of a fucking gap in the international.

taffer

Snake too lazy to do his own homework like usual.

Taken from wikipedia:

Guardians of the Galaxy:
$332.5 million in North America
$439.6 million in other countries
$772.1 million worldwide

Transformers:
$245,439,076 in North America
$841,850,000 in other territories
$1,087,404,499 worldwide

GOTG did better domestic, but Transformers really killed it overseas making almost double what GOTG did international.

Edit: RichC2 beat me to it, but at least I ain't a lazy fuck like Snake! Geez man how difficult is it to google something or look it up on wikipedia? Lazy ass kids today...

hanshotfirst1138

GOTG is pretty plugged into American pop culture jokes, a few may not translate well.

Cellar Door

Why should he look it up when you enablers keep doing the work for him?

Solid Snake

Considering somehow DVDtalk isn't blocked at work but other movie sites are...even Google somehow. So therefore...the asking.

Draven

To be fair to Snake, a lot of what is talked about here could be Googled. But when someone brings up the box office take, there's nothing wrong with asking for some follow-up info.

Paff

Creepy. Last week I tried watching Guardians, and I literally turned it off at the exact same time due to boredom and disinterest. This genre of films, the comic book based actioners is simply not working for me. For the record, I also disliked The Winter Soldier and even Avengers. I'd like to give them up completely, but I keep hearing how this latest film is "different" than the last comic book flick. I'm just not seeing it.

Mondo Kane

Well, once the good guys start dying off (For Good) within the next 4 films
we might be getting some different responses towards these films.

superdeluxe

It's okay, Not all people are meant to enjoy all films.

superdeluxe

If you are a lego fan, TRU is selling exclusive Rocket with baby groot minifigures. Not sure how long these have been out, but they haven't been out longer than a month:

Mondo Kane

BTW, since I've been looking at a lot of "Best movies of the year" videos, I still can't believe how many people keep on saying that GOTG has an "80's soundtrack".

fujishig

I know this is a super old post, but the Transformers backstory was actually created by Marvel. Hasbro got the license to the toys and went to Marvel for story, Jim Shooter did a hurried 8 page treatment and then asked for a last minute volunteer (on Thanksgiving weekend) to flesh the characters and backstory out, and Bob Budiansky in a single week came up with all the names and tech spec histories.

Shooter wrote a couple of entries about this:
http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/06/se...rs-part-1.html
http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/06/se...rs-part-2.html

Of course, you were probably pointing to the Transformers movies, which didn't use any of this info, but it is amazing that this (and GI Joe) were developed by Marvel creative talent and are still held onto fondly by so many fans.


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So anyway, I just saw the movie. I'm a huge Guardians fan from the Valentino incarnation to the Abnett and Lanning series, but I rarely see movies in theaters, and finally had time to watch the blu (btw... I like the steelbook, and I understand the theme, but no title on the spine?)

I avoided this thread like the plague even though I knew most of the plot points of the movie. Loved the move just as I thought I would, though the treatment of the Nova corps made me a little sad... but still, Nova on the big screen!

I didn't really understand why Quill thought the Nova Force would be a good guardian for the Infinity Stone. I realize Ronan had the power of the stone, but they were basically annihilated by a rogue Kree faction and a bunch of suicide bombers. And their big secret weapon is a net, which takes up their entire fleet and does nothing but stop the progress of one ship? Hopefully there's actually a Nova Force sometime in the future.

I don't mind the Collector being brought down like that... he was brought down by the Infinity Stone, not by Ronan or anything, so we still have no idea how powerful he really is.

Momma Quill's gift was a big surprise to me. I was expecting some kind of legacy from his father, showing him that he had some alien heritage, or even pieces of his "Element Gun." But that present fit perfectly.

Original Desmond

Finally got around to seeing this (had been saving it), watched it on bluray on my new 130 inch screen with HD projector

Looked and sounded great !

Marvel definitely got this right. Putting Marvel cosmic universe characters on screen in a somewhat believable way which can tie into the rest of the MCU in the future was a fine balancing act

I can already picture Groot and the Hulk fighting side by side, ditto Rocket and Iron man

i was a bit disappointed that Groot didn't grow as big as he does in the comics

Rocket Racoon looked so believable from the first second he was on screen. I forgot he was a cgi character. I would have loved to have seen his gun go just a bit bigger

Thanos was cool, Ronan the Accuser a tad disappointing

Going to be interesting to see how the weaker avengers like Hawkeye and Black widow hang with the power of the characters in the future films

JimRochester

I was pleasantly surprised in the Avengers that they kept those two relevant. But you are right, especially Black Widow has no super powers so fighting side by side will be difficult. Once Hawkeye runs out of arrows he's a doorstop.

mikehunt

finally got around to seeing it. My previous exposure to the characters was limited to the avengers assemble cartoon. I figured it might have some level of tie in to avengers 2 though so I should watch it before A2

should have seen it sooner. It was a lot of fun.

johnnysd

So when Zoe Saldana's career ends she will have at least 7 films in which she played a character with green or blue skin. Unlike some others I think this movie holds up really well to re-viewings.

wlj

I love this movie so, so much. I didn't see it in the theaters, only on blu-ray. I have seen it 4 times total. Me and my son watched it twice this weekend. GotG and Big Hero 6 are the two best marvel films in my opinion. GotG is a feast for the eyes and is so fun to watch. There is nothing about this movie I don't like. I love it even more after every repeat viewing.

This is the Star Wars of the new century so far. No, it won't have the cultural impact SW has, but as far as sci fi/space flicks it is right up there with it. I can't wait for the sequel.