Has Guardians of the Galaxy already won August

Bob · 07-11-2014, 07:42 PM

I think GOTG looks visually dull as anything. To a visually-minded person like me that comes as a great disappointment and unwelcome surprise. To me the appeal of a GOTG film was always the potential look of it. I’m still looking forward to it immensely, but visually it looks surprisingly cheap and like something you would see on the Sci-Fi channel (which is strange, as The Wrap just put up an article stating that the budget is 170 million dollars. I believe TMNT’s is about 125-ish). The colour palette looks generic and boring, too many browns, dark blues and blacks. Also, the aliens on show just seem to be people painted blue or some other colour. So, in terms of the look of it, none of the trailers and pictures released thus far have impressed me. They’ve all pretty much left me feeling cold. I hope that the film as a whole is a pleasant surprise. I will still be there come opening weekend. I think TMNT is the more visually striking of the two by a wide margin, TBH.

In terms of the marketing, whereas it has come thick and fast, I don't think they've really got across the tone. Is it a kid's a film, a family films or something in between? Obviously I'm assuming its something in between, but it certainly doesn't look it. TMNT’s marketing has made it quite clear what type of audience the film is aimed for, I think.

07-11-2014, 07:42 PM	#11
Bob Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: UK, England Posts: 546	I think GOTG looks visually dull as anything. To a visually-minded person like me that comes as a great disappointment and unwelcome surprise. To me the appeal of a GOTG film was always the potential look of it. I’m still looking forward to it immensely, but visually it looks surprisingly cheap and like something you would see on the Sci-Fi channel (which is strange, as The Wrap just put up an article stating that the budget is 170 million dollars. I believe TMNT’s is about 125-ish). The colour palette looks generic and boring, too many browns, dark blues and blacks. Also, the aliens on show just seem to be people painted blue or some other colour. So, in terms of the look of it, none of the trailers and pictures released thus far have impressed me. They’ve all pretty much left me feeling cold. I hope that the film as a whole is a pleasant surprise. I will still be there come opening weekend. I think TMNT is the more visually striking of the two by a wide margin, TBH. In terms of the marketing, whereas it has come thick and fast, I don't think they've really got across the tone. Is it a kid's a film, a family films or something in between? Obviously I'm assuming its something in between, but it certainly doesn't look it. TMNT’s marketing has made it quite clear what type of audience the film is aimed for, I think.