Has Guardians of the Galaxy already won August

*Shark_Blade* · 07-30-2014, 08:59 PM

Seen it last midnight.

Pretty bland predictable movie. Spoiler of course.

The use of video cassette (maybe because of novelty?) is redundant and the choice musics are dull imo - it's the oldie songs and maybe cause it doesn't suit my taste. That cassette, couldn't he just transfer it to digital? Once that tape is damaged it's gone forever, but eh, movie logic. Whatever.Bad songs aside, I'm glad they put in Jackson 5 song at the end credit scene sang by Michael Jackson. Finally a good music.

That opening scene with his cancerous mother in the hospital, ah typical cliche sappy drama shoehorned for audience sympathy. I was yawning, begging for it to move on already, thank God they showed an adult version of him soon after that. But alas, Chris Pratt, while he's a nice guy but this character of his in this movie is just dull and unquirky. I didn't even feel a thing, he's just so bland compared to other Marvel characters.

The green shrek girl seemed like another Black Widow copycat, the "ooh so badass girl that can take care of herself" cliche. The shirtless alien guy who goes on a rampage but talks like a baby mumbling, huh seems like a Hulk copycat. Lame.

I'm glad I was rooting for Rocket Raccoon, because he does not dissapoint. He's the most interesting from start to finish thankfully. To my suprise, so is Groot. He's so innocently adorable yet formidable.

Now the plot, ughhh... revolves around The Orb, a thing so powerful it's The McGuffin of the entire movie (kinda like The All Spark from Transformers). Can't they be creative and not use "an artefact so powerful it could destroy the universe" cliche tripe?

The villain is nothing inspiring, pretty forgetable imo. He's not memorable like Magneto, Saruman The White or The Joker, he's just that blue bad guy like in Thor 2 who you don't really care. Just there to be a stand in antagonist. Unremarkable in every single way. His army is no different.

And when that green shrek girl's ship got blown up, she "miraculously" survived unscathed and unharmed, and was floating in space. Wtf. That's retarded but eh, best to turn off your brain when watching this.

Overall, a 6/10 from me.

Pretty much what I expected from the trailer. Dumb, crude movie with a bit of randomness in it. Not so great, but not godawful bad either. Just passable and you won't miss a thing if you don't watch it.

Bring on TMNT 2014 next week, I'm hoping it's better than this overrated mess.

07-30-2014, 08:59 PM	#12
Shark_Blade Emperor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,909	Seen it last midnight. Pretty bland predictable movie. Spoiler of course. The use of video cassette (maybe because of novelty?) is redundant and the choice musics are dull imo - it's the oldie songs and maybe cause it doesn't suit my taste. That cassette, couldn't he just transfer it to digital? Once that tape is damaged it's gone forever, but eh, movie logic. Whatever.Bad songs aside, I'm glad they put in Jackson 5 song at the end credit scene sang by Michael Jackson. Finally a good music. That opening scene with his cancerous mother in the hospital, ah typical cliche sappy drama shoehorned for audience sympathy. I was yawning, begging for it to move on already, thank God they showed an adult version of him soon after that. But alas, Chris Pratt, while he's a nice guy but this character of his in this movie is just dull and unquirky. I didn't even feel a thing, he's just so bland compared to other Marvel characters. The green shrek girl seemed like another Black Widow copycat, the "ooh so badass girl that can take care of herself" cliche. The shirtless alien guy who goes on a rampage but talks like a baby mumbling, huh seems like a Hulk copycat. Lame. I'm glad I was rooting for Rocket Raccoon, because he does not dissapoint. He's the most interesting from start to finish thankfully. To my suprise, so is Groot. He's so innocently adorable yet formidable. Now the plot, ughhh... revolves around The Orb, a thing so powerful it's The McGuffin of the entire movie (kinda like The All Spark from Transformers). Can't they be creative and not use "an artefact so powerful it could destroy the universe" cliche tripe? The villain is nothing inspiring, pretty forgetable imo. He's not memorable like Magneto, Saruman The White or The Joker, he's just that blue bad guy like in Thor 2 who you don't really care. Just there to be a stand in antagonist. Unremarkable in every single way. His army is no different. And when that green shrek girl's ship got blown up, she "miraculously" survived unscathed and unharmed, and was floating in space. Wtf. That's retarded but eh, best to turn off your brain when watching this. Overall, a 6/10 from me. Pretty much what I expected from the trailer. Dumb, crude movie with a bit of randomness in it. Not so great, but not godawful bad either. Just passable and you won't miss a thing if you don't watch it. Bring on TMNT 2014 next week, I'm hoping it's better than this overrated mess. Last edited by Shark_Blade; 07-30-2014 at 09:12 PM.