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The last like, 15 minutes of this movie wrecked me. Tears down my face kind of stuff. I really loved it. Adored even. loving hell. I loved the imagery in this too. Everything about Ego, especially the reforming the body scene was pretty great as is Yondu's attack with his arrow. That was pretty drat incredible. Full of energy and really stylish imagery. Maybe James Gunn films just click with me more than others because almost every beat in this film worked for me. Like the ball tossing scene. It's that right balance of sincerity, sweetness, and just being down right goofy as all hell. The amount of tones that are juggled in each scene are insane. But it just flows so well to me.
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May 5, 2017 19:05
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My audience gasped at that line you spoiled. Some lady went "what?" Right before that other character did.
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May 5, 2017 19:25
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No one gasped at anything in Prometheus.
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Mr. F! posted:I really hated the young Kurt russel at the beginning. So lame Lmao.
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May 5, 2017 22:44
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DC Murderverse posted:I bet some people gasped at the alien abortion scene, though that's not the same reason. You could hear a pin drop in my theater. Everyone was completely silent. It really got the whole audience. People also cheered when Idris Elba got Charliez Theron to have sex with him. Weird audience reaction but hey. Prometheus rules.
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May 6, 2017 04:30
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Franchescanado posted:drat, I'm sorry you guys let previews ruin your movie. I watched the first two trailers and had no idea what the story was going to be. So I found it to be quite surprising through out. Also, I made a soundtrack playlist that mostly followed the film, and when I got to the last 3 tracks, Mary Poppins and the Rat, Dad, and Father and Son I teared up like a mother fucker. I don't know why that ending hit me so hard, but it did. Maybe it's because my dad moved away and I don't get to see him too often, and I kinda miss doing things and stuff with him. He's not dead or anything and I can call him every day, but still. It's a really great ending. And the line "I ain't your father, but I am your Daddy." is just....daaaannng.
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May 6, 2017 06:25
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James Gunn fucks with tone like no one else I know. I think it's incredible. I love how I'm crying in one scene, and seconds later, laughing. I love how he can horrify me, make me laugh, and disgust me all in one scene. He's never been a director for everyone. But he's one of the few that just clicks for me, right at my core. He's weird as gently caress, and this film is like his weirdness distilled, and with a hundred million dollar budget. I think it's funny how people rag on him for the titles like he only just tried to up the first one, when he really was trying to up himself. All of his films have these weird, goofy titles despite the world the film exists in, and it's great. First we begin with this. The upbeat music over the horrific images. loving hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC6UVB36XyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G2YAtFeVOM (didnt direct, but wrote. However, this is very much a James Gunn title sequence) I can't find SLiTHER's but it plays this upbeat, downer song over really depressing shots of the gross townspeople and it's great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJzG9OP51Ac Super he starts to go nuts, in a good way. I love this opening. It perfectly captures how weird this movie is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwg7AHpnL6M And Guardians is just an extension of that. It's the first numerous moment in the film, after that downer of an opening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_jRQBGKPaA Volume 2 is just the next logical step. Anyway, that's just a lil bit of the Evolution of James Gunn.
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May 6, 2017 19:55
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Franchescanado posted:Counterpoint: you may just not want to enjoy the movie and have defined the characters as cookie-cutter, and so are not willing to put in the effort to look at the characters and read their arcs. Not yet, but I will soon. I went looking for it years ago, but couldn't find it, and honestly forgot he wrote a book. Gonna get it asap.
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May 6, 2017 20:02
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My god you're so loving smug it's sicking.
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May 6, 2017 22:52
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He's weird and so are all of his girlfriends. I highly doubt he forced her to do any of that.
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May 7, 2017 02:43
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Fragmented posted:You mean the knife missile scene? That's a bit of a grey area. It was a joy to watch. It's been a great year for fun violence actually. Kong, John Wick 2.
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May 7, 2017 13:20
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Ya'll forgot what those Ravangers did to Yondu's crew?
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May 7, 2017 15:02
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That scene where the guy gets sucked out of the airlock was really rough. The effects of space plus the POV, waving goodbye shot was nasty.
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May 7, 2017 15:48
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He did a song for the credits though.
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I had a more emotional connection to GOTG than both of those movies combined. GOTG overall was a great film experience, and one I enjoy revisiting every once in a while. You can call it ugly forever, but at the end of the day, a film is more than just the images. Some argue that's all films are, but I disagree so very, very much.
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May 8, 2017 08:51
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ruddiger posted:Discussing and deconstructing themes of fatherhood is fine and dare I say good, blubbering like a baby at "Quill has a dad just like me! He played catch! Like a dad! Which made me cry!" is empty cheerleading for an idea put forth with no critical thought behind it. Art? Making people...feel...emotions? What the hell?
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May 10, 2017 00:11
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Holy cats this discussion is boring and has been done to death. You've even used the same image. loving hell.
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May 10, 2017 10:25
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I can't believe SLiTHER got me to care about a world absorbing slug monster. but it did.
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May 11, 2017 14:05
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I swore I saw him when the arrow was mowing down peeps. But I could've been wrong. I saw Gunn's dad though. He was in the car during the Expansion montage.
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May 11, 2017 20:28
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Now I don't feel so crazy.
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May 11, 2017 20:51
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Well I'm mean, if you don't love it now, you will never love it again.
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May 13, 2017 14:19
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Neon light?
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GoldfishStew posted:This movie lacked imagination. Find me a wholly original idea that has never been done ever once before.
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May 13, 2017 18:20
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GoldfishStew posted:Lol it is the same relationship from the first movie but elongated. What new info did you gleam? Not really. Most sibling riveraly stories are entirely set on the siblings wanting to be better than one another. Not one of them just wanting acceptance. Nebula didn't hate Gamora for being better. She hated her for never being a sister.
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May 15, 2017 00:00
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Simple stories are the best stories.
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May 15, 2017 02:31
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Mantis was a sweet character and she isn't even that ugly.
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MacheteZombie posted:James Gunn is also awesome. I'd like to see him do something super weird again. He'll probably do the last Guardians film and then move on. Which is fine for me. Dude can do whatever the hell he wants from here on out.
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May 15, 2017 23:05
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I'll enjoy Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, actually
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May 16, 2017 07:34
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Dairy Queen has a legit good fast food burg. That flamethrower one.
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May 17, 2017 15:15
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Yes. Some directors are better at things than others. It's totally okay and cool to see different visions for films.
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I think they all had a space suit. But only a rocket was still left while the planet was falling apart, so one suit to give.
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May 18, 2017 16:11
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:It was a good reminder of his basic character: a manchild who's extremely attached to gadgets and pop culture. Half the time the script forgets that he's a satire of a space adventurer. And why is he so attached to his gadget and pop culture?
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May 18, 2017 19:10
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:
Half right. His music is his last bit or attachment to his mother. Awesome Mix Vol 1 came from her, as did Vol 2. So when the Walkman is crushed it's almost like his mom died again.
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May 18, 2017 21:10
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:That was also really funny. First it's revealed that Ego killed his mother, and he crushes the Walkman afterwards to escalate his villainy. You are very weird. But not in an endearing way like Drax. In a bad way.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:You seem to be taking it as a given that the Walkman is a really poignant thing, but it's also (inadvertently or not) a perfect symbol of the story's immaturity. This whole line of argumentation brings to mind Harry Knowles's review of Toy Story 3; You're posting on a message board you paid money for (or someone paid money for) talking about a comic book film. You're not really a bastion of maturity.
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May 18, 2017 22:12
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GoldfishStew posted:Why must this movie remain perfect to you? Why can't you like something that has flaws? Why can't you like something with flaws?
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May 18, 2017 23:45
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Steve2911 posted:On second viewing this is probably the best Marvel movie on balance. I mean, I saw it again at 11am on a whim to kill time, and I still cried my eyes out so. I dunno. It's pretty dang amazing?
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Maybe it's because I look at films through a more filmmakery lens, but to me, getting someone to feel something from the piece of art you created is extremely great and super hard to achieve. You can want people to be critical of films and poo poo and that's fine I guess. But I just don't see any real application for it outside of a classroom. Human beings are emotional creatures. We use emotions to communicate, and to articulate ideas and opinions. To remove that element from art, and especially this artform, is pretty disingenuous. I don't give a poo poo about looking critically and objectively at films because I really really don't have too. I'm not being graded on it, I'm not being probated for not doing it. If that is how you personally view art, more power to you. You do you. But don't expect everyone to understand your very off putting and alienating view point, you know? We get it, ya don't dig the film because it's not as visually great as other films, and you don't like the concept of immaturity. Fair enough. But as you can see, it's not an issue for everyone else. So uh, maybe try watching films to feel something...and feel those things, and feel emotions and your life would be better over all instead of trying to critically analyze films all the time.
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I mean, no one has to judge films and be a filmmaker themselves, but uh...give it a try. It's super drat hard.
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