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Yes, I knew they'd used both names, but it's been long enough since I read GotG that I couldn't remember it.
There was never any doubt in my mind that that's who it was meant to be, though.
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Yes, I knew they'd used both names, but it's been long enough since I read GotG that I couldn't remember it.
There was never any doubt in my mind that that's who it was meant to be, though.
Last edited by Le Messor; 08-02-2014 at 08:04 PM.
Spoiler space for the preview panels please guys...
Alright, so I just got home from the theater. I haven't even read anybody else's comments on this thread yet.
Here go my thoughts, as spoilery-free as possible.
First, I liked it. I thought GotG was a very good movie. That's Very Good, but not Great.
Mind you, I tend to love most sci-fi films, and the grittier and dirtier (and smaller budget) the better.
As a comic book fan who already had a least SOME idea of who the characters in this movie were, I felt that the first half of the movie was pretty blasé. In that, it moved way too slow, it was sluggish and poorly paced. I recognize why; there were a heck of a lot of characters to introduce to the movie-goers, basically zero of whom had ever appeared (or even been mentioned) in a Marvel film before. So, even though i liked the movie overall, most of the first half of it put me to sleep.
Really, my only other complaint, was that all those funny parts that most of us have seen on multiple previews before ever seeing the film? Well, there wasn't a lot more of that funny stuff. They rehashed a couple of the jokes several times. But I had already seen almost all of the funny stuff before the movie started playing. And, overall, the characters weren't so much funny in this film, as just jerks. Yes, these jerks ended up as heroes, and I was thankful for that, but they were still all jerks for most of the film.
Again, not saying i didn't enjoy the film, becuz i did. And if i don't spend a lot of time extoling the virtues of the film, that's becuz that is hard to do without pointing out certain things that are sure to be more spoilery.
I'll see it again, (buy it when it comes out) on dvd. Its a good movie, very good even. But, worthy of being the top-grossing movie for opening weekend ever?!? Nope, not by a long shot. But, that just goes to show the power of marketing, and of name-brand recognition.
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I saw it before the hype. Maybe that's part of the difference?
Maybe I shouldn't be hyping it up so much to people. But I touch-hype. Almost three words per minute!
Eh, lived up to all the hype and then some for me. Hopefully gonna see it again next weekend~
It's starting to look like this will be one of those divisive movies that splits the geek community down the middle, between those who loved it and those who only liked it.
Well dunno if you've been searching for "Alpha Flight" on Twitter recently, but here's what comes up:
MAKE IT HAPPEN MARVEL
Love it! So much more support out there than I even knew!
It was the same when Department H got mentioned on AoS.