Ingram85 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Also just realised how important the scene at the start at the traffic lights is. When he changes his indicator in the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 There is only one Locke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 You drinking leemond? Hmm slightly random question, the answer is no, no I'm not drinking, why do you ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 15, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) Guardians Yeah it's very good. Although saying that, I think it's the last half an hour that really makes it. There wasn't much before that that was really that great. Don't think it measures up the Avengers, that's still out in front in comic book films imo. Few things bugged me though. The humour. **** me it was awful. I assume that was to keep the 10 year old kids happy. Why do so many films in this genre do that? Especially the "jokes" around Batista and his lack of understanding sarcasm. Painfully unfunny. The soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, the songs are great, I'm sure it's a great soundtrack to own. But it's completely out of place. So that didn't really work for me. You can't just stick a load of good songs onto a soundtrack. It still has to fit in with the film, imo. And they didn't. I found that really quite weird. Maybe there's some significance to it in the comics? Other than that and a few overly cheesey lines of dialogue they were my only real criticisms. So yeah, I enjoyed it for what it was, a popcorn action flick that you can remove your brain and watch. I won't be rushing to watch it again but it's certainly one of the better films in that genre. 7/10 Edited November 15, 2014 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 You drinking leemond? Hmm slightly random question, the answer is no, no I'm not drinking, why do you ask? I'm not really sure why I asked in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Guardians Yeah it's very good. Although saying that, I think it's the last half an hour that really makes it. There wasn't much before that that was really that great. Don't think it measures up the Avengers, that's still out in front in comic book films imo. Few things bugged me though. The humour. **** me it was awful. I assume that was to keep the 10 year old kids happy. Why do so many films in this genre do that? Especially the "jokes" around Batista and his lack of understanding sarcasm. Painfully unfunny. The soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, the songs are great, I'm sure it's a great soundtrack to own. But it's completely out of place. So that didn't really work for me. You can't just stick a load of good songs onto a soundtrack. It still has to fit in with the film, imo. And they didn't. I found that really quite weird. Maybe there's some significance to it in the comics? Other than that and a few overly cheesey lines of dialogue they were my only real criticisms. So yeah, I enjoyed it for what it was, a popcorn action flick that you can remove your brain and watch. I won't be rushing to watch it again but it's certainly one of the better films in that genre. 7/10 Weird. The stuff you didn't like were the things I thought made it such a brilliant film. The humour was fresh and genuinely funny. The purely literal understanding from Batista was brilliant. And the soundtrack. Wow, the soundtrack. It shouldn't work, but because it gives the film a retro feel, it makes it much less cartoony. The long scale space ships drifting into view with heavy guitars just blew me away. Out of interest, where did you watch it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Guardians Yeah it's very good. Although saying that, I think it's the last half an hour that really makes it. There wasn't much before that that was really that great. Don't think it measures up the Avengers, that's still out in front in comic book films imo. Few things bugged me though. The humour. **** me it was awful. I assume that was to keep the 10 year old kids happy. Why do so many films in this genre do that? Especially the "jokes" around Batista and his lack of understanding sarcasm. Painfully unfunny. The soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, the songs are great, I'm sure it's a great soundtrack to own. But it's completely out of place. So that didn't really work for me. You can't just stick a load of good songs onto a soundtrack. It still has to fit in with the film, imo. And they didn't. I found that really quite weird. Maybe there's some significance to it in the comics? Other than that and a few overly cheesey lines of dialogue they were my only real criticisms. So yeah, I enjoyed it for what it was, a popcorn action flick that you can remove your brain and watch. I won't be rushing to watch it again but it's certainly one of the better films in that genre. 7/10 Pretty much echoes my thoughts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 *Adds Stevo and Troon to 'the list'* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 15, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) Guardians Yeah it's very good. Although saying that, I think it's the last half an hour that really makes it. There wasn't much before that that was really that great. Don't think it measures up the Avengers, that's still out in front in comic book films imo. Few things bugged me though. The humour. **** me it was awful. I assume that was to keep the 10 year old kids happy. Why do so many films in this genre do that? Especially the "jokes" around Batista and his lack of understanding sarcasm. Painfully unfunny. The soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, the songs are great, I'm sure it's a great soundtrack to own. But it's completely out of place. So that didn't really work for me. You can't just stick a load of good songs onto a soundtrack. It still has to fit in with the film, imo. And they didn't. I found that really quite weird. Maybe there's some significance to it in the comics? Other than that and a few overly cheesey lines of dialogue they were my only real criticisms. So yeah, I enjoyed it for what it was, a popcorn action flick that you can remove your brain and watch. I won't be rushing to watch it again but it's certainly one of the better films in that genre. 7/10 Weird. The stuff you didn't like were the things I thought made it such a brilliant film. The humour was fresh and genuinely funny. The purely literal understanding from Batista was brilliant. And the soundtrack. Wow, the soundtrack. It shouldn't work, but because it gives the film a retro feel, it makes it much less cartoony. The long scale space ships drifting into view with heavy guitars just blew me away. Out of interest, where did you watch it? The humour was fresh?!?! That's bizarre. It was about as fresh as jokes about aeroplane food or the mother in law. They'd have been much better off cutting out the attempts at humour all together. Genuinely the only bit that made me smile was from the tree who had a 4 word vocabulary. Like I said. The soundtrack IS brilliant, in terms of a dozen songs on a CD. I just didn't think it worked as background to a Sci Fi film. Spaceships taking off to the Jackson 5 didn't really do it for me. It's like having a heavy rock soundtrack for a disney film. They might all be great songs, but I'd prefer them to have some meaning to the film. I watched it at home. Edit: I feel like the posts have come across as generally negative. I hope not. I did enjoy it and my overwhelming reaction is positive. it's a very good film and I'd recommend it to someone looking for that kind of film. Edited November 15, 2014 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Guardians Yeah it's very good. Although saying that, I think it's the last half an hour that really makes it. There wasn't much before that that was really that great. Don't think it measures up the Avengers, that's still out in front in comic book films imo. Few things bugged me though. The humour. **** me it was awful. I assume that was to keep the 10 year old kids happy. Why do so many films in this genre do that? Especially the "jokes" around Batista and his lack of understanding sarcasm. Painfully unfunny. The soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, the songs are great, I'm sure it's a great soundtrack to own. But it's completely out of place. So that didn't really work for me. You can't just stick a load of good songs onto a soundtrack. It still has to fit in with the film, imo. And they didn't. I found that really quite weird. Maybe there's some significance to it in the comics? Other than that and a few overly cheesey lines of dialogue they were my only real criticisms. So yeah, I enjoyed it for what it was, a popcorn action flick that you can remove your brain and watch. I won't be rushing to watch it again but it's certainly one of the better films in that genre. 7/10 Weird. The stuff you didn't like were the things I thought made it such a brilliant film. The humour was fresh and genuinely funny. The purely literal understanding from Batista was brilliant. And the soundtrack. Wow, the soundtrack. It shouldn't work, but because it gives the film a retro feel, it makes it much less cartoony. The long scale space ships drifting into view with heavy guitars just blew me away. Out of interest, where did you watch it? I thought the soundtrack was to do with the whole Walkman strand. I enjoyed the film and thought the script was great, very irreverent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 It sounds like Ben (yeah that's right, I know his real name) really hated Guardians of The Galaxy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Tom hardy totally owns Bronson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted November 16, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2014 I may have already recommended this a few years ago earlier in the thread, but after a recent re-watch it's worth putting it in here again: Based on historical events and featuring incredible performances from Lindhardt and (as per usual) Mikkelsen. One of the best war movies i've seen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Tom Hardy totally owns everything he's ever in. He made that spy film watchable FFS. And Lawless. Best actor of my generation. Will go and see The Drop tomorrow. He'll own that. Locke is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 *Adds Stevo and Troon to 'the list'* What list? I still enjoyed the bloody thing! Unless this is some sort of sexy list you're compiling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) I thought the soundtrack was to do with the whole Walkman strand. I enjoyed the film and thought the script was great, very irreverent. It is, you're right. The soundtrack -- aside from being a bit fresh and different to your usual sci-fi action movie -- was almost a character itself. It tethered the audience, and Star-Lord to Earth and reminded him of where he came from, his mother and his humanity and all that spiel. It was something familiar in a very unfamiliar setting. I thought it was a great addition and served a much wider purpose than most soundtracks do in trying to fit with the genre of the film. I loved the film, but I can concede there was a little too much silliness where the humour was concerned. A couple of jokes I was just like, eh, okay, should have quit while you were ahead. I can ignore that though, nothing is perfect. Can't wait to get it on blu-ray in a couple of weeks Edited November 16, 2014 by Ginko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 *Adds Stevo and Troon to 'the list'* What list? I still enjoyed the bloody thing! Unless this is some sort of sexy list you're compiling? Well it depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Few things bugged me though. The humour. **** me it was awful. I assume that was to keep the 10 year old kids happy. Why do so many films in this genre do that? Especially the "jokes" around Batista and his lack of understanding sarcasm. Painfully unfunny. This was what I thought would put you off it entirely. It's not totally the same as Tony Stark's humour, but close enough that I thought you'd hate the film because of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Guardians Yeah it's very good. Although saying that, I think it's the last half an hour that really makes it. There wasn't much before that that was really that great. Don't think it measures up the Avengers, that's still out in front in comic book films imo. Few things bugged me though. The humour. **** me it was awful. I assume that was to keep the 10 year old kids happy. Why do so many films in this genre do that? Especially the "jokes" around Batista and his lack of understanding sarcasm. Painfully unfunny. The soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, the songs are great, I'm sure it's a great soundtrack to own. But it's completely out of place. So that didn't really work for me. You can't just stick a load of good songs onto a soundtrack. It still has to fit in with the film, imo. And they didn't. I found that really quite weird. Maybe there's some significance to it in the comics? Other than that and a few overly cheesey lines of dialogue they were my only real criticisms. So yeah, I enjoyed it for what it was, a popcorn action flick that you can remove your brain and watch. I won't be rushing to watch it again but it's certainly one of the better films in that genre. 7/10 Weird. The stuff you didn't like were the things I thought made it such a brilliant film. The humour was fresh and genuinely funny. The purely literal understanding from Batista was brilliant. And the soundtrack. Wow, the soundtrack. It shouldn't work, but because it gives the film a retro feel, it makes it much less cartoony. The long scale space ships drifting into view with heavy guitars just blew me away. Out of interest, where did you watch it? The humour was fresh?!?! That's bizarre. It was about as fresh as jokes about aeroplane food or the mother in law. They'd have been much better off cutting out the attempts at humour all together. Genuinely the only bit that made me smile was from the tree who had a 4 word vocabulary. Like I said. The soundtrack IS brilliant, in terms of a dozen songs on a CD. I just didn't think it worked as background to a Sci Fi film. Spaceships taking off to the Jackson 5 didn't really do it for me. It's like having a heavy rock soundtrack for a disney film. They might all be great songs, but I'd prefer them to have some meaning to the film. I watched it at home. Edit: I feel like the posts have come across as generally negative. I hope not. I did enjoy it and my overwhelming reaction is positive. it's a very good film and I'd recommend it to someone looking for that kind of film. I wonder how much watching it at home dulled the feel of the soundtrack. And come on, if you think the 'nothing goes over my head' bit wasn't hilarious you have no soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 "Nothing goes over my head, my reflexes are to fast...I will catch it" Brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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