So over the past weekend I was in West Virginia visiting family and since we arrived there temptation had me all giddy and filled with joy. Most hotels have some decent place to eat at near by and maybe some little shopping centers as well. THIS HOTEL HAD A MOVIE THEATER RIGHT BESIDE IT!! So on the next last day I decided to make a trip over there to see Guardians Of The Galaxy. Now I must admit most Marvel movies Ive seen have been because of my fandom towards the comics but Guardians really never appealed to me in comic form. I checked a few one shots of Rocket Racoon and flipped some pages from an older GOTG issue but I just couldn't get into it. The movie however looked like fun so as a fan of Marvel Studios I decided to give it a shot. Walking into the theater a guy around my age roughly in his mid to late 20's was talking to a friend that GOTG and he quote " Man! It was better than the Avengers!" And I was thinking "Wow! Maybe Marvel packed this movie with a big budget, cameos,and explosions to make a terrorist bombing look like a child's firework show." So it me excited going into it. After watching it I decided that dude was all wrapped up in the shiny toy syndrome. Its like having a favorite toy and then the next toy you get is your "real favorite toy" and the other one gets the can. So personally I had to disagree with his opinion. Below I broke my opinion of Guardians and my opinion of which fiml I thought was better and why.
Guardians Of The Galaxy
WHAT I LOVED First off Starlords Mixtapes were super bad ass through out the film giving a soundtrack a much different vibe from Marvel's Typical and Heroic Orchestrated Battle Hymns. The cast was great and I really wish I could be Vin Diesal right now knowing that guy made bank from this film by simply voicing a cgi character and only saying 1 to 4 words. Besides our Guardians some other awesome and familiar cast were John C Riley who was known for being Will Ferrell partner in crime in Step Brothers and Taledega Nights. There a few more I knew by face but couldnt remember thier names and I dont feel like looking them up :-/. The film had a good story and was filled with non stop action through out the film. AND THANOS!!
WHAT I DISLIKED I was hoping Thanos to have more scenes :(. Groot needed a bigger vocabulary.
OVERALL I enjoyed it. I don't think it was the greatest Marvel film but it was pretty up there considering Marvel's vision to expand the universe of comics into the big screen. It wasn't the typical single heroed film about saving New York City. The film was filled with a whole lot of Sci -Fi which was the reason the comic never appealed to me. But as a movie I can say it was enjoyable and will be another blu ray for the collection.
AVENGERS VS GUARDIANS The avengers was filled with Iconic Super Heroes and each character had there own film building up to getting the gang together. The Avengers release was under Development for almost a decade and took about 6 years to assemble the crew on film. The Guardians film was announced at last years or year before at Comic Con International and then up on the big screen around 2 years after announcing the project. IN MY OPINION and IF I HAD TO CHOOSE The Avengers was a dream team on film that delivered 110% and Guardians was a good film to kick off the evolution of Marvel's cinematic universe. I think THE AVENGERS was a better film hands down for the reasons I listed above. What do you think?
Guardians Of The Galaxy
WHAT I LOVED First off Starlords Mixtapes were super bad ass through out the film giving a soundtrack a much different vibe from Marvel's Typical and Heroic Orchestrated Battle Hymns. The cast was great and I really wish I could be Vin Diesal right now knowing that guy made bank from this film by simply voicing a cgi character and only saying 1 to 4 words. Besides our Guardians some other awesome and familiar cast were John C Riley who was known for being Will Ferrell partner in crime in Step Brothers and Taledega Nights. There a few more I knew by face but couldnt remember thier names and I dont feel like looking them up :-/. The film had a good story and was filled with non stop action through out the film. AND THANOS!!
WHAT I DISLIKED I was hoping Thanos to have more scenes :(. Groot needed a bigger vocabulary.
OVERALL I enjoyed it. I don't think it was the greatest Marvel film but it was pretty up there considering Marvel's vision to expand the universe of comics into the big screen. It wasn't the typical single heroed film about saving New York City. The film was filled with a whole lot of Sci -Fi which was the reason the comic never appealed to me. But as a movie I can say it was enjoyable and will be another blu ray for the collection.
AVENGERS VS GUARDIANS The avengers was filled with Iconic Super Heroes and each character had there own film building up to getting the gang together. The Avengers release was under Development for almost a decade and took about 6 years to assemble the crew on film. The Guardians film was announced at last years or year before at Comic Con International and then up on the big screen around 2 years after announcing the project. IN MY OPINION and IF I HAD TO CHOOSE The Avengers was a dream team on film that delivered 110% and Guardians was a good film to kick off the evolution of Marvel's cinematic universe. I think THE AVENGERS was a better film hands down for the reasons I listed above. What do you think?