Movie Guardians of the Galaxy

[Freo Big Fella]

was thinking about this on monday night. over recent times we have seen more wrestlers take roles in movies:

steve austin (who is stone cold)
batista
randy couture
the rock dwayne johnson
hulk hogan

although they are not actors first and foremost, they do have some skill in the profession. why? cause wrestling is mostly acting!

I went in with ludicrously low expectations for Batista, but I thought he was actually quite good.

Could have similar potential to The Rock as someone who can play the action hero, but this showed he was more than comfortable taking the piss as well. All depends on the script though.

 

[RobbyRoy]

I went in with ludicrously low expectations for Batista, but I thought he was actually quite good.

Could have similar potential to The Rock as someone who can play the action hero, but this showed he was more than comfortable taking the piss as well. All depends on the script though.

Problem is, the Rock has more charisma in one eyebrow than Batista does in his whole body. He can find a niche though.

 

[bok_party]

Problem is, the Rock has more charisma in one eyebrow than Batista does in his whole body. He can find a niche though.

Rock will forever be THE guy to go to for great humour and action but if he is unavailable, then Batista is. He's been taking a lot Of acting classes and can only improve.

 

[peternorth]

i think we all agree that wrestlers are all good actors

 

[manureid]

i think we all agree that wrestlers are all good actors

What are you trying to say?

 

[HenrikLundqvist]

What are you trying to say?

 

[Jafa]

9/10

lost my s**t at this

Yes. Had me in tears.

 

[peternorth]

i listen to this daily

 

[bok_party]

i listen to this daily

That whole scene is amazingly awesome!

 

[peternorth]

That whole scene is amazingly awesome!

really sets the tone for a fun filled action packed extravaganza

 

[manureid]

Taking the kids to see it tonight..my second viewing. Reckon they are gonna love it.

 

[Spiritof82]

Wasn't sure about it before hand as the trailers weren't too exciting but wasn't too bad movie, only a couple of slow bits and maybe could've swapped the Karen Gillan and the blue woman around, Karen Gillan has a lot more talent than whoever that other woman was.

Far better than the last Planet of the Apes movie where the whole 2 hours of that were made up of seeing how many different facial expressions you can get out of a CGI monkey.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Wasn't sure about it before hand as the trailers weren't too exciting but wasn't too bad movie, only a couple of slow bits and maybe could've swapped the Karen Gillan and the blue woman around, Karen Gillan has a lot more talent than whoever that other woman was.

Far better than the last Planet of the Apes movie where the whole 2 hours of that were made up of seeing how many different facial expressions you can get out of a CGI monkey.

Karen Gillan was the blue woman.

 

[bok_party]

Wasn't sure about it before hand as the trailers weren't too exciting but wasn't too bad movie, only a couple of slow bits and maybe could've swapped the Karen Gillan and the blue woman around, Karen Gillan has a lot more talent than whoever that other woman was.

Far better than the last Planet of the Apes movie where the whole 2 hours of that were made up of seeing how many different facial expressions you can get out of a CGI monkey.

Planet of the apes was amazing.

 

[Spiritof82]

Karen Gillan was the blue woman.

She was the psycopathic bald one who looses her arm at the end and falls into a passing ship

 

[Spiritof82]

Planet of the apes was amazing.

I liked the first one as it had a story, the second one just seemed to be a collection of CGI monkey shots and touchy feely scenes

 

[peternorth]

in roughly 3.5 hours i will be viewing this movie (GoTG) for the second time.

 

[ManWithNoName]

She was the psycopathic bald one who looses her arm at the end and falls into a passing ship

Yes. Who was blue.

 

[Marlowe]

Yes. Who was blue.

Must be colour blind.

 

[peternorth]

and watched it again.

not sure if id go watch it a third time as impatience would kick in.

nothing else garnered through second time viewing. was looking for bits missed before.

gamora looks fantastic
in one scene when shes walking away from camera. nice gap and bottom wiggle

 

[eaglespremiers]

So, so, so disappointing. Just boring and pointless. Even the stinger wasn't worth sitting around for 5 minutes for.

Agree with this entirely.
Outside of the cavern scene at the start this movie was entirely forgettable with artificial stakes.

 

[bok_party]

Agree with this entirely.
Outside of the cavern scene at the start this movie was entirely forgettable with artificial stakes.

Hardly forgettable. Enjoyable as *.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Hardly forgettable. Enjoyable as ****.

Well I guess that's why it comes down to opinion.
I struggled to get to the credits and only did because I was on a date.

 

[bok_party]

Well I guess that's why it comes down to opinion.
I struggled to get to the credits and only did because I was on a date.

Haha I know it's down to opinion. Perhaps the hype was too much and it failed in comparison.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Haha I know it's down to opinion. Perhaps the hype was too much and it failed in comparison.

I wanted to like it. I really did.
I'm not a huge Marvel comic fan. I'd rate Winter Soldier as my favourite of the bunch by a fair way. But I'd heard such good things about this movie.
However, the combination of a phoned-in antagonist and that feeling of complete inevitability as to where the movie was going to end up made it feel stale rather than fresh to me.