re: Just started Guardians of the Galaxy.

This is one of the movies where no matter how many people say how great it is, I have no desire to watch it. I'm sure I will see it eventually though.

Pretty good movie. Very funny.

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I'm as big a fan of GotG as there is around here and I still don't agree with this.

I think it's less straight up hating because it's popular and more, just being more direct in their ideas about why they didn't enjoy a film.

There are plenty of films that don't entertain everyone. This is nothing new.

To put it simply, I don't think someone who dislikes GotG is doing it because it's popular, I think someone disliking GotG probably dislikes the movie but find more concrete ways to dislike BECAUSE it is popular.

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I think it is a process.

-person hears it is awesome
-person hears it is super awesome
-person sees the movie
-person thinks it is great, but not as great as they thought due to unrealistic expectations created
-person declares it "good but overrated"
-person has to defend the statement while defending, has to bash the movie over and over
-person has now convinced themselves that the movie is terrible, despite initially thinking it was great.

or something like that

Yeah I saw it finally hit the net. Can't wait to get home and download it.

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They tried to pack a trilogy worth of movie into a single film.

DoFP (comic) had so much build up and back story.

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I agree DoFP could have been a great trilogy.

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I think it is a process.

-person hears it is awesome
-person hears it is super awesome
-person sees the movie
-person thinks it is great, but not as great as they thought due to unrealistic expectations created
-person declares it "good but overrated"
-person has to defend the statement while defending, has to bash the movie over and over
-person has now convinced themselves that the movie is terrible, despite initially thinking it was great.

or something like that

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Ding! Ding! Ding!

And thus the anti-hype wars began last year.

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people who stop movies to post (or post while a movie is playing) are the worst

borderline trashy

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people who post stuff like this, i believe are Pathetic and desiring attention. I bet your momma denied you her tit as a baby.

I was also late to the game here because I so disliked many of the avenger movies (I did like CA2, IM1 and IH)

Chris Pratt certainly channeled his inner Han Solo and I was really impressed with Bradley Cooper...a surprising amount of emotion for a light hearted adventure.


Still, nothing this summer even came close to topping dawn of the planet of the apes for me.

Well, I do think GotG is the most "Marvel" of the Marvel films, so it's sort of the Rosetta Stone of the DC/Marvel debate. GotG is gleeful fun. It takes the characters seriously, which is important, and not much else. DC movies are far more grounded and self-serious. If you dislike the Marvel aesthetic, this is the movie that will drive you insane.

I mean, it's got a walking tree and a talking squirrel.