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on: April 13, 2017, 08:10:02 PM

Movie was fine if wholly predictable. Like, a 6 out of 10.

The last 3 minutes took it down to like a 3/10.

So many possible directions to take the ending and they came up with a terrible one I couldn't come up with on my own.
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Reply #1 on: April 14, 2017, 12:52:48 AM

Out of curiosity, what sort of direction would have been your preferred ending?

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Reply #2 on: April 14, 2017, 05:25:57 AM

I was amazed at how little chemistry there was between Star-Lord and Katpiss. Good actors though.
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Reply #3 on: April 14, 2017, 07:02:43 AM

I liked the bit where J-Law finds out what really happened, that was pretty well done but the ending was dull.

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Reply #4 on: April 14, 2017, 08:12:24 AM

The trailer had me interested, but once I found out "the twist," that interest just evaporated.

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Reply #5 on: April 14, 2017, 09:39:55 AM

The trailer had me interested, but once I found out "the twist," that interest just evaporated.

What's the twist?
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Reply #6 on: April 14, 2017, 09:50:26 AM

Out of curiosity, what sort of direction would have been your preferred ending?

Here is one preferred ending:


I really liked the movie, but there were so many things wrong with it that I can't recommend it to anyone. Consider that Chris Pratt is playing an engineer and compare his actions to Matt Damon in The Martian, who also plays an engineer, and the level of dumb in this movie is hard to believe.
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Reply #7 on: April 14, 2017, 10:25:09 AM

The trailer had me interested, but once I found out "the twist," that interest just evaporated.

What's the twist?


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Reply #8 on: April 17, 2017, 08:49:36 AM

The trailer had me interested, but once I found out "the twist," that interest just evaporated.

What's the twist?


 
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Reply #9 on: April 17, 2017, 09:48:00 AM

My god this was ridiculously predictable. Just, stunningly so. Every single step of the way you knew exactly what was going to happen next. Was it written by an automated system too?

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Reply #10 on: April 17, 2017, 01:17:46 PM

Heh, the original script had a bit of a darker ending, but they canned it for the Hollywood take:


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Reply #11 on: April 17, 2017, 02:03:48 PM

See. That's way better.
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Reply #12 on: April 17, 2017, 02:04:53 PM

My god this was ridiculously predictable. Just, stunningly so. Every single step of the way you knew exactly what was going to happen next. Was it written by an automated system too?

Does every movie have to be unpredictable? I mean, yes, this movie was predictable af. But still.
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Reply #13 on: April 18, 2017, 01:10:20 AM

No, but I can forgive a lot of predictability if the acting's better. Chris Pratt is trying to grow out of being Andy from Parks & Rec, I'll give him that, but he's got a long way to go. Jennifer Lawrence just leaves me cold. She's got dead eyes.

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Reply #14 on: April 18, 2017, 03:42:24 PM

this is gonna sound sexist

and I promise it isn't

but JLaw cries in like every movie

and she has a terrible crying face
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Reply #15 on: April 18, 2017, 11:17:33 PM

Yeah I agree. She looks like she's trying to squeeze out a codeine turd sideways when she cries.

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