Everything I've wanted to quote and post my two cents to, here ya go reading my thoughts and responding damn near verbatim. Seriously, the last three pages or so. GET OUT OF MY MIND
I think he needs another film to show off his acting chops juuuust a bit more. Kind of like Lawrence going from Hunger Games to Silver Linings Playbook, he needs a movie in a different genre. With that said, I'm sure Pratt wouldn't mind being a TV star for the majority of his career. Money is money is money.
He was in Zero Dark 30, this and the lead in the new Jurassic Park. He's gonna be getting that tier 1 money, yo.
Major rep for the "Wall-E" reference. In my view, the best sci-fi was always that which examined the interactions of man and technology and the consequences thereof (Colossus: The Forbin Project, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep), or that which examined the role of man in future environments (Stranger In A Strange Land, The Left Hand Of Darkness) and the cultural implications thereof. This is fiction that exists on a much deeper level and requires a more critical presentation than you'd find in B movies that originate from the pulp magazines that are comic books. Quite often, you will find yourself with material that simply cannot be rendered properly in a motion picture setting in such a way as to be commercially viable. Two such properties come to mind: Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land" and Clarke's "Childhood's End". With Stranger, there is little doubt that given the current level of CGI, one can emulate the look and feel of the book, the complex themes of culture, religion and sociology would prove daunting to present in a motion picture format. Same thing with Childhood - I cannot imagine how one would depict the evolution of hundreds or millions of children who are no longer "human" (the last generation of children on earth) into a single group mind preparing to join the galactic Overmind in a 3D or IMAX in such a way as to provide a coherent motion picture experience. I mean, where's the action? The space battles? The kick-ass fight scenes? The hot alien chicks for our hero to pursue? This level of thought provoking story is what I feel is missing from today's sci-fi. Maybe you are right, we will come back and soon. I, for one, surely hope so.
I loved Chris Pratt ever since he first started off in Parks & Rec. One my most favorite actors. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dXREEVpjloo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This was completely improvised as well haha. Parks & Rec definitely filled the void that the Office left for me.
Another excellent post, as was Spacemoth's. Love the reference to novels I read when they came out and loved. Clarke's Childhood's End, Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand Of Darkness were all favorites of mine. I still have the SF Bookclub hardcovers on my shelves. But Dick? Who the hell was he? :-O-
I think his role in Jurassic Park (I think it's called Jurassic World?) is going to vault him to tier 1 status.
Movie was good, nothing fantastic though. 8 out of 10. Really hilarious, but the action was really...typical. And the villain was weak. Outside of Loki, I've never really cared for Marvel villains. But its okay, cause the movie works as a comedy.
This is why I like and enjoy Marvel movies. They don't hire douchebag directors that change the comics on purpose for no reason and try to stay true to the comics. I read the Annihilation arc for Marvel where the GotG took pretty big roles, and they did a decent job with the first movie. I wish the villainy and universe was bigger, but it was streamlined for box office success and it's good enough.
So I haven't seen a movie twice in a theater in a long time. I was thinking about going to see this again because I loved it. For those that have done so, was it worth it? Did it detract from the experience? Did you like it better the first or second time?
Saw it a second time because my wife wasn't with me the first time. It was still pretty funny but not great.
I liked it just as much the second time, if not better. I'd pay to see it a third time if that wasn't just ridiculous.
Wow, you guys I now just realize the black light joke. That one just flew over my head, never noticing what it really meant or who Jackson Pollock was.
