regmcfly wrote:Me and Temps have had major discussions about GotG. Problem isn't the director - one look at his other specialities confirms that - but the restrictions of the Marvel Universe. They got a "cool name" director to do it, which is becoming a Marvel standard (cf. Cap Am 2, Avengers, Iron Man 1,3) but then they're still very much restrained the the marvel mince machine - it makes mince, whether it is in space or on earth.
Don't get me wrong, I thought GotG was pretty good, and certainly the best Marvel movie in a long time, but Gunn has dropped hints on the film he WANTED to make, which would have been very R and NSFTK, which suggests more to do with the hand of Arad and the all-ighty-ollar than Gunn.
WorKid wrote:There's not that much a director can do - especially when there's a licence and it's a Marvel film anyway. He didn't write the fucking thing.
Moot_Geeza wrote:
1. Calvary
2. Under the Skin
3. Enemy
4. Starred Up
5. Babadook
6. Wolf of Wall Street
7. Dallas Buyer's Club
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
9. Gone Girl
10. Inside Llewyn Davis
The Daddy wrote:Finished listening to Kermode and Mayo's review of the year today, their fave film was
which I thought looked rubbish from the trailers, but apparently it's not bad. Interesting that it's not on anyone's shortlist though. Has anyone seen it?Spoiler:
GooberTheHat wrote:I think I've only watched 3 films from last year. Just watched Lucy. I didn't make my top 5.
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