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‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ – Please sir, may I have some more?
September 30, 2014Grizzled comics veterans like me may remember a previous incarnation of the Guardians – an equally ill-assorted bunch from 3,000 years in the future trying to wrest the Galaxy from its alien conquerors – but the current line-up is a disparate bunch of characters created by the likes of Jim Starlin and Bill Mantlo back in the 1970s and ’80s and only brought together in recent years. Turning this motley crew into anything resembling a super-team is no easy matter; Guardians never lets you forget that its roster of reluctant heroes don’t even share cultural references or linguistic idioms, let alone a common purpose, and the film gets some great comic mileage out of things lost in translation or misunderstood. Drax doesn’t understand the notion of metaphor (“Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it”.), Rocket doesn’t know what a raccoon is, and Gamora has certainly never come across key Earth texts like Footloose or heard of Kevin Bacon. This lack of common cultural bonds – each character firmly believes that the others are either insane or imbecilic, and frequently says so – means they have to discover something they do share. In this case, it’s loss – of home, parents, identity – and it’s the forging of a common purpose that ultimately brings them together. In that sense, Guardians is a universal tale about the formation of a new family out of the ashes of dispossession – and thanks to the sharp script, direction and performances it’s charmingly told.
‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ top grossing movie of 2014
September 1, 2014The “Guardians of the Galaxy” misfits reached a new box office stratosphere over the U.S. Labor Day weekend, soaring past fellow Marvel hero “Captain America” to become the highest-grossing domestic movie of 2014
Chris Pratt from chunk to hunk for ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’
July 1, 2014Chris Pratt dropped 60 pounds in six months to better play Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy.
The chiseled 35-year-old heads up the highly-anticipated Marvel Studios’ space adventure – due out August 1 – alongside Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, and Benicio Del Toro.
The Parks and Recreation funnyman enlisted nutritionist Phil Goglia and trainer Duffy Gaver to spearhead his recent transformation.