Moving sucks. It has played merry hell with my posting schedule so I am just now getting to the recap of movies I saw last weekend. The good news is that we are through Phase II and will hopefully be wrapping up this multi-part series very soon.
Guardians of the Galaxy - Ah, the first truly space-based Marvel film. Remember when this was considered a huge gamble for Disney to put such largely unknown characters out front-and-center? And now they're the emotional touchstones of the entire franchise. ...Which Disney is attempting to burn to the ground by shelving GotG3 indefinitely. But we're not going to focus on that because it just makes me angry and depressed! Instead, we're going to talk about how the film still works really, really well in setting up this group of misfits and the introduction of the third Infinity Stone. "We are Groot" is still a tearjerker and the soundtrack still kills. The only thing that was kind of weird was seeing Yondu as more of a villain when we know what a fucking teddy bear he is by GotG2.
The Avengers: Age of Ultron - I can't believe I forgot how much I loved James Spader as Ultron. There really needs to be a retroactive Oscar for voice acting because he was incredible. Every sneer, every ounce of arrogance and menace is conveyed purely by tone and cadence. The CGI artists did a great job giving Ultron a face, granted, but without an incredibly expressive voice so much of the character would have been lost.
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