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Chris Pratt Lands GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Lead
Chris Pratt Lands GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Lead
After countless shortlist stories and rumors concerning who would play Star-Lord in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the search for the lead role is finally over, and fittingly the actor is someone who never appeared on any of the aforementioned lists. Deadline reports that Chris Pratt has been tapped to play Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, a character who was born of a human mother and alien father, and is a master strategist and combat expert who wears an ability-enhancing suit and pilots a psychically-linked ship. As Guardians features a cast of strange and cosmic characters, Quill was an important role to fill because he will likely act as the audience’s introduction to the vast, unfamiliar Guardians world. Hit the jump for more. There were plenty of actors rumored for the role that made a lot of sense (John Krasinski, Zachary Levi, etc.), and Deadline notes that Marvel made test deals with Joel Edgerton, Jack Huston, Lee Pace, and Eddie Redmayne, but Chris Pratt actually seems like a perfect fit. His comic timing is excellent as evidenced by his work on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, and he’s shown his talent on the dramatic side with Moneyball and 2012’s Zero Dark Thirty, for which he also proved that he can beef up for a role if need-be. Looking back on the previous shortlists and taking Pratt into consideration, it’s clear that writer/director James Gunn is planning on injecting a good amount of humor into Guardians of the Galaxy. A rumor surfaced recently that Marvel was looking at possibly tapping Jim Carrey or Adam Sandler to do voice work in the film (one of the guardians is a talking raccoon), so I’m interested to see the tone that Gunn settles on for the finished film. With the role of Star-Lord secure, Gunn and Marvel now look to filling out the rest of the cast, which includes the powerful Drax the Destroyer, a giant tree named Groot, the aforementioned Rocket Raccoon, and the female lead Gamora. The story is also rumored to involve the villain Thanos. Expect to hear more soon as production gears up to begin later this year. Guardians of the Galaxy will be released in 3D on August 1, 2014. |
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This movie was very entertaining and funny, didn't take itself real seriously.
I'm not big on Marvel movies and maybe catch them mostly when they get to the TV. This one i recommend on the big screen even the little woman liked it. |
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You guys gotta get over the accents thing. It's Marvel's way of denoting different parts of the universe everybody's from. People have been bitching about Yondu's southern drawl nonstop.
If you're going to get hung up on accents, keep in mind: in the Marvel cinematic universe, everybody but Groot speaks English. And even Groot's words resemble English. |
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08-11-2014, 07:21 AM | #394 |
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08-11-2014, 07:47 AM | #395 |
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Spoiler!
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08-11-2014, 08:03 AM | #396 |
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By the way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSj4vmbyh5M The 70s soundtrack to this movie. You're ****ing welcome, everybody. Been listening to it all morning. |
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08-11-2014, 09:02 AM | #399 |
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Lee Pace (Ronan) was in a completely different movie from everyone else. The first 15 minutes I actually didn't think I could make it through the movie. Beyond clunky exposition, bad acting, bad production design. Over the top melodrama. Horrible.
Enter: Chris Pratt's self-referential humor. Movie=saved. When the movie tried in any way to take itself seriously it was just relentlessly painful. Every single time they let the actors make fun of the scene - including John C. Reilly who THANK GOD got to be funny with Glen Close - the movie just soared above expectations. It's almost like, until you were in a scene with Chris Pratt, your character was boring, over dramatic and stiff. Then, they give you a scene with Pratt and suddenly you're hilarious. I wonder if it was intentional. |
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08-11-2014, 09:27 AM | #400 |
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08-11-2014, 09:46 AM | #401 |
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Not a horrible list. Not great either, though.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=100318 |
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08-11-2014, 10:06 AM | #402 |
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Tidbit on Quill's dad:
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08-12-2014, 11:48 PM | #404 |
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Everyone told me this movie was good. I was made to go see it. What a shitfest. There was still, literally a freaking talking tree and a racoon. One of the stupidest movies ive ever seen. Not quite as bad as lord of the rings and harry potter, but pretty ****ing bad
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08-12-2014, 11:51 PM | #405 |
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You don't seem like you like many comic book or sci-fi movies. Why do you continue to go see them?
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