Friday, February 21, 2014

MY DOUBTS ABOUT GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY AND CAPTAIN AMERICA:WINTER SOLDIER


This post might be more for comic book fans but it does involve movies so I’ll post here.  I have some doubts about The Guardians of the Galaxy film and the Captain America sequel Winter Soldier based on the trailers and what I’ve read.  Hate to be a comic book purist but both these films look like crap.

1) The original Guardians of the Galaxy were so much more original and bad ass and interesting. More about them here  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(1969_team) The New Guardians of the Galaxy is one of the worst reboots in comic book history.  Rocket Racoon really???? Too bad they are the focus of this film and not Vance Astro, Martinex, Charlie 27, etc. Only thing that interests me about the GoG movie is if they discuss Gamora’s relationship with Thanos (adopted daughter).

2.) The problem with the Captain America sequel is the Winter Soldier character itself.  Bucky Barnes was Captain America’s sidekick in the comic and a major part of CA mythology.  In the first Captain America film, Bucky was a minor character whose presumed death was not that meaningful therefore I see the movie losing a lot of emotional depth if it tries to recreate the comic book.  Basically, the Winter Soldier has no extra meaning, just a run of the mill villain without Bucky's back history

Movies made by people who don’t know comic books UGH!   

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