"We are heroes like Kevin Bacon!": Guardians of the Galaxy reaction post
Y'all, me and my girls redcandle17 and theladyscribe saw GOTG last night and it was soooooo good. Highly recommended, two thumbs (or tentacles) up, certainly the funniest MCU movie so far and full of the Power of Friendship, brightly colored action, and glee.
Peter challenging Ronan the Accuser to a DANCE-OFF was the best thing ever.
Rocket steals the show, and Bradley Cooper unexpectedly brings some pathos to his voice when Rocket drunkenly laments that he didn't ask to be made.
Sapling Groot! *cooes*
Nebula and Ronan seem like they were in some other movie entirely as their tone was so off from the rest of the cast.
Drax's delighted laughter in the face of danger -- so lovable!
Thank you god, Cosmo is now canon in the MCU.
Nova Prime on the Kree ambassador: "Prick." Glenn Close nailed that comedic timing.
Also, predictably fandom is already doing the concern-trolling handwringing over Gamora's portrayal in this film. I find it amazing that when we do get action heroines in Marvel films, the fandom rallies to downplay her accomplishments and compare her unfavorably to Natasha, proving once again that no matter what, female characters will be marginalized and be pitted against one another.
1. Gamora is a faux action girl! Gamora is an assassin. She couldn't have predicted that Rocket and Groot would interfere on Xandar; had they not, she would've taken the Orb from Peter and the plot would've ended right there. She more than held her own in the prison riot and she schooled Nebula. The only time we see her skills fail her is when the other prisoners gang up on her, and then as soon as there's a distraction she takes advantage of it immediately.
2. Gamora is extraneous to the plot; she's just there to be the token girl. Gamora's insider knowledge is the ONLY reason the GOTG, the Ravagers, and the Nova Corps fended off the Dark Aster. Without her, they wouldn't have known the ship's weak spots, they couldn't have gotten past Nebula, and they couldn't have shut off power to Ronan's command center.
3. Gamora was a damsel in distress who had to be saved all the time. EVERYONE on the team saved everyone else at different points. They would all have died if Groot hadn't sacrificed himself to form a cocoon around them as the Dark Aster went down. Gamora would've died in space if Peter hadn't turned himself in to Yondu. The GOTG and all of Xandar would've been all kinds of dead if Rocket hadn't managed to assemble a superweapon out of spare parts in record time. And Peter would've probably imploded into sticky goo if Gamora hadn't grabbed his hand and lent him her strength (followed by the others). My point is that Gamora is as much a damsel and a hero as any of the others.
Also, it was Gamora who insisted on turning the Orb over to the Nova Corps. Peter wanted to sell it to the Collector and be done with it. Rocket wanted to flee to the other side of the galaxy and live it up before Ronan killed them all. It's Gamora who puts them on the path to doing the ethical thing once she realizes how powerful and uncontrollable the Orb truly is.
Peter challenging Ronan the Accuser to a DANCE-OFF was the best thing ever.
Rocket steals the show, and Bradley Cooper unexpectedly brings some pathos to his voice when Rocket drunkenly laments that he didn't ask to be made.
Sapling Groot! *cooes*
Nebula and Ronan seem like they were in some other movie entirely as their tone was so off from the rest of the cast.
Drax's delighted laughter in the face of danger -- so lovable!
Thank you god, Cosmo is now canon in the MCU.
Nova Prime on the Kree ambassador: "Prick." Glenn Close nailed that comedic timing.
Also, predictably fandom is already doing the concern-trolling handwringing over Gamora's portrayal in this film. I find it amazing that when we do get action heroines in Marvel films, the fandom rallies to downplay her accomplishments and compare her unfavorably to Natasha, proving once again that no matter what, female characters will be marginalized and be pitted against one another.
1. Gamora is a faux action girl! Gamora is an assassin. She couldn't have predicted that Rocket and Groot would interfere on Xandar; had they not, she would've taken the Orb from Peter and the plot would've ended right there. She more than held her own in the prison riot and she schooled Nebula. The only time we see her skills fail her is when the other prisoners gang up on her, and then as soon as there's a distraction she takes advantage of it immediately.
2. Gamora is extraneous to the plot; she's just there to be the token girl. Gamora's insider knowledge is the ONLY reason the GOTG, the Ravagers, and the Nova Corps fended off the Dark Aster. Without her, they wouldn't have known the ship's weak spots, they couldn't have gotten past Nebula, and they couldn't have shut off power to Ronan's command center.
3. Gamora was a damsel in distress who had to be saved all the time. EVERYONE on the team saved everyone else at different points. They would all have died if Groot hadn't sacrificed himself to form a cocoon around them as the Dark Aster went down. Gamora would've died in space if Peter hadn't turned himself in to Yondu. The GOTG and all of Xandar would've been all kinds of dead if Rocket hadn't managed to assemble a superweapon out of spare parts in record time. And Peter would've probably imploded into sticky goo if Gamora hadn't grabbed his hand and lent him her strength (followed by the others). My point is that Gamora is as much a damsel and a hero as any of the others.
Also, it was Gamora who insisted on turning the Orb over to the Nova Corps. Peter wanted to sell it to the Collector and be done with it. Rocket wanted to flee to the other side of the galaxy and live it up before Ronan killed them all. It's Gamora who puts them on the path to doing the ethical thing once she realizes how powerful and uncontrollable the Orb truly is.