Guardians of the Galaxy is the latest entry into the Marvel cinematic universe and ended up being the surprise hit of 2014 this far. I really enjoyed the overall feel of this movie. Thanks to a killer cast led by the personable Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and the HILARIOUS Dave Bautista (in his first major role), director James Gunn was able to introduce a new set of "superheroes" to the movie-going public. Buoyed by an eclectic soundtrack that accentuates the fun on-screen and powered by outstanding voice-over work by Bradley Cooper
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The Skeleton Twins is director Craig Johnson's small independent look at an estranged brother and sister duo played by SNL vets Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader who each have independent brushes with death on the same day and grow closer as a result. Both Wiig and Hader are excellent in these roles and their natural chemistry carries the film. The mannerisms that Hader uses in playing a gay man in this film reminded me a lot of his character Stefon from SNL. Overall this is a fun and slightly depressing movie. Luke Wilson is pretty good as the quasi-frat husband of Wiig's character and Modern Family's Ty Burrell give a good creepy performance as a former flame of Hader's. My favorite scene of the film is a hilarious lip-syncing moment in which Hader and Wiig goof off to Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now." The movie is slow at times and really isn't overly memorable but it is worth a rental for the SNL icons' performances alone. 3.5 out of 5 JRs for this welcome slice of dramedy.
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On the near horizon are a slew of films I want to see, headlined by Christopher Nolan's Interstellar and David Fincher's Gone Girl. I feel like the best of 2014 is yet to come.
2 comments:
Did you seriously just refer to Vin Diesel's voice-over work in GOTG as "outstanding"? He played a tree that couldn't talk!!!
But he IS GROOT! Ha... I should have put outstanding for Cooper only.. you are right. I will edit. Thanks for reading!
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