GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

I must admit I had negative expectations of this Marvel Comics movie before I watched it and hence was pleasantly surprised to enjoy it.

In fact, I read that this movie took the box office by surprise too. I attribute it to the charismatic and humorous Chris Pratt, who lit up the screen with his presence in every scene he was in. Everyone suddenly sat up and took notice of the versatile Chris Pratt, who by far didn't seem to be in the league of big boys. I read that in US the women made up the majority of movie-goers for this movie and swooned all over him. They must all be so jealous of his wife Anna Faris, another comedian whom I like. With this movie, I am sure a lot of meaty roles will come his way.

Interestingly, Vin Diesel was the voice for Groot while Bradley Cooper was the voice for Rocket the genetically engineered raccoon. Who could recognize them and Lee Pace, behind the face of Ronan the Accuser, whom was the Elven King Thranduill in 'The Hobbit" series as well as the nomadic vampire Garrett in 'Breaking Dawn - Part 2'?

The easter egg segment though was really meaningless.

Gamora, Peter Quill / Star Lord, Groot and Drax

Do we see Rocket or Bradley?

Guest star Glenn Close as Nova Prime Irani Rael

Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser

HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU

I missed this 2009 movie on love when it was screened at the cinemas but finally managed to catch it when it was recently shown on television. Frankly, I love watching movies with a huge ensemble cast of well-known actors and actresses, so I was looking forward to watching it especially when some were my favourites.


I don't even know where to begin listing down the actors and actresses, so I will do so alphabetically:

• Ben Affleck
• Bradley Cooper
• Drew Barrymore
• Jennifer Aniston
• Jennifer Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Scarlett Johansson

In fact, the only unknown to me is Ginnifer Goodwin, who played the central character looking for love. The movie explored the love relationships between Jennifer A. and Ben, Scarlett, Kevin and Drew, Jennifer C. and Bradley, Justin and Ginnifer. In the end, there were both success and failed stories to be told e.g. a long term relationship seemingly going nowhere ended up in marriage whilst a supposedly happy marriage ended up in divorce. Nothing was really what it seemed as each and every individual had their own takes on and expectations in love, relationships etc, and eventually experienced different outcomes. Some were finally blissfully happy while others were sad and lonely. It goes to show that every relationship is different and one cannot apply a single formula to make them work for everyone.


I felt this movie had a lot of potential to be fantastic but turned out to be a disappointment because there were too many characters involved and there was just insufficient time to explore all of them in detail. What a waste!