GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

 

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  In a few weeks Guardians of the Galaxy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will hit theaters. Both of these films are coming out at the very end of the summer movie season. Studios usually release movies in August because the movie is risky financially. Neither of these films can do bad because they're launching new movie franchises.

  The things that Ninja Turtles has going for it are Megan Fox, Micheal Bay, and nostalgia. Everyone knows who the turtles are. I grew up with these characters. Cheesy pizza and martial arts was and always has been the Turtles trademarks.Micheal Bay is producing this film. His name is PLASTERED all over the advertising. His success with the Transformers movie franchise had a hand in this.  You can  even see Bay's filming style in the previews even though its directed by Jonathan Liebesman.

 

   The hot pocket actress Megan Fox plays April O'Neil. This is the first role for her in a while  where she isin't the typical eye candy. Her clothes are on this time. Hasbro is hoping that this combination will sell the movie. The designs of the turtles are questionable.  This movie isin't exactly jumping at me like it should. I don't think that Megan Fox was the best choice for April. Her dialogue just seems wooden.  The Shredder looks like the best part of the film. His suit and just overall demeanor look right.

 

 

 

 

   Guardians of the Galaxy has also has few things going for it. MARVEL is backing this movie. Right now Marvel is the top comic book studio in Hollywood. Avengers made over a billion dollars. This is a risk movie for Marvel. It will show whether or not they can expand their universe successfully with lesser known properties.  The Guardians are a generally unknown group of superhero's so it should be interesting to see.  The previews have really stressed who each character is for those who don't know about them.

 

 

   Vin Diesel, Benicio Del Toro, Chris Pratt,  Bradley Cooper, and Zoe Zaldana are just a few of the diverse cast members. I'm not sure how I feel about this movie. Just like Turtles nothing is jumping at me. There's cool scenes , but nothing that warrants me driving to the theater and paying to see it.

   Overall, Turtles and Guardians feel  like they're on the same level.  In terms of box office success I seriously don't know who will make more. It could easily go either way. I would love it if both movies ended up having great stories ,especially Turtles. Let me know what your thoughts are. Which movie do you think will make the most amount of money and why?

 

 

 

 

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 If  Ninja Turtles is bad I wont be able to look at pizza the same way ever again.