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en seeing the Guardians
of the Galaxy teaser trailer
earlier this year, I’ve been
excited for the film—and I
wasn't disappointed after
seeing the real thing. While
the latest instalment in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
draws from a much more
obscure branch of their source
material, it brings something
fresh and new to the table.
Marvel Studio’s 10th
instalment follows Peter Quill
a.k.a. Star-Lord (Chris Pratt),

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: a thief who was taken from

: Earth asa child and brought
: up by mercenaries. Through
: a series of events including

: avery entertaining prison

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break, Peter and a group of
outlaws join forces. They end
up trying to stop Ronan, a
terrorist who's looking to use

: an object referred to as “the
: orb” to destroy civilizations.

Pratt does a great job bring-

: ing both emotional depth and

: humour to the film. The rest of
: the cast is filled with memora-
: ble characters such as Gamora
: (Zoé Saldana), a formidable

: assassin with a great backstory;
: Drax (Dave Bautista), a maniac
: who doesn’t understand any of
: Peter’s metaphors; and Groot

: (Vin Diesel), a walking tree

: who is insanely cute but has

: no trouble killing tons of bad

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: guys. However, Rocket (Bradley
: Cooper) is the one who steals

: the show by not only being a

: talking raccoon with a gun,

: but alsoa mechanical genius

: with a ton of personality.

From the awesome ‘7os

: and ‘80s soundtrack featur-

: ing songs like “Hooked ona

: Feeling” by Blue Swede, to the

: vivid use of colour and CGI, to

: the whacky set and character

: designs, it’s clear that Marvel

: is giving us something dif-

: ferent than what we're used

: to. We’re no longer dealing

: with superheroes like Captain

: America or Iron Man—instead
: we're dealing with a group of

: outlaws who aren't even saving
: Earth. What’s also different

: is that this movie doesn’t take

: your hand and try to explain

: sci-fi elements or backstories,

Seen something worth sharing?
Contact: Chery! Minns, Arts Editor

Marts@theotherpress.ca

www. theotherpress.ca

: instead it leaves you to inter-
: pret all that for yourself.

Marvel is known for a great

: use of both drama and humour
: in their movies, and this film
: isno exception. However,

: it seems to flip between the

: two at a much faster rate than
: before. The humour is also

: alot more dominant. This

: makes the film much more

: entertaining at points, but

: also sometimes makes it feel

: alittle goofier and less believ-
: able than other instalments

: in this cinematic universe.

While this movie stands

: out in many respects, the plot
: can be generic at times. The
: main baddie of the film, Ronan, :
: is one of those characters who
: findsa powerful McGuffin and
: plans to do evil things with it.
: While I’d say the character is

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: more interesting than Malekith
: was in Thor: The Dark World,

: he definitely could have been

: more fleshed out. It also doesn’t
: help that another villain with

: much larger implications

: for the Marvel Cinematic

: Universe (a future Avengers

: film perhaps?) makes an

: appearance early on in the film.

While Guardians of the

: Galaxy definitely isn’t per-

: fect, director James Gunn

: makes up for it in personality.
: Marvel is giving us something
: refreshing that doesn’t take

: itself too seriously and I think
: that’s exactly what the Marvel
: universe needs right now.

I definitely recommend

: you go watch this film in

: theatres, and make sure

: to stay for the post-credits

: scene fora few more laughs!

 

Explore life and imperfection at ‘Gestures’

» Life drawing exhibit at Amelia Douglas Gallery

Cheryl Minns

. Arts Editor
Marts
@theotherpress.ca

Ane of artwork

rom New Westminster’s
Heritage Life Drawing Society
will be on display in the latest
Amelia Douglas Gallery show,
Gestures. From August 8 to
September 5, the show features
a variety of works that showcase
the human form from seven
local artists: Judith Copland,
Dale Costanzo, Dorothy
Doherty, Ted Mason, Terry

 

: Rammell, and Gillian Wright.

Rammell describes

: Gestures as a way for viewers to
: explore the process that artists
: go through in creating a life

: drawing, including artwork

: in the show that varies from

: basic sketches to finished

: masterpieces.

: “We have all different levels, :
: all different mediums. People — :
: come from every walk of life to
: it with all different experiences.
: It’s kind of our little journey

: on the way to do something

: wonderful and exciting,” she

: told the Other Press.

Copland admits that life

: drawing can be more difficult
: than other art forms but also
: more rewarding.

“Figure work is one of

: the most challenging. I am

: exhausted after a three-hour

: session of seeing, thinking, and
: executing the poses,” she wrote

to the Other Press.
Nonetheless, “the world

: would bea less interesting place
: if we did not have the scores of

: portraits and figurative works

: to look back on. It shows usa

: bit more of ourselves,” wrote

: Copland, who has artwork in the

: show from her early watercolour :
: works in 1997 to her latest oil
: painting done this spring.

As part of the New West

: Cultural Crawl, Gestures will

: feature a live model on August
: g from a.m. to 2 p.m. for

: guests to try their hand at

: figure drawing. Art supplies

: are available for guests’ use,

: provided by Opus Framing and
: Art Supplies.

Join the artists for a free

: talk on the works featured in

: Gestures and the show’s closing
: reception on September 5 from
: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Amelia

Douglas Gallery at the Douglas

: College New Westminster
: campus.

The Heritage Life Drawing

: Society meets every Thursday
: evening from 5:45 to 8:45 p.m.
: at CG Masters Animation

: School in the 8th Street

: SkyTrain building (320-800

: Carnarvon Street). The group
: offers a variety of models and
: poses for artists to draw, and

: no previous art experience is

: required to participate ina

: session. Check out the website
: for more information at

: heritagelifedrawing.com