Hey everyone, I'm The Canadian Lad and today I watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 at
0.25x speed and found 5 new details that you didn't know before!
And I promise you, no details are repeated from my original breakdown.
Now I have rewatched Volume 2 at 0.25x speed as well, and that video will come out before
Volume 3 releases.
Now, with only a week left until Volume 3, the idea is to relive all the amazing moments
of the Guardians so we can better enjoy Volume 3.
So without any further ado, let's begin!
Number 1: If you have watched my original breakdown of this movie, you will know about
this detail where Ronan moves his leg while literally threatening the Guardians.
But after watching the movie again in slow-motion and this time with the sound-on, I have now
figured out the reason why Ronan moves his leg this way.
So lemme get into the detail: Right after the Guardians crashlands on Xander,
because of the crashland, Peter's cassette tape automatically starts playing "Ooh Child"
by Five Stairsteps.
And a few moments later Ronan the Accuser appears from inside the rubble.
And that's when he does this: So even though we are only listening to the
background score and Ronan's voice, but Ronan standing there was actually listening to the
song "Ooh Child" and that's why he was tapping his feet to the music unknowingly.
Now, Lee Pace who plays Ronan in the film, was probably distracted by the music playing
in the background or was directed by James Gunn to do it.
Either way it's an amazing detail and it's something I can never ignore watching Volume
1.
Number 2: The entire reason Peter was dancing and singing before fighting Ronan, is because
he was trying to distract Ronan from Rocket and Drax who were preparing the Hadron Enforcer.
Now, Rocket and Drax aim it for Ronan's hammer this time instead of Ronan himself, as they
figured as long as Ronan holds the Power Stone, nothing can destroy him.
So they have to make him get rid of it.
Now as soon as the power stone gets separated from Ronan's hammer, notice the veins on Peter's
hand were already glowing purple, the color of the power stone but Ronan had no such glow
despite being in the similar vicinity.
Meaning, the Power Stone was already calling upon a celestial aka Star-Lord aka Peter Quill.
Peter was destined to hold one of the infinity stones in his bare hand.
Number 3: After the Guardians get arrested by the Nova Corp, here on this holographic
screen we see their profile details.
Now one thing that I never noticed before is that when talking about Gamora, the screen
has a circle around Thanos, Ronan, Nebula and Gamora's face.
Now the color of these circles match with the character it focuses on.
For example, Thanos has a purple circle, while Ronan's is blue, Nebula's is light blue and
Gamora's green.
Number 4: Now in the same sequence, we get hints at Gamora's backstory.
Which we have seen visually in Infinity War where Thanos kills half the population in
Gamora's world.
But notice the description says "Gamora is one of the last surviving member of her race"
Meaning, Thanos never went back to check on her planet after he "saved" them.
He never went back to see if killing half the population was really helpful.
But in Infinity War Thanos said this: So according to Thanos, Gamora's planet should
be prospering by now but it isn't the case as proven by this description.
Meaning, Thanos is not a reliable narrator.
He chooses to tell whatever truth he feels is right.
And it goes without saying that most horrible people lie to themselves the most, to make
themselves feel better about their actions.
And Thanos is no different.
Number 5: Just before escaping the prison, Quill goes through his bags and sees that
his walkman is missing!
He then hands over the bag containing the Orb to Gamora and tells her to go and wait
for him outside.
Later Gamora and the Guardians realize that even though Peter gave her the bag, but he
kept the Orb to himself.
Peter did it as an insurance because at the time they didn't know each other very well,
he knew that if he didn't keep the orb, they would have no reasons to wait for him outside.
Now here comes a detail that I really love James Gunn for!
Notice, just before handing her the bag, Peter had the bag opened, he didn't close it.
Then he brings the bag closer to his body and hides it underneath his jacket and that
is exactly when he steals the Orb from inside the bag.
While Gamora's attention is completely on him, he plays this clever trick.
Now of course kudos to Chris Pratt for playing this scene so beautifully, but the real credit
goes to James Gunn who directed Chris to act it this way.
Because James knew that dedicated fans will come back to this scene to see if Peter really
stole it, and that's why he told Chris to bring the bag closer to him for a few seconds
before handing it to Gamora!
And now a bonus detail, when we see Peter Quill's profile, notice it has a "system error"
sign over his DNA scan.
Indicating something isn't right about Peter's DNA.
And rightly so because towards the end of the film, the Nova Prime reveals this to Peter
Quill:
Guardians 1 is still one of my favorite origin movies till date.
It's right up there with Iron Man.
James Gunn did such a fantastic job with these characters and I'm gonna miss him, the fact
that he managed to make us fall in love with a talking racoon, a comic-book character only
a few people knew about goes to show his ability in writing and directing is second to none!
Guardians 3 is an amazing movie and I can't wait for you lads to watch it.
But before that, we're gonna re-watch Guardians 2.
Alright, take care now!