Note: This post contains Guardians of the Galaxy spoilers. Continue at your own risk.
Guardians of the Galaxy has been one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer, bringing in $176m in domestic revenue as of Sunday. Obviously, a lot of the film’s success is thanks to Marvel’s influence, the source material, and an entertaining cast and script. Arguably the film’s best scene, however, takes place towards the end of the film. Again, if you’ve bypassed the title and my extra warning above this paragraph, you know what you’re getting yourselves into.
Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) is a humanoid tree that can heal from any type of damage, so long as at least one sliver of his wood is saved. It’s not explicably said in the film, but Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) ensures Groot will be okay by saving a piece of him following the film’s climactic battle. Just as the credits begin playing, there’s a fun scene featuring Groot and Dave Bautista’s Drax the Destroyer in which Groot dances to Michael Jackson’s “I Want You Back.” Very fitting, no?
In an ingenious marketing move, Disney and Marvel have released the scene as a standalone clip. All they need is to create mini-plotted Groot figures that react to sound or something to complete the move. Even more interesting is that the film’s director, James Gunn, provided the motion reference for Groot’s dance moves, as he states:
Baby Groot dancing is 100 percent me. I was too embarrassed for anyone to be there, so I made everyone leave the room and I set up a camera and I videotaped myself dancing. Then I sent the video to the animators and had them animate over that. I begged them not to leak the video!
Enjoy!
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