James Gunn Reacts To Marvel Video Claiming To Know What Groot Is Saying

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Guardians Of The Galaxys James Gunn Reacts To
Marvel Video Claiming To Know What Groot Is
Saying
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Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn

• Ever since the character's first appearance (and
  sacrifice) in the first Guardians of the Galaxy
  movie, Groot has been a fan favorite. This love
  comes despite the fact that the character only
  ever says three words. All we ever hear are the
  words "I am Groot" but we know that Vin Diesel
  reads those lines, he's saying a great deal more
  than that. Recently a video went viral claiming
  to translate some of Groot's dialogue from
  Avengers Infinity War, and now one of the two
  men who would know, writer/director James Gunn,
  has weighed in on the clip's accuracy.

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James Gunn

• James Gunn has spoken previously about the fact
  that when he writes the scripts for the Guardians
  of the Galaxy movies, he does write Groot's full
  dialogue, aka the words that he is trying to
  convey even if all we ever hear is "I am Groot."
  He even goes so far to dance as the character
  when needed. So Gunn knows exactly what Groot is
  saying in these scenes, and while it appears the
  video may not have gotten it all exactly right,
  it's all very much in the ballpark. Check out the
  video and the director's response below.

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• It's not necessarily that difficult to get a
  general idea of what Groot is trying to say most
  of the time. Like Chewbacca's roars in the Star
  Wars movies, which are never translated, we get
  the gist of what he's saying by the responses
  from other characters. And the same can be said
  for Marvel's Groot. Vin Diesel also knows exactly
  what is he's trying to say, and so every line
  reading of "I am Groot" is spoken with that
  knowledge. Diesel seemingly tries to give every
  line a proper reading so that the meaning is
  still understood by the audience.

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• Knowing the exact language Groot is using is
  close to impossible but most people will be able
  to translate the meaning if the not the words.
  The one specific exception in this video is
  Groot's final word before being taken by the
  Snap, because, as Gunn says, he's revealed that
  detail before.
• The other thing that we do know about Groot's
  language, is that it's incredibly filthy. In the
  video it's suggested that Groot calls Star-Lord a
  "bitch" and while James Gunn says he doesn't
  specifically remember exactly what Groot said to
  him in the script, based on what Gunn has said
  previously, it seems quite clear that Groot's
  language was much stronger.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

• Fans of Groot will get a lot more over the next
  year or so. He's expected to return, however
  briefly in Thor Love and Thunder before coming
  back for the long delayed Guardians of the Galaxy
  Vol. 3 and even a Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday
  Special. All that is sure to be full of fun, and
  more than a few F-bombs. Even if we never know
  exactly what Groot says, he's still an incredibly
  understandable character.

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