Chris Pratt battled to save the human race alongside Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana, a sarcastic raccoon and a slightly anthropomorphic tree on Thursday, Jan. 29 in the Milligan Hub.
Not that the human race was particularly at risk, but the 30-some students who attended the Campus Programming Boardās screening of The Guardians of the Galaxy felt the excitement as it played out. Students snacked on popcorn and soda while the movie was projected on a screen onstage and the classic song āHooked on a Feelingā looped in the minutes leading up to the showing.
Guardians of the Galaxy was the first of three movies to be screened for the CPBās Popcorn and Pix series. Maleficent and The Lego Movie will follow, on the 13th and 17th of Feb. respectively.
Levi Harrel, co-advisor to the CPB, said the movies were chosen by a CPB internal vote, and the goal was to pick movies that are ācurrent and fun.ā
āThis is a unique event at OWU because every time a movie shows on campus, itās related to a class or a cause,ā Harrel said. āThis is just fun.ā
Sophomore Maddie Oslejsek, the director of entertainment for CPB, said the idea of Popcorn and Pix was to create a night everyone could enjoy.
āWeāre running around 24/7 (at OWU), so itās nice to have a night to relax,ā Oslejsek said.
While Harrel said he hoped more students would have turned up for the first movie, he said he thinks the series will pick up speed as more students hear about the event.
In addition to giving students free access to some of last yearās hits, CPB will be handing out two tickets to Bishop Bash, a concert to be held March 28. The first tickets were awarded after the Guardians of the Galaxy showing, during which students were encouraged to tweet space puns.
Harrel said this would be the first concert at OWU since 2011.
The next CPB event will be held Thursday, Feb.5, in Milligan Hub. Students will be able to enjoy coffee, tea and pastries while watching performances by musical duos Adelee, Gentry and Two Worlds.