The Year James Gunn Reminded Us Animals Are the Best
January 24, 2015James Gunn had a great year. You may have heard of him. He is just responsible for bringing to movie screens 2014’s second highest grossing film, the summer wildcard success, Guardians of the Galaxy.
What comes to mind when you think about Guardians is often Dancing Baby Groot, the stellar soundtrack, and the charming humor running throughout the cinematically stunning movie. But the camera also gives a glimpse into one of Director James Gunn’s other passions: animals.
Here are just a few examples why James Gunn had the best year filled with cuddly animals:
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James Gunn kicked off his year of animal appreciation by posting this precious baby meerkat picture on New Year’s Day 2014.
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There is nothing sweeter than this picture of Gunn cuddling a baby raccoon named Podge in February.
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Gunn advocated for shelter pets by playing with these pups at Wylder’s Pet Center in Studio City.
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Gunn rounded up his pets for this sweet photo op. His pooch is Von Spears and the calico sassing him is Emily (or Emily Monster as numerously referred to on Gunn’s Instagram).
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In April, Gunn shared with us the joys of iPhoto tagging.
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The eternal conundrum of cat ownership: snapping a stunning picture of your feline while she sleeps on your laptop, preventing work from being accomplished.
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Because men in suits holding a puppy is all anyone should be taking pictures of.
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Perhaps the biggest celebrity of Guardians you may be unaware of. Oreo is the raccoon muse and reference for Rocket. Gunn’s team studied Oreo in great lengths to deliver Rocket’s beautiful CGI. We wish they had included a Rocket belly rub just like the one Oreo is getting.
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This was a flashback photo but that doesn’t mean it’s any less cute.
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Gunn is friends with this eyeless dog named Henri. She looks very majestic here.
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Another flashback photo Gunn shared in July of being on set. His meerkat friend Timone is visiting him in Ronan’s throne room. Timone was also his body guard on set.
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The Guardians premiere tour began in late July and James brought Oreo as his date. Oreo is from a United Kingdom wildlife rescue/encounter appropriately named Oreo and Friends.
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The toughness of Gamora, played by the equally fierce Zoe Saldana, was easily melted away in this throwback picture of her and Timone.
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And with this picture you officially want to trade lives with Gunn. Just so you can bottle feed a tiger cub named Apple.
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JUST HOW?
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In honor of National Dog Day, Gunn had this photo of him and Cosmo from the Guardians set.
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We skipped over a bunch of cute tiger photos to give you this endearing photo of Gunn nuzzling a rhino at the Atlanta Zoo in September.
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He fed a panda too?!
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These animals are called Bongos, and they love to kiss you.
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Just some nobody named Chris Pratt meeting a celebrity, Von Spears. No biggie.
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Being a filmmaker comes with so many perks.
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This damn armadillo’s name is Coconut.
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There’s an Owl Café in Tokyo and in October we learned James Gunn had beat us to it.
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For all the amazing animals we’ve met vicariously through James Gunn, he still manages to appreciate his own so specially.
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Just when you thought he was done meeting awesome animals, he meets and plays with these baby otters while we ran around buying Christmas presents.
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Because not even Von Spears can escape Christmas cheer.
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And this is how Emily Monster spends her Christmas day.
If this list proves anything, it is that we are terribly jealous of Mr. Gunn. But we also can’t wait to see what animal he snaps a picture with next in 2015.
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