Marvel has taken one of its lesser known series, and launched what’s sure to be a hit Franchise. Guardians of the Galaxy is the comic book movie I’ve been waiting for. Gone are the powerful yet anguished superheros, replaced by the most unlikely band of lovable misfits.
This wasn’t just a movie, it was an experience. The F-word can best describe that experience, FUN! Guardians hits you with one blast of fun after another. You’ll be sure to talk about this one with all your friends and share many of the lines.
James Gunn directed and co-wrote along with Nicole Pearlman a gem of a film. To make a funny, action packed movie with memorable characters is no easy feat. This is sure to be a cult classic on steroids. _GOTG_ had the entire theater literally laughing out loud. I don’t remember enjoying a movie as much as this one in my adult life.
From the moment Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) dances his way into our hearts. I knew I was watching something special. A classic that only comes around once every decade or so. Disclaimer my generation (80s babies) may be a little more inclined to love this movie. Thanks to the soundtrack, 80’s props and references we get treated to.
Pratt is such a different but like-able hero, he’s quirky but has a swagger to him. He showed he has what it takes to be a leading ma. Pratt nails everything they throw at him in this role. Problem is the rest of the Guardians were just as good if not better. This was truly a team effort, the Avengers should be jealous of what Gunn captured here. The way they dropped hysterical one liners made me forget I was watching a movie and not just hanging with friends.
Zoe Saldana is the go to sci-fi actress and I understand why. Shes sexy, charming witty and bad ass as the green skinned Gamora. Drax the destroyer did a great job for being a wrestler turned actor making his debut. Bautista does a good job delivering some of the funniest lines in the movie. Believe me when I say nothing goes over his head because his reflexes are too good.
They jam packed well known actors from Josh Brolin, Glen close, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rooker and it goes on. A very impressive supporting cast. Lee Pace plays the main bad guy Ronan the accuser. He does a decent job but again unlike many other comic book movies the villain plays second fiddle to its stars.
The cast chemistry is damn near perfect. I find this impressive because the two scene stealers are CGI character’s. We have Groot the simple minded but sweet humanoid tree. Voiced by Vin Diesel who may have put on the best acting performance of all-time of a tree. I loved the running gag of him repeating the same three lines, it surprisingly never got old.
Get ready to see Rocket Raccoon every where after this movie. I know Disney will surely cash in on his merchandise. Bradley Cooper surprised me at how good he was pulling off this character. His voice acting was spot on for what I imagined Rocket could sound like. I admit I was worried when he was first cast but man did Cooper dazzle without his good looks. Rocket is such a great character and they truly brought him to life.
Groot, Rocket and all of the cgi are beautiful. I saw the movie Imax 3d and it was worth it. Marvel made sure to include some sweet 3d effects. Plenty of action to go around from hand to hand, guns blazing and amazing space ship warfare. Gunn does a great job of creating a beautiful galaxy. Both Star Wars and Star trek would be proud.
The effects were awesome but GOTG succeeds where many other comic book movie’s fail. By putting the focus on its characters. They’re funny, charming, flawed and often fight each other but in the end they become family. You wind up cheering out loud because you cant help but like them.
This movie had me smiling from beginning to end. As the crowd left after the post credits bonus scene, I looked around and saw nothing but smiles. We didn’t just watch a movie we witnessed the birth of a classic. Guardians of the Galaxy is something different, special kind of different with some special ed thrown in.
Like Rocket Raccoon says “Ain’t no thing like me, cept me.” The same holds true for this movie.
I give Guardians of the Galaxy a 9.7 out of 10
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