Year: 2014
Director: James Gunn
Writers: James Gunn, Nicole Perlman
Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper , Zoe Saldana, David
Bautista, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker
“Guardians
Of The Galaxy” is funny, action-packed, full of adventures and most importantly
– unique and lovable characters. In the first part of the movie we see how The
Guardians meet and their formation as the group of outsiders that will save the
galaxy. This part is a bit rushed and their motivations don’t seem completely
clear. However, you can let that slide, knowing that this movie has the big
task to present not only a whole new team of largely unknown heroes without
doing origin stories; it also has to introduce the audience to the huge cosmic
Marvel universe for the first time. And it does these things pretty well, while
watching the movie you are immersed in this vast and colourful world. Besides The
Guardians, you see other important personas and places in the galaxy, new races
and essential entities from the Marvel universe like the Nova Corps, Yondu (Michael
Rooker) or The Collector (Benicio del Toro).
“Guardians
Of The Galaxy” is arguably the funniest Marvel movie and it can be easily
classified as comedy. It has kind of goofy, cheeky humor and it’s very
self-aware (in a good way). If you like that kind of thing, you will definitely
love it. I saw it twice in the cinema, the second time the audience wasn't very excited, but at the first screening there were people around me who laughed so
hard that scared me. There were also audible reactions to some of the songs. It
was just one of these rare movie-going experiences when even if everyone is a
bit noisy, there’s this feeling of shared excitement.
Of course,
as everyone already knows even without seeing the movie - the soundtrack is
great, with the songs perfectly fitting the scenes and keeping the humanity and
its culture at the heart of this crazy, alien world. It’s not just great
achievement as a music collection, but the way it is integrated as a central
part of the story, even as a character by itself.
The story in
its essence is not very unique or different from that of the other Marvel
movies. But it’s presented in a fresh, heartfelt form, revolving around a few memorable
and intriguing badass characters. Chris Pratt as Star Lord (Peter Quill) is…
well, he is THE Star Lord. He is funny, charming, a bit heartbroken and lost in
this crazy world, where he is the only human. Peter Quill is the most
fleshed-out character and he is at the heart of the story. The other big stars
of the movie (and not just for the kids) are definitely Rocket Raccoon (Bradley
Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel). With their unique friendship and backstories,
along with the amazing CGI, these two can easily steal the show, providing some of
the most emotional and funny moments in the movie. Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Drax
(David Bautista) aren't exactly on the same level, but I hope that they’ll have
more screen time in the next movie. It is also true that the villain is quite plain, but that didn't really bother me. The only character (or the acting –
I’m not really sure) that actually annoyed me was Nebula (Karen Gillan) - there’s
just something about her manner of moving and speaking (it’s probably
subjective), but I guess there wasn't much time for her backstory as well.
Outside the Guardians the most intriguing character for me was definitely Yondu.
And his weapon… wow!
The movie looks great and it is certainly the most colourful Marvel film with some really
amazing space scenery. The space imagery, along with the action sequences,
would probably look even better and clearer without the 3D. Still, the 3D wasn't bad and it was actually used in a really fun way for a few scenes.
“Guardians
Of The Galaxy” makes me very excited about the sequel, because now that it has laid
out the basics we can get more character development. And I can’t imagine how
excited I would be if I watched this as a kid (especially for Rocket and
Groot). So, I will give this charming and refreshing space opera 5 Kubricks,
although I realize that it might be the geeky part of me speaking…
8,6 from
users and 76 from critics on MetaCritic - http://www.metacritic.com/movie/guardians-of-the-galaxy
91% on
RottenTomatoes - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/guardians_of_the_galaxy/
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