Guardians of the galaxy was film that a lot of people were worried about, it's an obscure property that not even most comic fans knew about. So when they announced the movie not many people knew what to think overall. Then they started filming, they got a director and actors and then the trailers started coming out. Yet people were still a little scared- how was it?
Well I can assure you Guardians of the galaxy is a very fun, beautiful, funny and honest movie with a bit of heart to it. So go see it! (This is going to be a very spoiler filed review.)
Before I get on to the film itself, let me get on to the visuals- and this might be the most visually stunning Marvel movie ever. It's has gorgeous bright colors, good practical and CGI designs that mesh well together. Two of the most visually stunning moments are when the Nova Corp ships create a barrier around the dark aster (Ronan's ship.) The other one is where Groot saves the team by creating a barrier around them. The other is when Groot saves the group and creates a barrier around them it's a very pretty scene.
The film starts out actually rather dark for a marvel movie. Peter Quil's mother dies and gives him a present as a good by gift. Before she dies, she ask him to hold her hand before she does but he's too upset to do it (can't blame the kid, he only looks about nine and that would freak me out too.) So she dies and Peter gets very upset so he runs out of the hospital and gets abducted by Yondu (Space Meryl) who had the coolest weapon in the film and his band of Ravangers- basically a gang of space red necks (not even kidding their.)
Peter Quil grows up to be a thief 26 years later and steals an orb not knowing it's an infinity stone in reality. He goes to jail where he meets Gamora, Rocket, Groot and Drax. They escape and while selling the orb they find out what it is and what it really can do (destroy worlds.) So they decide to step up and save the galaxy. Yet the
The film throughout has very light and playful tone but is still riddled with a lot of emotional moments along the way, and it's very much how real people would reveal/deal with their pain. In fact some of my favorite emotional moments were with Drax who is played by wrestler Dave Bautista in the film and is very good- I actually think he did way better at the dramatic moments then he did at the funny moments (which he was still good at.)
Peter Quil is our lead and gets the most development out of all the five characters. Chris Pratt is refreshingly a goofy, fun protagonist who is instantly likeable in the movie. Groot is just freaking adorable and while he does say 'I am Groot' he says it very few times because it would get annoying after a while and is a very great silent character and is very much the heart of the movie. The character everyone is talking about though is the anamorphic raccon Rocket who is the most awesome character in the movie. He is a badass scene stealer who actually is a bit tragic especially during a scene when he gets drunk and starts ranting about something someone else did. Gamora is very cool too, has an interesting backstory and has a lot of screen time but I wished she was more developed as a character. I wished the subplot with her sister Nebula had been furthered discussed, I read the Nebula prequel comic and it was very good but I wish that had been reflected in the movie.
Now lets get to the villains. Ronan has the typical problem most Marvel villians have (except Red Skull, Aldridge Killian and Loki) is that they are criminally under developed. And Ronan is one of the most interesting villains in the Marvel universe. He's not that bad, he's way better than Malekith or a lot of other Marvel movie villains and has a lot more too him but he needed more screen time to properly develop him. If Nebula who is a way weaker villain than Ronan had been cut, and Ronan had been made Gamora's adopted brother or mentor he would have been infinitely more interesting. Nebula really hinders Ronan's development. Korath is good but the real prize is Thanos who in motion looks really cool and is voiced rather well by Josh Brolin and I can't wait to see more of him.
This movie has been called slow paced but others but I actually thought it was very fast paced and I actually wished it had been longer than it was (two hours and forty-five minutes) to develop more characters.
Other characters in this are Benicio Del Toro who plays Taneleer Tivan the collector. He is memorable in both his looks and the fact he plays the collector as though he is high (which is fun.) Glenn Close and John C Reily do a good job playing Nova Corps members and it's refreshing that they believe the guardians when they say Ronan is on his way. My favorite Nova was Peter Seranfinowicz who plays Denarian Saal. This isn't a knock against the movie but just to mess with fans how cool would have it been if his name had been Jesse Alexander and it was revealed he had a son back on earth.
The film also has an amazing soundtrack that isn't overused and used to great use. It also has the really great action scenes especially when it comes to ships flying. When I said the film was honest I mean it in the sense that these are how really human beings (or aliens) would talk. This is how a real person would give a speech, this is what a real person would act and this is how they would feel. All of the guardians felt very organic and real, like this could be you and I really liked that.
This film is endlessly entertaining, with a lot of laughs and a lot of heart sometimes coming from the most unexpected people and has overall the best ending and best way a bad guy gets beat then any other marvel movie which is awesome. I recommend seeing this and even if your not a comic book fan you'll fit in to this world easily and won't get lost.
I give this movie a 8.5/10~ Could have been slower paced and better villians and still a few more flaws but awesome characters, awesome comedy, good heart and just whopping good time. Captain America: Winter Soldier is still my favorite Marvel movie and one of my favorite comic book movies but it beat out Avengers for me and is now on my top five favorite comic book movies (so it's at #4 right now.)
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