Guardians
Of The Galaxy 10/10
How
did this happen?! I remember when I heard they were making a
Guardians Of The Galaxy movie and I laughed. I thought that Marvel
was scraping the bottom of the barrel with their movies. How could
they possibly make a movie where the only character I know even
vaguely is Rocket Raccoon and have it make any money or anyone give a
damn? Turns out that not only did they make an incredibly
entertaining movie, they made the best Marvel film to date. This was
hands down better than any superhero team that has ever been made. I
know that I'm talking it up pretty big but that's because its true.
This
will contain some spoilers.
When
this movie started off I was already taping my leg to the music. I'd
heard folks talking about how good the soundtrack was and everything
I heard was true. The music used for a space film was exclusively
songs from the 70's and 80's. Trust me. It works. Then immediately
the movie had a woman sitting behind me sniffling watching a hospital
scene. Next thing you know...boom! Kidnapping by aliens! Chris Pratt
plays Peter Quill aka only by him Star Lord. He's as he describes
himself “an asshole but not 100% dick.” He was fantastic as Star
Lord and made me interested in a character that I think I'd heard of
before. He's funny, heroic at times, and made people in the theater
cry. He listens to a Walkman he had on him when he was kidnapped with
a mixtape his mother had made for him with songs she loved growing
up. He has no superpowers but has weapons and gear that help him out
that he got from these space pirates he runs with.
Zoe
Saldana is Gamora. She is working with her sister for Ronin as
Thanos' “daughters.” By the way, Josh Brolin as Thanos is creepy
as shit. Gamora is an assassin but she isn't completely evil. Her
sister played by Karen Gillan is though and is willing to kill her to
complete Ronin's wishes. Ronin wants to destroy the galaxy since his
planet and people, the Kree, have been boned. Gamora is totally cool
and kicks all kinds of ass and watching her evolve in this was fun.
Dave
Bautista plays Drax the Destroyer. He comes from a race that takes
everything literally and have no metaphors which make up a lot of
humor in this. I'm talking about real humor. There are parts of this
movie where I was laughing out loud. He wants to kill Ronin for the
death of his family and is on an almost suicidal mission to do so. He
trusts no one on the team and with good reason. They're a bunch of
damned killers and criminals.
Then
we have Rocket Racoon and Groot played by Bradley Cooper and Vin
Diesel. Rocket has issues with everyone but Groot who only say tree
words in different tones that only Rocket can translate: “I am
Groot.” Groot is the more reasonable one of the two and tries to
convince him to do good things. Again, each of these guys made people
in the theater cry at some point. The cast also includes Lee Pace,
Djimon Hounsou, Glenn Close, Benicio del Toro, Michael Rooker, and
Glenn Close.
This
movie has set the bar high for future films that consists of teams. I
feel bad for that new Justice League movie that they are disguising
as Batman Vs. Superman. This took five characters that I knew nothing
about but created a movie that kept me entertained the entire time.
Great special effects, great acting, great music, just everything was
good. I cant stand it. I'll be seeing this at least one more time.
Oh, I saw the regular version, not 3D. Go see this. Now.
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