Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy is the 4th film in Phase 2 of the MCU. It is written and directed by James Gunn, and stars a giant cast including Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, among many others. The film tells the story of 5 criminals in space who end up teaming up to defeat a ruthless warrior named Ronan. Released in 2014, the film was met with highly positive reviews and like many other MCU films, was highly successful at the box office.
THE GOOD
This film is 2 hours of pure fun! This is a very clever, witty, funny and exciting film! The film keeps things simple with its story, it's never convoluted, complicated, it's always easy to follow and still always interesting. You can pretty much call this movie The Space Avengers, because that's essentially what it is, and most of everything I loved about The Avengers is also in this film. One of the things that The Avengers and this film do extremely well is having amazing chemistry and banter between the characters. I loved every one of the main characters in this film, each one has their own distinct personality and they are all insanely watchable and extremely likable. I loved the friendship between Rocket Raccoon and Groot, I love the chemistry that Star Lord and Gamora develop throughout the film, and Drax the Destroyer brings a lot of wonderful humor to the film. Everyone is hilarious in this film, this movie has some of the best comedy in the entire franchise. Another thing I love is how much this movie embraces how strange it is. Seriously, if this movie took itself seriously, this movie would not have worked at all. James Gunn understood that you can't take a sci-fi movie that has a talking tree and raccoon in it seriously, you can't be expecting something like Logan or The Dark Knight here. I can't talk about a Marvel film without talking about the action sequences. The action sequences are a blast! This movie doesn't have the nail biting, white knuckled action that Captain America: The Winter Soldier has but it didn't have to! Every action sequence was great though, from the prison break scene, to all the space battles, and the fight between Drax and Ronan, every action sequence work wonderfully. It also happens to have one of the most iconic soundtracks of all time, you get a lot of great 70s tunes here, from artists like Redbone, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Blue Swede, David Bowie and more!
THE BAD
I really only have one issue with this film, but it is a major one. The villain in this movie fucking sucks. There's nothing whatsoever interesting about Ronan, he's an extremely two-dimensional, very boring villain who just does bad guy things.
CONCLUSION
Guardians of the Galaxy is just pure joy. This movie is such an easy watch, thanks to extremely likable chatacters and great performances from the cast, fun action and a simple yet effective story. I love all but one aspect of the film, the villain was really not good in this film. This film is wonderful overall and a very high recommendation for people who love comic book movies!
GRADE: A
FILM INFO
MPA rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and some language)
Run time: 121 min
Release date: August 1st, 2014
Studio: Disney
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