Guardians of the Galaxy (Movie Review)

Taking place during Marvel’s Phase 2 time frame, While being pursued by fellow law breaker Yondu (Michael Rooker), Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) seeks an orb that is being hunted by Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) a psychotic Kree who is hellbent on wiping out Xandar, the home world of the Nova Corps lead by Nova Prime (Glenn Close).  When Quill discovers who Ronan the Accuser is and what he plans to due with the orb he makes an uneasy alliance with Rocket, Groot, Gamora (Zoe Saldana), and Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista) and attempts to stop Ronan from destroying the galaxy.


I know this sounds really silly and it is hard to follow, at first, but, this movie is amazing.  The score of the movie, the characters, it’s funny but also serious when it needs to be.  These characters are very interesting, each bringing their own to the eventual team that is building and a fan can’t help but get giddy at the thought of The Guardian’s of the Galaxy with The Avengers.  My only real gripes about it are in fact the villains, which are extremely weak.  It’s amazing to me, even after all this time, Marvel has yet to produce a satisfactory villain besides Loki, and this is really troublesome considering the big baddie Thanos makes his first real appearance and everything is anchored around him. I mean, Ronan just walks around, giant hammer in hand, spitting out the typical bad guy and although there are times he is scary, it takes away when you make a villain too bad ass.  There is a scene where he and Drax square off and it is completely uninteresting because 

Chris Pratt as Peter Quill

Despite this though, everyone is good with what they’re given, but every, and I do mean everyone is playing second fiddle to Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper).  Barely recognizable in his New York style accent (the character in the comics talked in a British one) Cooper steals every scene his ‘in’ and shows everyone who the real star of the movie is.  His stature as a character grows even more by his friendship with Groot (Vin Diesel), a walking sentient tree who can grow and shrink at will and it pretty much like the baddest thing walking through the galaxy.

If you are questioning whether you should go see this movie or not, to put it simply, if you enjoy the Marvel movies, loved The Avengers, and are invested in this cinematic universe then yes, go see it.  It’s a really fun summer movie and an amazing first entry to sequels that will get better.