Review of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) by Thebeast007 — 02 Aug 2014

Guardians of the galaxy is my all time favorite marvel movie ,better even than the avengers and the first iron man,thanks to the rich visual style that easily rivals star wars or any space opera movie,the guardians are handled with such passion and care,that the introduction to them is very easy to understand ,mixed with James Gunn's unique action ,and amazing,fitting music from the 70s and 80s the movie is the best combination of everything that worked in the marvel cinematic universe and then some.

Chris Pratt as Peter Quill was superb,he was funny ,witty,idiotic at times,but in the end he was the movie's lead protagonist and he delivered the best of his charisma and charm on the screen.Zoe Saldana was a total badass and a very intresting addition being an assassin for the evil Thanos and Ronan ,she was hard to understand at first,but once she opens up it's quite touching and relatable.Dave Bautista,the recently fighter-turned-actor put a very good performance as Drax,his acting rivaled Dwayne Johnson's,sure his backstory was kinda cliche but in the end he comes off just as great as everyone else.Vin Diesel as Groot ,was the second best character in the group ,he only says 3 words: I AM GROOT,yet everytime he sais it ,he means different things which makes the guy,hilarious ,strong and badass.Now people say Rocket is the best character in the movie ,that when they looked at him and heard him they didn't see cgi ,they saw the most heartful,smart,lonely ,cute badass racoon ,thanks to Bradley Cooper,they didn't lie he is the best character I saw all year,he is THAT good.The villain Ronan,played wonderfully by Lee Pace,was also very memorable and threatning bad guy,he is Thanos's right hand man and he has every feature that makes a perfect villain,strong,powerful,edgy,and he also has the best villain costume design in MCU.But the real treat and the best aspect is how guardians relationship starts out and develops over the course of the movie ,they become friends ,who are willing to sacrifice themselves for each-other,and it is truly heart warming to see them all come together so well on screen ,i would even go as far as to say,i prefer them more than the avengers,and I don't even know them from comics.That says something.

Now this is writer,director james Gunn's first BIG,BRASH,summer blockbuster movie,so you must think he wouldn't be able to handle the explosive ,fast ,intense,cosmic action well,but he did absolutely as good of a job as any other director of marvel movies,seriously on par with Joss Whedon.The action is filled with stunning flying space battles,greatly choreographed fight scenes especially with Dave Bautista and Zoe Saldana,the effects are among the best and 3D is just a huge visual eye candy,but when the entire team joins up with motivational speeches(under the song of cherry bomb by runaways)it is simply a marvel and awe-inspiring,as they head into battle you feel very confident for them but also very worried because of the characters' depth.

In the end Guardians of the galaxy delivers on expectations ,lives up to the hype and then some,with the best cast ever assembled,superb direction by a talented director,hilarious comedy and well-written camraderie ,this is the ultimate team that will be remembered for centuries,alongside the movie that not only raised the bar for space-adventure movies but for marvel movies as well.SIMPLY PUT .........A MASTERPIECE.