Review of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) by Psycros — 31 Jul 2014

This is a movie that will appeal to nearly anyway: sci-fantasy buffs, comic book nerds, teens, even younger kids. Grown ups will get a lot of the references that will go right over the heads of younger kids (which, in the case of a one or two slightly risque jokes, is a good thing).

The film is well-paced and doesn't take itself too seriously. While there are a couple of plot points that might leave hard-core Marvelites kind of puzzled, there are no gaping holes that I noticed and the cast totally delivers on their misfit characters.

Probably the nearest thing I can compare GotG to is Firefly, and that's hardly a bad thing. Its funny, action-packed, occasionally clever and does a great job of introducing us to the larger Marvel universe (literally).

I was worried that we wouldn't see another big summer film as fun as Pacific Rim for a long time but thankfully I was wrong. If there is a complaint to be found its that the after-credit scene was kind of weak, although pretty appropriate considering the tone of this flick.

It was still better than the one in Winter Solider and a cute gift for all True Believers. You won't regret watching Guardians of the Galaxy unless you hate fun, science fantasy and talking pseudo-animals.