Review of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) by Htgamer — 29 May 2017

This movie is total fun, even though it's not perfect. It's the first Marvel movie set in the cosmos, opening the doors to the weirder Marvel Comics stuff. Five unrelated characters are initially united for money but at some point they decide to protect the Galaxy and become heroes instead because a Kree named Ronan the Accuser has gone mad and wants to destroy a planet named Xandar with a powerful artifact.

Sure, the movie's plot is messy at best, and there are some pompous heroic lines that become cringy because they are both cliche' and are spoken badly. But it's a stylised movie full of great situational jokes, with great character interactions, likeable protagonists, featuring a great soundtrack composed of '70s hits, and you forget about the above negatives.

This movie is more about introducing the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe than telling a great and cohesive sci-fi story. Guardians of the Galaxy is more style than substance, but it's undeniably fun.