The best thing I saw last week was Guardians of the Galaxy. It was not a contest. Nothing else I read, saw, played or listened to last week even stood a chance. It was just so damn good! It’s smart, it’s witty, it has amazing pacing, the CGI is top notch, it rocks, and it’s funny!
At this point you’d have to be living under a rock to have not heard how much comic and non-comic fans alike are loving Guardians of the Galaxy. After Captain America: Winter Soldier and X-Men Days of Future Past I thought Marvel might end the superhero buffet of 2014 on a downslide with their totally unproven 4th tier characters of Guardians of the Galaxy, and I think I was going to be okay with that. I mean lets be honest, Marvel went into Guardians with it being their risky movie. It stars a tree, and a raccoon, and the chubby funny guy from Parks and Rec, and an ex-pro wrestler, and that chick that’s hot no matter what color you make her. Okay Zoe Saldana is like bacon, she makes everything better. But even with her on paper this doesn’t sound like a $100 million dollar opening weekend superhero flick does it? Well I was wrong. Marvel didn’t take as much of a risk as they originally thought, the ramp up went damn well and having the highest rating of any Marvel film on Rotten Tomatoes seems to have all combined to create a phenomenon that no one was expecting.
Now let’s be honest here folks some people have taken it too far. It seems some people have hopped onto their social media devices and started claiming that Guardians of the Galaxy is this generations Star Wars, and as much as I love the film that’s still a huge stretch. Though at the same time I will say that time will tell, it is always possible that Guardians could be that big. But proclaiming it on opening weekend is a bit much. This internet age man, we don’t do anything in half measure. It’s either a flop or the best thing since Zapruder.
I will tell you this, you won’t have more fun watching a film in the theater this year than Guardians of the Galaxy, that I guarantee. It’s such a big bucket of fun it seems almost unfair to other films that had the sad scheduling mishap of opening around the same time. The characters are a joy from credits to credits. All the actors turn in spectacular performances. Yes I said all. All. Even Dave Bautista, his Drax is one of the best parts of the film. Basically you go for Rocket and Groot and you end up loving Drax and Starlord. And Rocket. And Groot. There’s just no way around it.
So lets all do the world a favor as we get ready to roll into the weekend again. Keep your childhoods safely tucked away in a secure spot, and while the 4-12 boys that don’t know any better drag their parents to go see the Middle Aged Super Solider Shrekhulks that Michael Bay is trying to pass off as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles instead do your heart some good and go see Guardians of the Galaxy. Or go see it again. And take a friend that you know might need a good laugh with you. You’ll both be better off for the experience.
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I was also skeptical and didnt expect it to be better than Marvel’s other two releases this year but it was. It will never be Star Wars due to the lighthearted humor unless Star Wars focused on Han Solo instead of Luke lol It was better than the prequel Episodes though. The movie was literally perfect and I have zero complaints except for the end credits scene. Meh.
Agreed, about the Star Wars part. I got a good laugh from the stinger scene. My only real complaint was the Nova Corps but with the way the film ends we might see a huge change in the Nova Corps that would bring them more in line with the comics, hopefully.
I didnt like how they did that either. I just hope the Nova Corps dont continue flying spaceships as backup for other cosmic characters. Nova is a headliner, not a contingency plan.