guardians of the galaxy- first, if you don't know, I have been collecting comics for over 30 years, particularly marvel. I mostly collect marvel which could be the reason I hold avengers in such high regard. for me, I saw a perfect balancing act in a movie that has a better shot at being a disaster than a success. it has its flaws like many movies but that moment in the theater when I saw a scene and said, "they did it.they @#$%ing did it!" was something I never forget. so, for me, it is the best comic book movie I have ever seen. period. with that said, the next slew of marvel movies came out with some mixed results. even though iron man 3 grew on me a little, it was still disappointing. thor 2 gets worse everytime I watch it. cap 2 was excellent though but I thought guardians will be marvel's first true bomb. a talking tree and raccoon? really? I admit, I never read the book and cosmic comics aren't my thing. nevertheless, I will go see it and now I am ashamed for thinking bad about this movie. I will say this is the best movie I watched this year and my second favorite comic book movie ever. cant believe I am saying this but this weekend I will watch it for the THIRD time. only movies I did that before were Avengers and Dark Knight.
one thing we know is that to take what you want from movies. all depends on your experience and taste. this movie particularly was more "personal" than most comic book movies as it surprisingly tackles loss and friendship. if you watched the movie, you know what I mean with loss. it is something that I can personally relate to. the interaction between the characters established a great bond and friendship which is shown in two heart pulling scenes at the end. I did not expect to get teary eyed and very few movies have done that. this movie did that. not to mention how funny it is.
funny thing, I am not a real big space western fan ( which this movie essentially is more so than a traditional comic film). I loved the first three star wars but the next three brought it down a peg. love the new star trek movies. this movie is on that level and I can help that this movie in my opinion have more in common with that great 1981 animated movie heavy metal than the other space movies I mentioned. probably because of the 70's music track which was stellar and was a great tether to remind us that the peter quill is from earth despite the spectacle. speaking of spectacle, this team better get an academy award nomination. great sfx, the best film I watched on 3d since avatar.
amazing movies thought brought me back to my childhood with event movies from the 80's that are both fun and heartfelt. I heard things like this is this generations star wars. nah. this is this generations ghostbusters, back to the future, buckaroo bonsai all rolled up into one. excellent movie and highly recommended if you love great fun movies. WE ARE GROOT!