Guardians of the Galaxy
This movie is about Peter Quill, or Star-Lord, trying to steal an orb that Ronan The Accuser, a Kree general, wants to use to destroy some planet named Xandar. But there's also Gamora and Nebula, who are some purple dude's adoptive children, but Gamora doesn't like her purple dad and when she and her sister are tasked with retrieving the orb for Ronan, Gamora tries to steal the orb for herself and sell it, but then in the process, she ends up getting arrested alongside Star-Lord and these two bounty hunters, one being a talking raccoon named Rocket who likes weapons, and the other being a tree-man named Groot who's dialogue consists entirely of "I am Groot." So they get arrested and then they meet with this tough dude named Drax whose wife and daughter were murdered by Ronan, and they escape the weird high-tech prison. But wait, there's also this kind of redneck-ish guy named Yondu who raised Star-Lord and he's ALSO looking for the orb because he thinks that Star-Lord betrayed him AND ALSO he has a weird arrow thing that is controlled by his whistling. BUT WAIT, there's also this weird dude named The Collector who keeps all sorts of freaky aliens and stuff in glass boxes and all the main heroes go to him to give him the orb, because they could get a lot of money for it, AND THEN they all get an exposition dump for no reason from The Collector even though he's just buying the thing, and they learn that the gem inside of the orb is one of the Infinity Gems, which totally may or may not appear in some sequel or whatever. Anyways, you get the point. The plot is kind of ridiculous, and this movie has too many characters. Whatever. What's good about this movie?
First, the Guardians themselves are really awesome, particularly Rocket and Groot. Many laughs were had with these characters. Speaking of which, this movie is loads of fun. The action, the visuals, the comedy, they all come together so well in this movie. Granted, as soon as you start thinking about it, it falls apart, but it's still a fun movie to pop in when you're tired and just don't care. Because Star-Lord was abducted in 1988 while he had his walkman with him, that means that the entirety of the soundtrack consists of really awesome 70's and 80's music. Seriously, this soundtrack is, in my opinion, among the best movie soundtracks ever.
Overall, what can I possibly say about this that hasn't been said by everyone else? It's fun, it can be serious when it needs to, it has a great soundtrack, it's just a really entertaining movie. The only problem I can think of is that, again, it falls apart as soon as you start thinking about it.
I hope you all enjoyed my MCU review event…thing, and if you really don't want to wait until Age of Ultron comes out on Blu-Ray, I'll be doing a short, spoiler free first impressions post after I see the movie in theaters. Until then, I'll be reviewing other stuff. Leave a comment down below with suggestions.
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