Not your typical Marvel Movie, likable characters and great soundtrack.

Rating: 9/10 (6 August 2014)

First and foremost, I'm an 70s and 80s music fan and to think that they incorporate such soundtrack in this Marvel film is just a piece of art.
Not a typical explosions-laser shooting-spaceship fighting movie. The variety of physical and mental attributes of the main characters gave Gunn (director/writer) lots of opportunities to avoid simplistic and typical fight scenes. I like the balance of profanity in this film such that adults won't feel like they're watching a film entirely made for kids. The humor might at times is worthy only for a smile but some scenes never fail to crack me up. I like how they incorporate Quill's earthly tethers and belongings so as to remind viewers that he's still a human being like us on a great galactic adventure. As a marvel movie, it may not have some epic shots like Hulk punching a large-ass spaceship or Iron Man in a process of wearing his suit, but this film has it's own VFX magic spread in bits throughout the movie like a peanut butter and jelly evenly spread on bread. GotG does not have dead ends and it just starts on rolling since the beginning of the movie and you're going to walk out of that cinema without having a single thought that you've wasted money and time for this movie. I had high expectations before I watched the movie and those expectations were met.
This movie is a great addition to the Marvel arc and they showed us something we never knew we wanted to see.