Now this is a comic book movie

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2014)

When my wife and I returned home after seeing Guardians of the Galaxy, I logged into IMDb and gave it a 9 (there are only a handful of films that I've given a 10). It's a thoroughly entertaining film, and with an MPAA rating of PG-13, you could take your teenagers with you and not be embarrassed.
It's a fun movie to watch, with a fine ensemble cast led by Chris Pratt as Peter Quill (aka Star Lord). It's all action, but there's plenty of humor too. Guardians owes its lineage to a long line of sci fi and action films, including Star Wars, Raiders, and LOTR, just to name a few. Peter Quill is another Han Solo, and the tree-like Groot is very reminiscent of the Ents in LOTR. And the whole movie revolves around a mysterious powerful object that everyone wants and some will kill for (the plot for all the Indiana Jones films). Partway into the movie, our group of misfits has gotten together: Peter Quill; Gamora, who's betrayed her boss Ronan, a Kree who is planning to use a mysterious sphere to destroy civilized planets in the galaxy; Rocket the genetically altered raccoon; Groot, a tree-like creature with a very limited vocabulary; and Drax, a convict in the prison that the group breaks out of. They proceed to battle the bad guys in a series of confrontations leading to the climactic showdown between Quill and Ronan.
The action was pretty much nonstop for the two hours the film ran, and most scenes featured heavy CGI, but it was very well done. The score was also well done and included a number of hit songs from the 1970s and 1980s. In the movie, Quill's dying mother had given him a cassette tape with the songs, which were her favorites when she was younger.
Sequels? Oh yeah, for sure. There were some unanswered questions to be explored, number one being: Who is Peter Quill's father? And what will happen with the powerful sphere that Quill has? And there are backstories on the other Guardians to be told. No, we haven't seen the last of our band of Guardians.
Tip: Don't leave when the credits start to roll. Stick around for a mini-scene that comes after the credits.