A great movie

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2015)

I really enjoyed this movie. The soundtrack was cool, surprising and unique. I was glad that the songs that Peter listened to weren't there just there to punch up a scene. I might have chosen different songs but these songs were perfect. And Chris Pratt's Peter is such a contemporary and real guy that no matter how odd situations became his reactions and utterances made everything seem plausible. I only had a quibble with the narrow, metaphorical background which seems to be a constant in most super hero films. I won't go into details here, just suffice it to say that when I saw Chris Pratt's other film, "The Lego Movie", I was encouraged to see the idea of "the one" relegated to the position of nonsense. I loved it when Morgan Freeman's "wise man" states that the reason that his prophesy is true is based on the fact that "it rhymes". Back to "Guardians ...": The plot and script were solid. The graphics were just amazing. I watched the 3D version and it is excellent. I always feel like 2D films are really missing something after a good 3D viewing. And this 3D film is superb.
I do think that we are on some strange path of always having to "one up" the mayhem levels of previous films. And I think that it does not make the drama more effective to continually raise the body count. What is our intent in making films? I think we could make better films with less mindless darkness. Zombies and vampires and fears. Oh my.