For Those Who Felt Like the Avengers Wasn't "It"

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2014)

This movie was everything the Avengers was not and that is... extremely fun, exciting, well-paced, and spectacular. I don't think the Avengers was as good as everyone else seems to believe, that's not saying I hate it, I just don't think it's that great. Now before you shoot me down and block me, hear me out.
Guardians of the Galaxy is a story that isn't so much about story as it is about developing the quirkiest, funnest, and most interesting characters that Marvel has to offer. Anyone who thought Captain America and Hawkeye were bland and boring in the Avengers, look no further. (I will frequently compare the Avengers and Guardians). Each character is given enough development in the first half that they aren't just caricatures. Each person is given enough dialogue and none of them seem to mugging for the screen.
I haven't even gotten to the best part. THE SOUNDTRACK!! This soundtrack is better than Frozen, better than Avengers, better than Iron Man. When you leave this movie you will be whistling "Hooked on a Feeling" or chuckling to yourself about the opening credits scene or singing Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" or possibly even thinking about Marvin Gaye's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". The soundtrack pushed this movie into such a silliness and over the top fun that it was incredibly enjoyable to watch.
Now I haven't really said anything bad about this film because there isn't much wrong with it. Except it suffers from being a Marvel film, so, the villain is only meh. Marvel struggles so bad with villains that it's almost sad. The villain in Guardians is not terrible but he's no Joker or Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor or even Loki. The villain is forgettable and not well developed and that's a definite drawback.
In short, Guardians of the Galaxy is the most fun I've had at the movies in a long time, it's exciting and wacky, its soundtrack is phenomenal, and its villain is underwhelming.
Highly Recommended.