Guardians of . . Pure Entertainment!

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2014)

Movie escapism at its best! An excellent balance of action, visual effects, dialog, and clever humor. The ongoing interaction amongst the RICHLY distinct and diverse physio-personalities of the lead characters was the KEY, well-conceived and written element of this film, as was the welcome fact that it never took itself too seriously.
The dialog of each of the lead characters was carefully and cleverly crafted to help further define their unique physical individuality (i.e., Groot was a wonderfully understated charmer, the raccoon a gregarious hoot).
The (fortunately) brief opening scene was weak, stiff and mechanical in it's effort to set up the lead character's plot line, and could have/should have been done better so as not to be such a disservice to the well-done entertainment that follows.
Pure entertainment, and then some!