Guardians: clash of cultures?

Rating: 10/10 (12 August 2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy gives a three way clash of cultures between civilized folks of Xandar, "Guardians of the Galaxy" and Ronan the Accuser (Kree religion fanatic).
The Guardians of the Galaxy are outcasts & criminals and yet possess what it takes to win the fight to protect Xandarian civilization when Ronan declares war on the Xandarian culture. Peter Quill, code name 'Star-Lord' presents as a rogue, crazy and struggling treasure thief that laughs at carnivorous lizards and holds them like a microphone. Yet, Quill has a 'Raison d'etre' in his soundtrack. Ronan the Accuser racketeers with Thanos and his daughters in secret pacts, whereas Xandarians are seen as Egalitarians who oppress and incarcerate the Guardians of the Galaxy at the Kyln Prison.
When Ronan attacks Xandar, Nova Prime sends the troops up in a blockade without much firepower and declares, "Our priority is to get out people away from battle." In other words, to heck with fighting, that's for barbarians and beneath the Xandarians. Ronan, however, thinks a former peace treaty is "tinder on which you burn." The savior of the day turns out to be Groot, who seems to have none of the Xandarian's intellect and yet performs miracles and usually says, "I am Groot," and eventually "We are Groot." By the end of the movie we see Quill is on an unintentional voyage of self discovery and finds he is half human and half ancient being, complete with a hybrid nervous system in his chest.
In closing scenes, the Xandarians display redemption by expunging the criminal records of the Guardians. Drax and Rocket elucidate on deep philosophy of how they naturally think 'stealing might be OK if you want it more', or why would murder be illegal? Drax and Rocket are clearly not ready for civilization, and in fact think some aspects of civilization are silly, but not like Ronan who actually hated the Xandarian culture. Nevertheless, the policeman Dorian Day tries to explain the laws of society, almost acknowledging the laws are for a greater strength of society. Yet the Guardians continue to pick and choose their laws in the final scenes, deciding if they should next do something good or bad or a little of both.