The Galaxy is in good hands

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2014)

Spoiler alert folks, if you haven't see Guardians of the Galaxy.
But you totally should.
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times. THIS IS MARVEL'S TIME.
They played out a huge gamble on uniting their heroes into the Avengers and it paid off big. Then the thought of combining all these movies with ties to the next movie, risky, but brilliant.
Now they have pulled another brilliant movie by bringing us the Guardians of the Galaxy. Once a virtually unknown group in their comic universe, now a huge money making force to be dealt with that rivals The Avengers themselves. The biggest gamble? Putting 'The Guardians of the Galaxy will return' at the end of the movie. What if this movie flopped? They would have pulled a Buckaroo Banzai on us. Marvel knows what they are doing and it seems as if they are unstoppable.
The Guardians of the Galaxy is the story of a misfit group of 'thugs', none of them fit the typical hero mold. A scavenger, a big burly killing machine, the daughter of the universes biggest tyranny bent on total destruction, a genetically altered raccoon and a tree. Not the type of group you'd call if there was a problem, but they're the ones you'd want.
This movie gets you from the start, even with this being a group of new characters; we're introduced to them quickly and during the course of the movie that you don't even notice it. (No being bitten by a spider Spider-Man sequence or Batman parents being shot flashback here) and they are thrown together to fight a common threat to the galaxy and wind up becoming friends in the process. The best part aside from the action is the humor and this movie is full of it.
The real stars are Chris Pratt as Star Lord Peter Quill (like Han solo meets Indiana Jones with smart remarks for days)from his dance moves to his trying to explain common expressions to those around him is hilarious and Rocket who is only out for himself and his pal Groot (Seriously, a disgruntled raccoon, what's not to like?)
There are plenty of cameos too, if you are familiar with Marvel comics you will catch lots of them (even Stan Lee is there), the best is the appearance of Thanos the Tyrant. (The purple guy at the end of The Avengers) and even Benicio Del Toro as the Collector (the guy from the end of Thor 2) also stay until after the credits for a cameo from a notorious Marvel character.
A few things did bother me, so if I may..
1-Peters ship was destroyed and the Nova corps rebuilt it as best as they could, even his tape deck? How many cassette tape players are just lying around in another galaxy? Did this planet have a Best Buy?
2-Peters Walkman, what does it run on? All these years and he never had to replace the batteries? Did he stop by an intergalactic Wal-Mart?
3-Gamora, for being the daughter of a tyrant that everyone wants to kill, after the jail scene, no one seems to care that she is just walking around. Weird right?
4-When Rocket and Groot try to take down Quill at the beginning and Gamora gets in the way, all this stuff is happening out in the open with a bunch of people watching and no one tries to help? What kind of planet of pansies is this?
5-John C. Reilly's character, he arrested Quill right (a few times from what he said) and he has Quill on speed dial on his phone?
6-Yondu (the blue guy) keeps bring up how everyone else wanted to eat Quill but he stopped him, DUDE WE GET IT! Move on!
7-When they escape the prison, Quill just hands them his ship as he goes back for his Walkman. Why did he trust them, sure they helped break him out, but they could have just take the Milano for themselves and not looked back. That would have made for a short movie.
8-Quill puts on his mask and can fly through space. HOW? His body is still exposed to space, and the top of his head is too because his hair stick out when the mask is on. Other than looking cool, what good is the mask really? And there were others but that is neither here nor there.
Guardians of the GalaxyGO SEE IT! If Marvel keeps this streak up, there is no way any DC comics movie or Justice League movie will be able to top this.