Best Marvel?

Rating: 8/10 (23 August 2014)

Something new is never bad when it comes to comic books, but riding the waves of other successes works too, cause nothing says there has to be a change, maybe one and that's vision. It would be a mistake to think that Disney has no idea what it's doing. They know they need to keep the comic book wave alive and grab new viewers and Guardians of the Galaxy is perfect for doing just that. The new blood infusion comes from James Gunn the script writer, he's proved himself all geek with Super and Slither. Neither were outstanding pieces, but both were entertaining and very funny. But what did he end up doing with a big project and what can we even expect from him? Based on the first trailers it looks like the year's biggest blockbuster even if the Guardians don't have a strong foundation like the Avengers. Though it is a popular comic, it's not as known a brand as Thor and gang. But as more and more trailers came out and info was leaked expectations rose. The hype machine was churning. So only one question remains. Can they jump the huge hurdle that they built? Lássuk a sztorit: After stealing a mysterious orb in the far reaches of outer space, Peter Quill, a half human/half alien is now the main target of a manhunt lead by the villain known as Ronan the Accuser. To help fight Ronan and his team and save the galaxy from his power, Quill creates a team known as the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' to save the world. First off it's a visually pleasing action, the story is fast paced, but between two action scenes there is time for character development. It's finally not a problem that there are a lot of heroes in the story and they don't know what to do with them. They all have their place. The story may not be all that, but there aren't major problems with it either and the one liners are great. I laughed myself silly at the teasing going on between the characters. They constantly have a go at each other. The script is definitely designed to have the jokes and the characters as its focal point. And that's not a bad thing. It's entertaining. The films music is awesome, we hear a bit of it in the trailers but it works really well in the film, despite it seeming to be not suitable to a film like this. It totally pulled off what few would have thought possible jumping that proverbial hurdle. But hey with a film with a raccoon sitting on a moving tree while said raccoon machine guns everything in sight you kind of know that it will be huge. But the point I'm trying to make is that Hollywood finally came up with a good script. It's good visually but for me it was a comedy. I for one laughed more than with many of the so called comedies that came out in the last little while. Disney has reached the high point in Marvel films. So the question remains what now? It might sound strange but Guardians has totally given Avengers 2 a new hurdle to jump over. Marvel films stayed high quality this is true but they didn't have any daring, guts to them and that's what Guardians has. I think the film will be a huge success and that's good for a lot of reasons. Hopefully Disney will continue to be brave with the Marvel rights and will dip into some more interesting projects beside the new Captain America. All in all the film gives what can be expected maybe even more. I was counting on it being a visually pleasing fast paced action sci-fi with humor, but it was a surprise how good the actors were, the characters were and the script was. So it became the best Marvel film and that I wasn't expecting. It surprised me. It can't be less than a 10/10. Ironman, Thor time to get cracking. https://www.youtube.com/user/Videodromeblog