A truly excellent film that proves just how good Marvel truly is

Rating: 10/10 (13 August 2014)

When it was revealed that marvel were making guardians of the galaxy everyone around the world was surprised and that is probably why this is one of the biggest surprises in film history as this film is excellent. The premise of the film sees a group of criminals come together come together to take down a fanatical warrior who plans to destroy a planet. Chris Pratt was really a big of an unknown when he was cast in this role but he is fantastic he is really funny and charismatic which makes you really like his character in this film. Zoe saldana plays the assassin gamora in this film and her back story in this film is incredible and she was great in the action scenes that readymade her character cool. Dave bautista is one of the best wrestlers of recent memory but nobody could believe just how good an actor he truly is. He was so awesome as drax the destroyer because he managed to get across the dramatic part of his character and also had so much humour to him in this film. Vin diesel voices the big tree groot in this film and his character was just plain awesome in this film with the visuals being fantastic and the character being so lovable. We then get to the show stealer with Bradley Cooper as rocket raccoon and he is one of the best characters I have seen in recent memory. He is quick witted and hilarious but he also had some layers to him that made him an interesting character in this fun film. When I first watched this film I thought Ronan was a weak villain but now I get his motivations and his back story I think he is a decent enough villain for this first film because the film is all about the guardians. The story of this film is pretty simple but it works the director didn't try and overcomplicate things, he made it simple and relied on the characters to make this film cool. The script is fantastic with all the humour and drama in it making this film feel alive and unique in its script. The style of this film is awesome and it felt like the perfect mid of star wars and star trek which I am a a big fan of. Also the soundtrack isn't usually something I would mention but it is amazing in this film. Overall this film was an absolutely huge surprise because nobody expected the highest quality but this film delivered.