Hooked on a Feeling

Rating: 9/10 (27 August 2014)

After watching 'Guardians of the Galaxy' there is a good chance that you too, will be hooked on a feeling. With good performances all around the board and some fantastic action sequences this had all the makings of a great sci-fi/comic book movie. However its the fantastically witty dialogue and well fleshed out characters that makes this the most enjoyable film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
This film demonstrates that superhero team-up movies don't require 2+ hour movies to serve as a back story for each character as each character's background is summed up in a few lines of dialogue here and there, with the exception of Peter Quill who gets more time to build up his back-story as he is essentially the main character.
The film also has a much stronger villain than in most other Marvel movies as Ronan the Accuser's motives are well justified and he has just enough screen time to let the audience see just how bad-ass he really is. He has a sort of Darth Vader-esque feel to him as even though he is bad-ass the audience knows early in the film that there is a bigger, even more bad-ass villain lying in wait for his opportunity.
Another high point of the film is the fantastic sound track. Featuring some classic pop tunes which will delight the older audience as well as encourage the younger audience to seek out some of the artists used in the soundtrack. The audience gets to hear this soundtrack through Peter Quill's music player. This music player serves almost as another character as it is there all throughout the film.
All in all its a fantastically fun film for any age, except the youngest of children with great characters, a bad-ass villain, very nostalgic soundtrack, and most importantly heart, and a lot of it. Guardians of the Galaxy certainly feels like a Moon-age Day-dream