A Fantastic Surprise

Rating: 8/10 (7 September 2014)

I was skeptical about Guardians Of The Galaxy to say the least. Starring professional wrester Dave Bautista, directed and co written by the man who wrote the live action Scooby Doo movies and directed a segment of Movie 43, and a very unusual movie trailer led me to the conclusion this wasn't going to be a good movie even before it was released. But then it came out and the feedback was nothing but amazing, so I found myself watching the movie despite my doubts, and man am I glad I did.
Guardians Of The Galaxy IS Marvel's best movie. I can't tell you how many times I was left laughing out loud, cheering characters on, and grinning from ear to ear. The action might not be the greatest compared to other Marvel movies such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier or The Avengers and the direction may not be either, but the screenplay is nothing short of amazing and blows other Marvel movies out of the water. Still, the OK direction and sub par action didn't bother me to much as although Guardians Of The Galaxy is a superhero movie, it's definitely more of a comedy than an action movie, and it works great. Really the only big gripe I have on the movie is that the villain is a little weak. The best villains are the ones that you can connect to and understand and that isn't the case in the movie. Another small thing is the ending might bother some people although I thought it worked alright.
Still, despite any complaints I've expressed about Guardians Of The Galaxy this is a must see. The chemistry between the characters is flawless and every single character is fleshed out. You care about them and want every single character to succeed. And although I've been raving about the comedy portion of Guardians Of The Galaxy don't think that the whole movie is riding on the comedy because emotion scenes are executed just as well.
Overall, Guardians Of The Galaxy Is one of my favorite movies of the year as well as one of my favorite superhero movies of all time. I promise anyone that watches this movie will enjoy it and I implore anyone and everyone to stop what you're doing and go to your theater right now to watch it.
I hope you appreciated my review of Guardians Of The Galaxy and I hope you enjoy it just as much as I did.