Guardians of the Galaxy is a movie made for me.

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2014)

Amazing how this was made for mass audiences, yet I feel that it was specifically made for me. Let's break it down.
1. It's a space opera, and I'm a sucker for Star Wars, or anything similar to Star Wars. I even got enjoyment out of the prequel trilogy. And GotG pulls off this genre very well.
2. It's like a western. Witty and gritty. It's humorous at times, serious at others. And they both have balance. It's as goofy as it is exciting. This is why many people are comparing it to the original Star Wars movie. Walk into the wrong bar, lose an arm. Or, in this case, a leg or an eye.
3. The music. This was one of the biggest selling points for me. 80s pop music out of nowhere?! That's something you'll only see in a Scorsese or Tarantino movie. And it works amazingly good in this movie. Now, Blue Swede's 'Hooked on a Feeling' is featured in two of my favorite movies of all time, the other one being 'Reservoir Dogs'.
4. It tries to funny, and it actually works. There are movies which are effortlessly funny. There are movies which try so hard to be funny, that they fail miserably. And then there's Guardians of the Galaxy. A movie that takes effort in almost every other line to make you laugh. And yes, I can assure you, for half the movie, I was laughing out loud. From slapstick to references to pop culture to references to fine art and literature to purely genuinely funny dialogue, GotG has it all. And it works.
5. It instills hope in me for future comic-book movies. Since when did comic-book movies become deathly serious?! I guess we'll have to blame Christopher Nolan's masterful Dark Knight Trilogy; three serious movies about a superhero who is, at his core, serious. That's why it works there. I don't see how we are supposed to take a guy in a red cape and a blue super-suit, with a huge 'S' in the middle, seriously (one of my quips about last year's Man of Steel). Guardians of the Galaxy, thankfully, is different. It's dark at times, but it's uproariously funny at others. Who said superhero movies can't have humor in them?!
6. It instills hope in me for the producers about to produce three of the most anticipated movies this decade: The new Star Wars Trilogy. Disney proved with this movie (and, of course, all the other Marvel movies), that it doesn't tone much down for children when it's distributing movies made by other studios. GotG is perhaps the greatest example of this. J.J. Abrams is a great director, and if the new Star Wars movie is anything similar to this, I think us Star Wars fans are in for a massively satisfying Star Wars experience, one that will not only surpass the prequels, but at least meet, if not surpass, the standards of the original Star Wars Trilogy.
Guardians of the Galaxy is also definitely one of the most quotable movies I have ever seen. It's bound to be a cult classic, as well as a big blockbuster (as we can already see!). There is some great acting all around as well, I can't really even pinpoint which of the Guardians made me laugh the most.
And, I know this last part seems far-fetched, but Guardians of the Galaxy might actually win an Oscar.
Hear me out here: an Oscar for Best Make-Up. I'm dead serious. The make- up guys did an incredible job with Guardians of the Galaxy.
Overall, Guardians of the Galaxy is my new favorite comic-book movie, new favorite Marvel movie, heck, it's even one of my favorite films of all time. Right up there with Star Wars. Although a little bit below. Because, come on, it's Star Wars.