Guardians of a Cool Galaxy

Rating: 8/10 (27 August 2014)

Marvel comics is the greatest comic books company of all time. They own the most famous characters (Spider-Man, Iron Man etc.) representing a pantheon of legends, most of them created by Stan Lee, who changed the history of comics forever. Good stories, characters with human features you could relate to, even though they were extremely powerful. All of this plus a good share of humor if possible (Spider-Man sarcasm is legendary) is the trademark of the Marvel empire. Now this empire has become a film empire, and given those treats, they have great material for decades. And I want to be there to see it... Abducted as a child in the late 80's, Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) is now a grown-up space pirate who calls himself "Star-Lord". When he steals an orb, he becomes a fugitive chased by demigods like Thanos, alien race Lords like Ronan and some other nice people around he will have to ally with. Chris Pratt is Quill, a not so cool captain as the Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) from Firefly (Joss Whedon, 2002-03), but with enough charisma to lead the party. Bradley Cooper is Rocket, a bad-ass raccoon with anger issues and Vin Diesel is Groot, a suave alien tree. The rest of the band is Zoe Saldana as Gamora, an assassin that deep down is a lovely lady and Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, a well-spoken goon. It is quite a fun cast to be honest. Like I said before, this is entertainment in Marvel fashion, action packed films, loads of fun, and as a bonus, an awesome soundtrack, which will cheer you up anytime. To be honest, mainstream tends to be vulgar, and abuse of CGI is a must nowadays, but not always. Sometimes, though, when you let go and just enjoy the ride, it's great, and much more if there is a good story, entertaining, not pretentious and impeccably made. That is pure entertainment, that is cinema.