Guardians Of The Galaxy
More catching up here – yet another flick that I saw quite a while back and I never posted the review.
Now this was an extremely pleasant surprise. I went into this film knowing absolutely nothing about the source material. The comic is a Marvel title that I had never bothered to read. When the first trailer was released, I heard mixed messages – people I knew who were familiar with the source material didn’t like it because they said they were playing it too much for laughs, but people I knew who had not read the comics were really looking forward to seeing it because it looked like a fun sci-fi romp.
What did I think of it?
It was a fun sci-fi romp! With a fantastic soundtrack!
Up until now, I had considered Captain America: The Winter Soldier to be my favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe film. Now it’s tied with Guardians Of The Galaxy. I think Winter Soldier is a better film than Guardians, but I also think Guardians is a whole lot more fun. Winter Soldier is a well-made paranoic thriller at heart, whereas Guardians is more of a happy-go-lucky romp through sci-fi tropes that is elevated several levels by the impeccable soundtrack, Michael Rooker, and two fantastically realized CGI characters.
Guardians 2 cannot get here fast enough. Again, this is making me less interested in Avengers: Age Of Ultron. I’m really hoping that a future Avengers film will bring the Guardians together with the rest of the team. We’ll see.