“Guardians of the Galaxy” is an action-filled, comedic, adventure debuting the comic hero “Star Lord”. Although the Star Lord of the movie is critically acclaimed to not be true to that of the comics; the movie still stands strong on its own, providing an enjoyable experience for everyone. As someone who had never read the comics, or even knew they existed, this movie was a delight that I could continue to watch and still enjoy fully. The special effects and computer generation in the movie were extremely well done and didn’t seem fake at all, and they integrated perfectly with the live actors.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” follows the space outlaw Peter Quill, who prefers to go by “Star Lord”, as he acquires a rare artifact that is sought after by the terrible villan Ronan. Due to his tight circumstances, he is forced into an awkward team consisting of him, a bounty hunter racoon and his tree, the assassain Gamora, and a very large, very literal being known as Drax the Destroyer. The unlikely group of 5 must prevent the artifact, which can give the wielder the power to destroy worlds, from falling into the hands of Ronan where it will be used to kill millions of innocent people. Being on the run from Ronan has its own fun too, like galatic prison riots, and space bar gambling. However, it also comes with problems, mainly being that the most powerful villan in the galaxy wants your head. In order to attempt stopping Ronan, the team must do the last thing they thought they would ever do: call the police.
James Gunn did movie goers a great service by casting Chris Pratt as Star Lord. His personality and antics are the perfect match for Quill’s wittyness and joking manner. The choice for Zoe Salmada to play Gamora is really obvious once you consider she is probably the only women who can still look attractive with all of her skin painted green. David Bautista has the perfect shape to be molded into the fearsome warrior Drax the Destroyer. Overall, the casting choices were top quality, which can be seen in the box office pull of $773.3 million. The movie was paced really well, and the story wasn’t hard to follow at all.
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The movie starting out with Quill’s past and child hood really help to show how he has changed and what parts of him are still the same. The action starts quickly when his Hooked on a Feeling stroll is interrupted by Ronan’s goons, who are also after the orb that Quill just wants to sell off. The movie keeps at an exciting and enjoyable pace the entire time, making it hard for anyone to get bored of the movie. The lack of lens flares in every frame was also a very good choice on behalf of the director. Chris Pratt is already a bright enough star to fill the whole screen with light anyways. Gunn made the right choice in doing this movie, it made the audience quite happy and it made him a richer man.
