{"id":24591,"date":"2014-08-08T04:56:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T08:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=24591"},"modified":"2017-03-06T05:01:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:01:19","slug":"guardians-of-the-galaxy-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It takes a real out of the box thinker like director James Gunn to really approach \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d with a fresh sense of vision that doesn\u2019t make it feel like a stock space epic. Truly, \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d is the most complete Marvel movie since \u201cThe Avengers.\u201d It adopts the quirks and flash of the Marvel universe, while also introducing us to a group of complex and truly interesting rejects that become saviors of the universe thanks to colliding fates and unusual circumstances. Suffice it to say \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d is a near masterpiece, and one with an amazing soundtrack. Rather than sidestepping everything from the comic, director James Gunn embraces the fun of the diverse alien bunch, while also injecting his own demented dark comedy.<\/p>\n

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Peter Quill was abducted by aliens as a child, shortly after the death of his mother from Cancer. Years later, he was raised by the space pirate Yondu, to become a pirate in his own right, spending his days exploring wrecks and stealing prized artifacts for pay. When he aims to steal a mysterious orb from a ship wreck, he comes across the troops of the vicious Ronan the Accuser, who is anxious to grab the orb for his master Thanos. When Yondu learns of the theft, he sends hunters to find Peter, and take the orb. Meanwhile the intergalactic space force the Nova Corps are also on the hunt for the orb. When Ronan sends his assassin Gamora (Zoe Saldana) to retrieve the orb from Peter, the situations becomes even more troublesome when he reveals himself to be cleverer than Gamora realizes. When two local bounty hunters the anthropomorphic genetically engineered Raccoon Rocket, and his large sentient plant friend Groot attempts to kidnap Peter for the bounty, the foursome are sent to a high facility prison, realizing the importance of the orb.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d is very focused on depicting heroes that aren\u2019t as dashing or even as aesthetically pleasing as people like the Avengers, and Gunn displays an unabashed love for the characters, including Rocket Raccoon who is almost like a furrier grumpier Han Solo. Under a less talented director, the presence of Rocket could have been a complete misfire, but Bradley Cooper\u2019s spirited voice work, matched with the engrossing character transformation is compelling. Chris Pratt is given the task of helping to keep the film afloat with his depiction as the unusual space pirate Star Lord, and gives a fantastic performance, providing the character with real humanity. There are also great turns by Dave Batista, Zoe Saldana, and Vin Diesel as the plant creature Groot. Gunn also gets great mileage out of supporting performances by Karen Gillan, John C. Reilly, and Michael Rooker. What\u2019s so interesting about \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d is that our group of adventurers is never quite valiant superheroes, and even when we leave them, they\u2019re still just dirty, rotten scoundrels given a new sense of self-importance.<\/p>\n

Director Gunn only has two hours to establish a group of rag tag mismatched anti-heroes, and he hits the ground running from minute one, and never falters, even in the midst of very pleasing action set pieces. What\u2019s even more satisfying is that director Gunn has to lay the ground work for future story lines within the Marvel Cinematic universe, introducing a slew of minor characters that will achieve greater importance in the future, and yet \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d still feels very complete and filled with great substance. It may be just one part of a massive continuity, but it can still be taken in as a fantastic and sweeping space epic on its own. \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d is a tough sell for fans accustomed to superhero epics that nevertheless is funny, action packed, and filled with a lot of humanity. It\u2019s definitely one of the most entertaining movie going experiences I\u2019ve had in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It takes a real out of the box thinker like director James Gunn to really approach \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d with a fresh sense of vision that doesn\u2019t make it feel like a stock space epic. Truly, \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d is the most complete Marvel movie since \u201cThe Avengers.\u201d It adopts the quirks and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[58,64,71,88,219,349,1612,631,633,778,840,906,1087],"class_list":["post-24591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-packed-april","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-adaptation","tag-adventure","tag-aliens","tag-comedy","tag-fantasy","tag-james-gunn","tag-martial-arts","tag-marvel","tag-pirates","tag-revenge","tag-science-fiction","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24593,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24591\/revisions\/24593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}