This was such a good film. I was interested in it because it looked funny and dumb, but it was better than I had thought it would be. I had been hearing nothing but good things about it since it first came out, and some had compared it to The Avengers (which worried me, to be honest, since that is a film major's nightmare), but it was good.
I loved the sci-fi feel Guardians of the Galaxy has. At times, I felt like I was watching a Star Trek film, which was cool, even though I've never been into that sort of thing. The never explained WHY Ronan (Lee Pace) wants to destroy Zonar (I think that's the name of the planet Nova is on), unless they did and I missed it, so that bothered me. I also didn't like how most of the best jokes were included in the previews, so they weren't as funny as they should have been. I liked how they tied in his sentiment towards his deceased mother, though. Peter Quill, also known as Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) carries with him a mixed cassette tape (for those youngins out there reading this, a cassette tape is a device that records audio onto a thin, skinny film that's wrapped up inside) that holds a collection of his mom's favorite songs. There were a few other things that tie in, but I don't want to spoil anything for those interested in watching it, so I'll keep those to myself.
One thing I really didn't like was that, at the beginning, it looked REALLY CGI. They probably used a bit of that so they could make it into a 3D movie. I really don't understand Hollywood's obsession with 3D. It's annoying. Wearing glasses are annoying. Our eyes get damaged enough watching a movie in the dark, I don't want to cause them any more pain by making them focus on virtually made 3-dimensional images. Fortunately, my eyes soon adjusted to the odd animation and it no longer looked CGI-ish shortly after the beginning credits rolled.
The soundtrack was fantastic, I sang along to almost every song! Also, side-note, Chris Pratt is a babe.
I give Guardians of the Galaxy 7 out of 10.
One thing I really didn't like was that, at the beginning, it looked REALLY CGI. They probably used a bit of that so they could make it into a 3D movie. I really don't understand Hollywood's obsession with 3D. It's annoying. Wearing glasses are annoying. Our eyes get damaged enough watching a movie in the dark, I don't want to cause them any more pain by making them focus on virtually made 3-dimensional images. Fortunately, my eyes soon adjusted to the odd animation and it no longer looked CGI-ish shortly after the beginning credits rolled.
The soundtrack was fantastic, I sang along to almost every song! Also, side-note, Chris Pratt is a babe.
I give Guardians of the Galaxy 7 out of 10.
