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GotG: Spoiler Free Review
Aug. 3rd, 2014 03:42 pmPeter Quill: You know what the difference between you and me is?
Batman: You're in a space opera and I'm in a gritty urban saga?
Peter Quill: No, I'm a guy who saw his remaining parent die horribly and grow up an emotionally stunted man-child, but I'm still fun to be around.
Batman: Dick.
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Synopsis: Peter Quill is just your average guy who grew up raised by space pirates after being kidnapped when he was eight years old and now makes a living stealing artifacts ala Indiana Jones. When he comes across the [Macguffin related to the other two MacGuffins from The Avengers and Thor: The Dark World], he finds himself in the middle of a brewing intergalactic crisis as the fanatical Ronan the Accuser tries to grab it to ensure the destruction of the Nova Corps homeworld of Xandar. Along the way he gains the help of a beautiful green-skinned assassin, a slightly addled-brained warrior out to avenge his family, a gun obsessed cybernetic raccoon and... a tree.
Review: For a movie that frankly starts off with the most downer of downer beginnings (do not watch it if you've recently lost a loved one to cancer), and has a cast of heroes who have been frankly broken,[1] it's unbelievable how freaking funny this film is. It helps that Quill is constantly lampshading the insanity around him, and that Drax, who surely has the most reason to be surly and angry after seeing his family murdered, comes across as more loopy than angsty.
The action is good, the script is tight, there's about a laugh a minute, and it isn't afraid to be heartwarming and slightly shmaltzy at the right moments, instead of insisting the heroes be the only bright spot in a crapsack world like the Batman and Superman movies.
OH, and after this I don't want to hear anyone from DC complaining that Wonder Woman's origin is too "complicated" to understand.
HIGHLY recommended.
[1] As obnoxious as Rocket is, you will find yourself wanting to give a CGI raccoon a hug after hearing his drunken rant about his origins, and at the very end of the movie.
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Steve Rogers: On your left!
Superman: Shut up! Just shut up!
Batman: You're in a space opera and I'm in a gritty urban saga?
Peter Quill: No, I'm a guy who saw his remaining parent die horribly and grow up an emotionally stunted man-child, but I'm still fun to be around.
Batman: Dick.
* * *
Synopsis: Peter Quill is just your average guy who grew up raised by space pirates after being kidnapped when he was eight years old and now makes a living stealing artifacts ala Indiana Jones. When he comes across the [Macguffin related to the other two MacGuffins from The Avengers and Thor: The Dark World], he finds himself in the middle of a brewing intergalactic crisis as the fanatical Ronan the Accuser tries to grab it to ensure the destruction of the Nova Corps homeworld of Xandar. Along the way he gains the help of a beautiful green-skinned assassin, a slightly addled-brained warrior out to avenge his family, a gun obsessed cybernetic raccoon and... a tree.
Review: For a movie that frankly starts off with the most downer of downer beginnings (do not watch it if you've recently lost a loved one to cancer), and has a cast of heroes who have been frankly broken,[1] it's unbelievable how freaking funny this film is. It helps that Quill is constantly lampshading the insanity around him, and that Drax, who surely has the most reason to be surly and angry after seeing his family murdered, comes across as more loopy than angsty.
The action is good, the script is tight, there's about a laugh a minute, and it isn't afraid to be heartwarming and slightly shmaltzy at the right moments, instead of insisting the heroes be the only bright spot in a crapsack world like the Batman and Superman movies.
OH, and after this I don't want to hear anyone from DC complaining that Wonder Woman's origin is too "complicated" to understand.
HIGHLY recommended.
[1] As obnoxious as Rocket is, you will find yourself wanting to give a CGI raccoon a hug after hearing his drunken rant about his origins, and at the very end of the movie.
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Steve Rogers: On your left!
Superman: Shut up! Just shut up!
