Guardians of the Galaxy
I hope that movie theaters never die out. Sound films quickly killed silent films, but home video thankfully never killed movie theaters. There are just so many reasons to see a film on the big screen – stunning visuals, surround sound systems and other people’s laughter. As a result, I try my best to see movies which are meant for the big screen right when they come out, and I am a little sad that we missed “Maleficent” and “Edge of Tomorrow”. I will probably never bother to see them on a TV screen.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” is another example of these films. Featuring a really fun prison break-out, the film is all about its visual effects and straight-forward entertainment. It did really well until somewhere in the second half – perhaps the moment where the main characters start develop their lame, predictable romance – the film becomes quite stupid. Well, let’s focus on the good: The main characters are all likable and, in fact, the further they are in the hierarchy, the more I like them. In other words, Groot is my favorite character (“I am Groot!”), followed by Rocket, Drax, Gamora and, well, Star-Lord. Actually Star-Lord and Gamora would be much easier to like if it wasn’t for that romance; they should have had a relationship like Malcolm and Zoe and that may have saved the film.
There is something lovely about this idea of misfits saving the world (something like the young, sweaty superhero fan’s wet dream), and for the most part “Guardians of the Galaxy” portrayed these misfits in a lovely, humorous way. It is only later on when there were more fights and less jokes that the film became sappy (“I will die with my friends” alright) and just a little bit unbelievable. Then again, I almost started crying at the “We are Groot” scene, so who am I kidding.
Overall, I care little about the Marvel universe and rarely like comic book adaptations. With that in mind, “Guardians of the Galaxy” did quite well and I enjoyed seeing a meaningless action flick in theaters again.