GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Apologies for the gap in film blogs, it was not planned and sadly real life takes over from time to time. However I made it out to see Guardians of the Galaxy, the heavily advertised film from the Marvel franchise. These characters are less well known to the passive Marvel fan however the hard core comic book reader already knows them intimately. I’m chuckling away to myself as I type this I’m watching the legendary Stan Lee walk in to Hell’s Kitchen the Gordon Ramsay show (yes I’m a fan). Stane Lee – “I’ve got to find a way to turn this in to a story! Super Chef.”

So it introduces us to the Guardians of the Galaxy: Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Quill (Chris Pratt), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper - voice) and Groot (Vin Diesel - voice). All coming from unique backgrounds we learn a bit about their past and see them coming together. It’s typical marvel colourful bad guys and damaged heroes.

There are so many positive things to say but I’m going to start with the most important thing in my opinion, the characters. They were introduced simply but in an exciting way, all showing a bit of their past and a glimpse of what they could be. I have to complement the casting, really just the perfect selections for all 5 and a massive coo getting cooper for Rocket. They’ve done something I never thought possible; putting Vin Diesel in a role where he was tolerable in any way. I’ve hated everything he’s been in since Fast and the Furious (Original). This may have been down to the fact he had the same line for the majority of the film but Groot was one of the most enjoyable characters.

The action scenes were also excellent, they were never too long like Transformers and the gentle humour intertwined throughout them for levity was fantastic! The whole film is just enjoyable, it’s good clean fun and I’ve been quite surprised at some of the negative responses. It’s got a score on IMDB of 8.7 out of 10, which is fairly impressive however I do believe this will come down over time.

If you have enjoyed any super hero movies at all then I definitely recommend it and it’s one for the family as well I think it moves quickly enough and is easy enough to follow that the kids would thoroughly enjoy it as will. I’m giving it a solid 8 out of 10!