Guardians Of The Galaxy review

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Comic, Superhero.
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Lee Pace, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Djimon Hounsou, John C Reilly, Glenn Close, Benicio Del Toro.
Year Of Release: 2014
Certificate: 12A (UK)
Runtime: 122 Minutes
Director: James Gunn

Synopsis: "A group of space criminals must work together to stop the fanatical villain Ronan the Accuser from destroying the galaxy." IMDB

So here we are, Marvel's riskiest project? Or was it? In my honest opinion "Iron Man" will forever be their riskiest taking their own money and creating a film based on a character that wasn't their most successful in comic form. However, Guardians is a close second in the risky business category, I'm a pretty big Marvel fan myself (self proclaimed) and I had never heard of the Guardians until the time it was announced their was a film being made, since then I began to read up a bit and my excitement exploded.

While being said to be a part of the MCU Phase 2, you would also be able to watch this film as a stand alone and enjoy it just as much. The film doesn't get itself stuck into the intermingling movie crossovers like the rest of the MCU has done, actually unlike 95% of the MCU taking place on earth, after minutes into Guardians we are thrown deep, deep into space to not return to earth. The Avengers had hours and hours of pre story to the characters when the film was being made, Gunn had to create back stories and bring a team together in one film, an incredible feat which he seemed to do with ease while it took the MCU 5 films at roughly 10 hours, Gunn done that within 2.

The cast does and absolutely (inter)stellar job, yes I said interstellar, I used that pun deal with it ha. The entire cast is on their A games though, Pratt as Quill is one of the best castings in any MCU film since the franchise started his charismatic, funny, relate-able in a way portrayal of Peter Quill was incredible. Zoe Saldana as Gamora may seem like a bit more of a simple task, however her femme fatale badassery is second to none in recent years, however it is the rest of the Guardians who truly shine. Bradley Cooper absolutely steals the show as Rocket, his quick witted retorts and emotional completely really bring more than the gag of "oh a talking Racoon" to the screen and really create a character you care about. Dave Bautista really comes into his own, his performance is far superior to his previous straight-to-DVD displays, he really made Drax his own as for Vin Diesel as Groot there is not much you can really do with "I am Groot" however he still gives the characters a charm of his own. 

The film is easily Marvel's most beautifully stunning film, I can imagine George Lucas watching it thinking "if I made Star Wars today, I would win ALL the awards". I truly think, Gunn has changed the game completely when it comes to comedic based Comic adaptations, the tone of the film jumps between truly emotional to laugh your socks off to science fiction insanity, truly making Gunn a blockbuster director to keep an eye on. The soundtrack is another success by Gunn, it is by far the best I have ever personally heard blending incredibly with the gritty and beautiful cinematography.

Overall, the film was an incredibly fun watch filled with laughter, action, good acting and a solid story to boot. Which in the comic world you rarely get the whole collection, usually get a two out of four, however Gunn delivers potentially the best comic film of all time, some will argue the best. For me it's easily up there with the best, Chris Pratt gets to put his comical side on show and he delivers a great performance. You will laugh your ass off throughout while enjoy the beautiful visuals and great character development from the start, has a very Star Wars feel about it. Okay, I'll say, it is the modern Star Wars, it's more than just a comic film it's a space operatic, and Gunn should be insanely proud. I would LOVE him to board all the main Marvel based films that use space and give the Russo Brothers the earthly based films, this would result in the greatest film franchise ever in my opinion.

9/10

"Guardians Of The Galaxy" has a trailer!!!

I personally know nothing about GOTG, and still do not know a single thing. However, after seeing this trailer I am highly looking forward to the movie! Chris Pratt is going to be hilarious in it, check out the trailer an let me know what you guys think.

"Guardians Of The Galaxy" trailer!

At Comic-Con the other week they showed a trailer for the highly anticipated "Guardians Of The Galaxy" and some sneaky so and so recorded it an we have it here to watch. So feast your eyes on probably the most unexpectedly good trailer I have seen in a while! I know nothing about The Guardians Of The Galaxy, but after watching this trailer I am going to do a bit of reading up on these bad boys.

"Guardians Of The Galaxy" casting news

So here we have some casting news for the villains in the upcoming Marvel ensemble film "Guardians Of The Galaxy".

The Hollywood Reporter are reporting that Karen Gillan best known for her role as Amy Pond in "Doctor Who" has been cast as the lead female villain in the film although her role has not be specified as of yet.

The other piece of casting news we have for you is that Benicio Del Toro has been casting in what is being reported as "lead role in the film". Del Toro's role is also being kept under raps but rumours are exploding after it was revealed he had signed a multi-picture deal. The most commonly through around name for his character is Thanos, which makes sense considering the happenings in the end of "The Avengers".

"Captain America 2" & "Guardians Of The Galaxy" concept arts

Some of the newly released concept art for Marvels upcoming films look pretty bad ass, Captain America looks pretty sweet too. Can't wait to see "Guardians Of The Galaxy", I have no previous knowledge of it so hopefully will be surprised to see what it ends up like.

Jason Momoa is in "Guardian Of The Galaxy"

Jason Momoa has joined Chris Pratt in "Guardians Of The Galaxy" he is set to play... Drax the Destroyer, he is a pretty bad ass looking character but let's be honest Jason is pretty bad ass himself.

"Jason Momoa who played Conan in the Lionsgate reboot, and is best known for playing KhalDrogo in the first season of Game Of Thrones, flew out to London to screen test on Wednesday. It was reported earlier that Isiah Mustafa, Dave Bautista, and Brian Patrick also tested the role of Drax.

According to sources, Momoa’s screen test went so good that Marvel offered him the part and his reps have now countered, so the negotiations are ongoing."

He seems to be a pretty good choice, but I would personally have gone with Dave Bautista, but Marvel know what they are doing so let them do their thing. This film is shaping up to be a pretty fun film, it will be more of child-like version of "The Avengers" I am guessing. 

"Guardians Of The Galaxy" has a lead?

According to many reports Chris Pratt has landed himself the role Peter Quill/Star-Lord, I personally haven't seen much of Pratt's work besides him being in "Parks And Recreation" which is hilarious an he plays a character which I wouldn't imagine is anything like the character he is set to play in "Guardians Of The Galaxy".

"After a long search, Marvel Studios has found its lead for its next big superhero franchise, the James Gunn-directedGuardians Of The Galaxy. I hear the role will go to Chris Pratt, theMoneyball star who bulked up and played one of the hero Navy SEALs in Kathryn Bigelow’s "Zero Dark Thirty"."

Marvel reveal upcoming films at SDCC

During this years San Diego Comic Con, Marvel revealed their upcoming lineup of sequels an their anticipated character films. With this news they also released teaser posters for the films.