Dead2009's Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

I am GROOT!!!!!....okay maybe I'm not but this next review is taking a look at 2014's summer hit, Guardians of the Galaxy. Starring Chris Pratt, Batista, Vin Diesel and a bunch of others, it features a group of criminals that are forced to work together to stop a warrior from taking control of the entire galaxy! No, this isnt Star Wars so calm down, although it's similiar to Star Wars but it's not, calm down, okay I'm getting carried away so let's move on, shall we?

I...am....GROOT!!! Okay, I need to calm down, as Groot is the 2nd best thing in this movie after Rocket Raccoon. I was a little skeptical about this movie because I had never read the comic and I didnt really know if a MARVEL film outside of Iron Man/Captain America/The Avengers would really work and or make money...but somehow it did AND it's getting a sequel. I also never sat down and watched Parks and Rec so I had no idea what kind of actor Chris Pratt really was, but I was pleasantly surprised by his performance in this film. Batista....I wasnt too sure about his acting skills either but I feel like it's safe to say he wont be back in WWE after GOTG 2 comes out.

Rocket Raccoon and Groot is MONEY! They need to make a spinoff/prequel of just those two because IMO they were the best characters in the entire film. Starlord is MARVEL's Han Solo except when he needs to be a hero but then turns into Luke Skywalker? I dont know, dont hurt me please :(. The scenes where the shit hits the fan and all the bounty hunters needing to join forces with Starlord after trying to capture him is like Greedo coming together with Han to take out Vader but with more humor. Did I mention the character of Yondu Udonta whos played by Michael Rooker and kinda indirectly looks like Woody Harrelson? He's a spitting image of him.

All in all, I enjoyed this film. I had doubts going in and I thought it would be pretty boring but I was so thrilled with the end result I've seen this film twice. That's right, a whopping two times. The acting was pretty well done. As before, I wasnt sure how Batista would do as he had only done a movie or 2 prior to this one, but he surprised me a lot. At least this wasnt a WWE produced movie. I give the movie a 5 out of 5.