If for some bizarre reason I was only allowed to watch one Marvel movie for the rest of my life (something painful to think about), it would be this movie.
This is, without a doubt, my favorite Marvel movie.
I don't know if it can even be classified as a superhero movie; it's not about a person with inhuman abilities that always has a plan. It's not even like the Avengers, where each hero of the group could function by themselves.
This movie is all about the team. Without each other, the Guardians couldn't save the world. Without his team, Rocket would just be a raccoon with a gun. Groot would be a giant tree. Gamora wouldn't have anyone else. Drax would be blind with vengeance. Starlord would be hopeless.
Together, they make the most lovable and fun band of misfit heroes to ever grace the screen; the Guardians of the Galaxy.
This movie is action-packed, hilarious, and insanely quote-able. It's a feel-good movie that will still have you on the edge of your seat. All of the characters, despite being aliens and an anthropomorphic plant and animal, are so real; they're each fighting for different reasons and you feel for each of them in their own ways.
The voice acting is incredible and the music fits like a glove; you can still find me jamming to Awesome Mix Vol. 1.
For the first time, I scrolled down the rotten reviews of this movie and didn't agree with a single one. My jaw dropped lower in disbelief with every one I read.
Maybe I'm a bad critic, but this movie was the most fun I've had in a theater all year.
Go see this movie; I promise you won't regret it.
Post credits scene?
A Howard the Duck reference. Not worth it if you don't know who he is.
