- Best 5 person team since the 2004 Detroit Pistons.
I'm a comic fan so going into Captain America: The Winter Soldier (http://nonwrestling.blogspot.com/2014/04/captain-america-winter-soldier.html), Amazing SpiderMan 2(http://nonwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/amazing-spiderman-2.html) and X-Men: Days Of Future Past (http://nonwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/x-men-days-of-future-past.html) I knew what and who to expect but I went into this with a clean slate which was good for me as it meant I learned things as the film went on.
Due to the space setting it has a distinct different feel to other Marvel films which makes it stand out for me. The Guardians consist of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) who is human, well half human as it turns out, Gamora (Zoe Saldana) who's a green lady who happens to be Thanos' adopted daughter, I say adopted he took her after killing her family, Drax The Destroyer (Dave Bautista) who intends to kill Gamora in prison due to Ronan The Accuser killing his family until Quill talks him out of it saying she betrayed Ronan so he'll come for her, and Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and Groot, a tree basically (voiced by Vin Diesel) who are the new Stockdon and Malone, Laurel and Hardy uh... you get my drift.
The first scene that I really liked, though that's not to say the preceding scenes were poor by any means, was the riot in the prison. Basically they have an orb though don't seem to know what it's for and plan to sell it for 4 billion units to a buyer through Gamora and split the profit. Rocket has a plan for them all to escape and tells the others what he needs - a prosthetic leg, a security band that the guards where and a quarnex battery which he claims will set the guards off so they must get that last, as we see Groot wander off and go get it thus starting the riot. The scene here was used in a traier it's where Rocket is shooting whilst on Groots back.
My favorite character was a toss up between Drax and Rocket. Drax because he is oblivious to sayings and also he wasn't one of them characters who's angry for no reason and instead of being a kick-ass brute he actually gets his ass handed to him by Ronan, only to be saved by Groot, which made him more appealing to me plus he has my favorite line of the film -
Rocket Raccoon:
[about Drax]
Metaphors go over his head.
Drax :
NOTHING goes over my head!... My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it.
Rocket does come across as no nonsense and well heartless is a bit strong but you know what I mean, however when he's drunk we find out that he hates the fact that he's been and this made me feel for the little guy -
Rocket:
He thinks I'm some stupid thing! He does! [points to Drax]
Well, I didn't ask to get made!
I didn't ask to be torn apart and put back together over and over and turned into some little monster!
[begins to cry].
Also towards the end as Groot sacrifices himself to save the others Rocket shows that he did like Groot really even if he put him down at times and is genuinely sad that he thinks he's lost Groot. He ends up carrying around a twig which in the last scene of the film becomes a mini Groot and dance to Jackson 5 'I Want You Back'.
The infinity stones are officially in the MCU now, or at least one of them is, and the Guardians have it in their possession. Thanos also shows up albeit briefly. Ronan The Accuser unfortunately isn't a great villain, he isn't as bad as Sandman, Venom from Spiderman 3 but he doesn't come close to Doc Ock levels of greatness either. Praise as well for Michael Rooker's Yondu who was my favorite of the supporting cast.
I enjoyed the characters, who I felt worked well together, and I liked the film as a whole,visually it was very impressive. Thanos appearance obviously links us to The Avengers and I hope that these two cast of characters can overlap at some point as maybe Avengers could get help Vs. Thanos or with the infinity rings at some point. By the way incase you're wondering the post credit scene introduces Howard The Duck, yeah Apocalypse it ain't.
