Film Review: “Guardians of the Galaxy”
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I’ll say this much for Stan Lee: the man knows how to create characters. I’ll also say this much for Stan Lee: his plots are waaaaay too difficult to follow.
I’m not a Marvel man (or even a fan of comic books in general) but the new Guardians of the Galaxy does precisely what it sets out to do: take the audience on an intergalactic joy ride punctuated with funny one-liners and pop culture references that remind me of Shrek. In fact, Guardians is pretty much the anti-Dark Knight of superhero films. It’s the Shrek of superhero and comic book movies. It doesn’t take itself seriously - and asks that you don’t either.
There’s so much plot (and by that I mean “stuff happens”) that to recount it would be nigh impossible. Suffice is to say, the entire show belongs to one Mr. Bradley Cooper, whose wisecracking Rocket Raccoon so dominates the entire film, you can see them launching a whole separate franchise just to satiate the impending fandom. Kind of like what Puss In Boots did to Shrek.
Sorry, Chris Pratt.
