Guardians of the Galaxy

 

Guardians of the Galaxy 2014

• Director: James Gunn
• Seen by the director: The Suicide Squad
• Based on the Marvel Comic
• Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, and a bunch of others whose faces/voices can’t be recognised
• Chris Pratt – Zero Dark Thirty, Wanted
• Zoe Saldana – Pirates of the Caribbean Black Pearl
• Karen Gillan – The Circle, Doctor Who
• Why? 11^th.
• Seen: 1 February 2025      

       Before realising that the Guardians were part of the Marvel universe I saw GG 2, in the belief that it was a sequel to Galaxy Quest. Alas, I was sorely wrong about that. I didn’t like it and I wrote in my review that I didn’t need to see the first one.

       Ha. That was before I started to do the Marvel films, all 30+ of them. So here I sit.

       Peter (Pratt) calls himself Star-Lord (nobody else does) and he’s somewhere in the galaxy. He’s a criminal and he has stolen the Orb, intending to sell it. Other people (or whatever they are) want the Orb too and will happily kill for it. Peter encounters various other rogues, including a raccoon and a tree.

       It’s a comedy, but mostly it’s just silly. The best part is ‘Hooked on a Feeling’ from 1974 by Blue Swede. Aka Björn Skifs, still going strong here in Sweden. Oh, and ‘Cherry Bomb’ by the Runaways.

       Does this film have anything to do with the real Marvel characters?

       It’s hardly worth any * at all but the above-mentioned music, a few short appearances by quality actors and the little dances at the end grant it      

2 * of 5