{"id":44061,"date":"2014-08-01T22:38:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T04:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/01\/and-now-for-my-guardians-of-the-galaxy-non-spoiler-review.html"},"modified":"2014-08-03T16:37:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T22:37:28","slug":"and-now-for-my-guardians-of-the-galaxy-non-spoiler-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/01\/and-now-for-my-guardians-of-the-galaxy-non-spoiler-review.html","title":{"rendered":"And now for my Guardians of the Galaxy<\/i> non-spoiler review"},"content":{"rendered":"
[No spoilers here … but possible spoilers in the comments.]<\/p>\n

I'll be pondering this in more detail over the next few days (and as I allow myself to read more about the film), but …<\/p>\n

… That was a damned fun movie. I laughed, I gasped, I laughed some more, I winced, I enjoyed myself a lot.<\/p>\n

It was not a great movie. It was not even the greatest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie (I'll still give that to The Avengers).<\/i> But it was a lot of fun, I'm glad I went to see it in the theaters (and the 3D was well-used), and I will ponder seeing it again while it's still there.<\/p>\n

The Guardian characters themselves were a heroic hoot (Zoe Saldana's Gamora was the weakest, but still worth the watch). \u00a0The supporting cast were — okay (both good guys and bad guys), nothing Oscar-winning but playing well their part. \u00a0The story was decent, the FX were spectacular, the after-the-movie bits were fun-but-disappointing, the music was as advertised, and …<\/p>\n

Well, they'll be back. And I'm looking forward to it.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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[No spoilers here … but possible spoilers in the comments.] I'll be pondering this in more detail over the next few days (and as I allow myself to read more about the film), but … … That was a damned fun movie. 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