Guardians of the Galaxy is one of those movies made after a popular comic. Therefore, the standard statement from a devout fan will be “you don’t get it unless you read the comic.” Suffice it to say, I don’t read the comic. Despite that, the movie raked in well over 90 million dollars it’s opening weekend and that is nothing to sneeze at. The Summer of 2014 has been lackluster for movies and lower than projected in box office sales. Guardians of the Galaxy will probably fare better than anything, including my personal pick Edge of Tomorrow. But, does box office mojo equal entertainment value? Not always.
This is not specifically for kids. The cute raccoon had me thinking it would be good for young kids. While there is nothing abhorrent in it that might confuse kids, it has long stretched where nothing to engage children happens. It’s a comic book geek movie, not a family/children’s one. It has a goofy protagonist trying to make a living outside the norms of his society. He reminded me of Han Solo. There is a band of characters who are all out to make their own ends meet. They get together and battle an evil force who threatens to destroy all that is good. Comic book anyone? It has some fun throwbacks to 70’s and 80’s music which offsets the space war activity happening throughout. You’ll have to see it to see how they make that work. In conclusion, I was entertained but not blown away. This is another Green Lantern or other recent cgi space action movie. Nothing overly creative or innovative. The box office is being kind now but not so sure the march of time will remember this one so well. I give it 3/5.
This post was published first as a regular diary entry on Damien at the Speed of Life.
