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Earlier we turn our gaze to the stars, we must hash out Earth.

It'due south the birthplace of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), the hero at the heart of Guardians of the Galaxy, Curiosity Studios' 10th movie that takes place in its cohesive cinematic universe, and hands its virtually out-of-the-box offering notwithstanding. When we come across Peter, it's 1988, and he's a child on the cusp of the greatest loss he'll ever face up. When the heartbreak of losing someone close to him becomes too much to bear, Peter does what every young kid tends to do in the face of adversity: He runs — only not very far. Before he can flee his troubles on his own, a spaceship beams him up from the surface of his home world, changing the course of his life forever.

Xx-six years later, Peter'due south an intergalactic outlaw known to some (simply not many) as "Star-Lord." His reputation isn't impressive, but his skills are. He wears a retractable infinite mask that offers him protection and allows him to breathe under otherwise hostile conditions. He has jet boots that can assist him span bully distances. He wields hand-cannons that can use lethal strength, and tin can also cripple enemies when a softer impact is needed. And he steals stuff — lots and lots of stuff — all while listening to Awesome Mix Volume 1, a collection of hits from the 1970s and 80s, and Peter's just real connection to the planet he was born on.

The Guardians of the Galaxy very well may be a agglomeration of "a-holes," but they're our "a-holes."

In short, Peter Quill represents the type of hero so many kids dream of becoming when they grow upward. Likewise, Guardians of the Galaxy, as a whole, is the kind of movie kids volition obsess over for years to come. Information technology'due south massive and inventive in its imagination and scope, taking fans who are familiar with the Marvel Universe so far outside of Globe that they could be completely forgiven if they forget they were watching a Marvel movie rather than, say, Star Wars. Really, Guardians and Peter Quill are closer cousins to Star Wars and Han Solo than Iron Man and Tony Stark; an even better comparison is Firefly and Malcolm Reynolds, because Quill is surrounded past a Serenity-esque crew of his own.

Indeed, while Quill is the focus of Guardians, he's far from the only scoundrel in the galaxy. In that location'due south Gamora (Zoe Saldana), the deadly assassinator and adopted daughter of Thanos (Josh Brolin), the Mad Titan glimpsed in the Avengers' mid-credits sequence; Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), the heavily tattooed muscle freak with a score to settle against the man who killed his family; and Rocket and Groot (voiced past Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel, respectively), the gun-toting raccoon and talking tree-fauna cutting from the Han and Chewie cloth.

Independently, Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot are a bunch of "a-holes," as they're described so many times in the movie. Together, they're the female parent-loving Guardians of the Milky way — still a bunch of "a-holes," but "a-holes" with the collective ability to salve the universe. They represent the idea that people from very dissimilar walks of life, with very different methods and priorities, can come up together to do something astonishing. And they do information technology all in style.

Testing the Guardians' ability to work together for the greater good of the universe is Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace), a Kree fanatic and terrorist who lashes out against the peace treaty forged between his people and the Nova Corps of Xandar. He intends to control the galaxy through the use of an ancient antiquity — an artifact that just so happens to exist in Peter Quill'south possession. Pace does his best to bring some threatening energy to an otherwise one-note role, only equally with his graphic symbol in the film, he's outclassed past the sheer weirdness of our heroes.

As Star-Lord, Pratt proves why he's transitioning into a new phases of his career as a leading human. He'south whimsical and goofy, as we already knew from his work on Parks and Rec, but he's as well soulful and expressive in an instantly relatable way; information technology does not hurt that he looks great without a shirt on, either. As Gamora, Saldana does what she does best these days: kick donkey and take names in outer space. As Drax, Bautista flexes new muscle as an actor, with some solid emotional beats and even ameliorate moments of levity. (Drax takes everything literally; nothing goes over his caput.) Every bit Rocket and Groot, Cooper and Diesel fuel threaten to steal the whole prove, lending their voices to the weirdest characters in the flick, and offering up some surprising moments of vulnerability every bit well.

Really, information technology's these utterly bizarre however fully realized characters that make Guardians a must-run into. The story isn't all that complicated, and it'due south perchance a little too familiar, merely the world (or worlds, rather) it spills across are as immense and awe-inspiring. The connection to the Marvel Universe is intriguing plenty. Only it'south the Guardians themselves, these unlikely heroes, that make this flick so special.

Perhaps Guardians lacks the emotional complication and social commentary of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, or even Captain America: The Winter Soldier, just information technology surpasses both of those blockbusters in terms of sheer fun and amusement value — thanks to James Gunn'due south witty script and wildly imaginative world, and the total weirdos who live in it. The Guardians of the Galaxy very well may be a bunch of "a-holes," just they're our "a-holes." The earth of cinema, and the universe at large, is all the more awesome with them in the mix.

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