{"id":3721,"date":"2014-09-28T08:39:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T13:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/?p=3721"},"modified":"2019-03-10T17:35:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T22:35:47","slug":"guardians-of-the-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/reviews\/movie\/guardians-of-the-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians of the Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--\nGPlus Timestamp: 2014-09-28 08:39:59-0400\n- Updated: 2015-03-31 13:35:44-0400\nGPlus Permalink: https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+MSinclairStevens\/posts\/QRfNgrLpq1d\n-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d96cjJhvlMA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first ten minutes I thought I&#8217;d walked into the wrong movie. I couldn&#8217;t decide if the level of cheesy parody was targeted for 8-year-olds or the pot-smoking SNL crowd and I never liked Indiana Jones. Moreover I hate the CGI teal and orange look which attempt to blur the line between movies and video games. I associate comic books with bold colors, especially reds, yellows, and a generous balance of white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cont\">Then we get to the first fight scene. In broad daylight under a bright blue sky. It&#8217;s fast, fun, and funny. My interest piques. By the end of the movie, I decided <em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> had pulled of a pretty neat trick, successfully staying on the right side of the line between cheesy fun and an embarrassing mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cont\">It&#8217;s such a relief to watch a superhero movie which doesn&#8217;t take itself too seriously. And every time someone sinks into a reflective, moment of embarrasng emotion, the comedy kicks in. Less pompous, more fun. It&#8217;s also refreshing to see women characters who are actors not objects. Maybe not that surprising in a movie where almost everyone exercises free will, even the talking raccoon and a tree. (Would you describe the way the tree, Groot, walks as &#8220;lumbering&#8221;?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bottom line: Great fun for 8-year-olds of all ages and genders.<\/p>\n\n\n<h4>GPlus Discussion<\/h4>\n<h5>Marc Schnau &#8211; 2014-09-28 08:51:09-0400 &#8211; Updated: 2014-09-28 08:51:19-0400<\/h5>\n<p>Great review, thanks a lot. I was somehow undecided (to watch or not to watch), but I will give &#8220;Guardians&#8230;.&#8221; a try.<\/p>\n<h5>Daniela Huguet Taylor &#8211; 2014-09-28 08:55:31-0400<\/h5>\n<p>Our family loved it, lots.<\/p>\n<h5>Mike Jenkinson &#8211; 2014-09-28 10:04:13-0400<\/h5>\n<p>I&#8217;m 45 and I thought this was the best movie I&#8217;d seen since Return of the King. I loved this movie. It was FUN, and that&#8217;s sorely missing from most movies these days.<\/p>\n<h5>M Sinclair Stevens &#8211; 2014-09-28 10:14:49-0400<\/h5>\n<p>+Mike Jenkinson Yes. Fun! How unusual is that these days in this genre? Such a relief! If we&#8217;re going to pursue comic-book heroes and villainry, why not have more fun.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bottom line: Great fun for 8-year-olds of all ages and genders. <\/p>\n<div class=\"belowpost\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/reviews\/movie\/guardians-of-the-galaxy\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[333,312],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3721"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3723,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721\/revisions\/3723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/wordsintobytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}