About three or four years ago, I decided to sit down and watch a movie (as people often do) and came across “Guardians of the Galaxy.” (I know guys, I was late to the party — don’t come at me.) As I sat and watched the movie with its ’70s and ’80s music and interesting plotlines about how the group met and saved the world, I found that this action/comedy movie was one to truly enjoy.
The first scene in the movie is very emotional, showing a young Peter Quill (Wyatt Oleff) and his mother (Laura Haddock) as she passes away. I find it interesting that this scene was included because the rest of the movie is very comedic, so it strays away from this emotional character. Next, after a 26 year flash forward, we meet the castaway/rebel Peter Quill, or “Starlord” (Chris Pratt).
We see Quill, or Starlord (as he insists on being called), having what we call “a main character moment” — two minutes of him listening and vibing to the iconic song “Come and Get Your Love” by Redbone while stealing an orb (which we find out contains an “Infinity Stone”) off an almost entirely destroyed planet. The way he dances and lip-syncs throughout the entire scene, just living his best life, sets up the rest of the movie as we meet this comedic and slightly clueless character.
Cue meeting the first three members of the newly formed band. Gamora (Zoe Saldana) stalks Peter on the planet Xander and attempts to assassinate him. Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Krystian Godlewski) are also trying to catch the outlaw. As a result, the newly formed “group” ends up in prison where they meet the final member, Drax (Dave Bautista). That’s definitely how you make, friends right?
If you know me, you know that I am a very sarcastic person. One thing I love about this whole entire plot is the sarcastic comments we hear from the extremely smart and creative Rocket — he’s my favorite, by the way. The amount of eye-rolls, sarcastic comments and straight-up sighs as the new “Guardians of the Galaxy“ navigate through the movie in attempts to save Xandar are astounding.
Another thing that I love about the movie is the music, from Blue Swede to the Jackson 5, from Marvin Gaye to Tammi Terrell, plus the Raspberries and many more. I think that the use of this fun ’70s and ’80s music is a good way to add a color to the ever-changing plot.
Overall, the music, the comedy, the sarcastic comments and the questionable get together of this group make the movie into the “Guardians of the Galaxy” we know and love, which is celebrating ten years of release.
