MCU REVIEW: Guardians of the Galaxy

Episode 29 - Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1 Movie Review

This week the guys re-watch one of the most pleasantly surprising film from Phase 2... Guardians of the Galaxy from 2014. This was the first extended look at Marvel Cosmic and featured a group of characters most moviegoing people didn't know anything about. This could have been an absolute disaster. Instead, it launched the Guardians and James Gunn into the mainstream.

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Film Facts

Tagline: You’re welcome
Released: August 1, 2014
Runtime: 121 minutes
Box Office: worldwide: $772,776,600 / domestic: $333,176,600 
Budget: $170,000,000* ($232.3 million)
IMDB Rating: 8/10 
Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper
Directed: James Gunn
Screenplay: James Gunn and Nicole Perlman 

2ish Minute Recap

Discussion Topics

Intros of each character brilliantly engineered.

Loveable Assholes 

• Each of them has tragedy, and yet have to decide to act bravely, and even foolishly to save the world.

Marvel Studios logo was all still comic images

James Gunn

Music 

Thanos 

Tidbits 

From the comics 

Face Off!

• Which Did it better? The Comics or the Movie

What's Next

• Age of Ultron (2013)
• Guidebook to Marvel Cinematic Universe: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2016)

Signoff

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