Guardians of the Galaxy was in the theaters for about a month or so, and I never found time to see it. Everyone said, "You must go!" but I never did. Because there are so many other things that had higher priority. Like the job, housework, basement plans, etc. I have long ceased to be a fun person. Facebook bears testimony to the fact that all of my family, friends and acquaintances are far more fun than I am: countless pictures of vacations, weekend pleasure trips, adventures in Disneyworld, European tours, potlucks, birthday parties.
Movies.
Well, maybe we can do something about movies.
The DVD for GotG finally arrived at the stores and I picked it up so that we could have a movie night at home. Most of the kids had already seen it, but us old fogies hadn't, so it was a bit of a struggle to keep them from talking through all the good parts (warning: our kids have a tendency to talk through movies even if some of the audience hasn't seen them yet). Nonetheless, we still managed to enjoy it.
The "origin story" is quite engaging, and the characters grow on you like mildew on a shower curtain. And it has everything needed to entertain. There's action (including the obligatory slaughter of anonymous persons who are no more than cannon fodder for any conflict between good and evil) to define the distinct attributes of each of the primary players, romance (which always plays out as two characters who can't stand each other in the beginning), humor (an alien who takes everything literally), pathos (the son who lost his mother at an early age), and mystery (as in, why was the main character abducted by space pirates in the first place?). There's beautiful aliens, handsome starship pilots, and weird creatures from other planets - including a genetic human/raccoon hybrid and a talking tree.
In short, it has everything required to provide two hours of riveting entertainment. And it was directed by Joss Whedon.
'Nuff said.
Movies.
Well, maybe we can do something about movies.
The DVD for GotG finally arrived at the stores and I picked it up so that we could have a movie night at home. Most of the kids had already seen it, but us old fogies hadn't, so it was a bit of a struggle to keep them from talking through all the good parts (warning: our kids have a tendency to talk through movies even if some of the audience hasn't seen them yet). Nonetheless, we still managed to enjoy it.
The "origin story" is quite engaging, and the characters grow on you like mildew on a shower curtain. And it has everything needed to entertain. There's action (including the obligatory slaughter of anonymous persons who are no more than cannon fodder for any conflict between good and evil) to define the distinct attributes of each of the primary players, romance (which always plays out as two characters who can't stand each other in the beginning), humor (an alien who takes everything literally), pathos (the son who lost his mother at an early age), and mystery (as in, why was the main character abducted by space pirates in the first place?). There's beautiful aliens, handsome starship pilots, and weird creatures from other planets - including a genetic human/raccoon hybrid and a talking tree.
In short, it has everything required to provide two hours of riveting entertainment. And it was directed by Joss Whedon.
'Nuff said.
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