![]() The twisty script Gunn wrote with Nicole Perlman tests Peter’s mettle with an impossible task: Collect major bucks and, oh yeah, save the galaxy by stealing a mysterious orb back from the evil Ronan (Lee Pace), who wants to use the orb’s beyond-nuclear power for, well, the usual reasons. Want to see Pratt become a full-fledged movie star? This is where it happens.Īll praise to director James Gunn, the creative force behind the little-seen but muchadmired Slither and Super, for making his first epic an epic treat. ![]() Whether he’s busting funky dance moves to the 1970s oldies songs on his late mom’s cassette player (he kills it on “O-o-h Child”) or showing his chops as a space warrior, Pratt nails every beat in the role – comedy, drama, action and six-pack-baring stud appeal. If you’re a fan of Pratt as chubby Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation or as the voice of Emmet in The Lego Movie or in supporting roles in smart movies such as Moneyball and Zero Dark Thirty, you’ll want to catch him here. Since age nine, when he was zapped from Earth into space after the death of his mother, Peter has been bounty-hunting around the cosmos in the corrupt employ of blue-skinned Yondu (Michael Rooker). Chris Pratt is blissfully right as Peter Quill, who calls himself the Star Lord, mostly because no one else will. It’s insanely, shamelessly silly – just one reason to love it.Īnother is the up-for-anything cast. Through dazzle and dumb luck, it turns the clichés of comic-book films on their idiot heads and hits you like an exhilarating blast of fun-fun-fun. ![]() Guardians of the Galaxy does the impossible. ![]() Maybe you think a big-ass movie about wanna-be Marvel icons isn’t worth your time. Maybe you never heard of Guardians of the Galaxy, the Marvel comic franchise that wilts in the shadows while Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Avengers get all the love. ![]()
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