Guardians of a Galaxy of One Liners!

"Guardians of the Galaxy", Marvel's irreverent intergalactic hero flick, was one I was initially hesitant to see. However, the previews showed a raccoon character that looked similar to one in a film script I'm writing, so I thought a little research was in order. So, on opening night, I bought a ticket and joined a theater full of high school kids in Ballard to watch Chris Pratt duke it out on the big screen with the help of his rascally team of alien do-gooders.

What a surprise!

The film starts out super serious, a hospital deathbed scene between Peter Quill (Pratt) and his mother, who herself looked like an alien with deathly pale skin and bald head. Traumatized by the ordeal of seeing his mother die, Quill runs out of the hospital only to be abducted by aliens. Enter the super dramatic title sequence, and our story kicks off.

As with any Marvel film, the stakes are high. In this case, a despotic alien who wants to wipe out another alien race is searching for an artifact that Quill obtains at the beginning of the film. Space chases ensue, battles erupt, bad guys are bad guys and good guys are deviously good. Nothing new here.

However, the banter is what makes the movie. Peter, along with Gamora, Drax, Groot, and Rocket trade one liners with each other and others who step into the line of fire of their mouths. John C. Reilly's character even plays along, adding to the banter as only that seasoned comedian can. These one liner's keep coming, and coming, and coming, until it's not your typical hero movie anymore.

And that's a good, refreshing thing!

Maybe it was the opening night excitement and a theater full of kids, but I laughed at almost every joke during the film, and there were a lot! I'd rather not spoil any of them here- they wouldn't be funny anyway taken out of context. Watch the film and see for yourself- the quips never run out!