{M2} 12% of the Galaxy

Hello there,
and welcome to another film review by me.
I don't usually do review of films that are still in the theatres because some people might have not seen it yet. I'm still a noob at this, so I have to watch the film over and over again to write a review.
However, this movie is one of the very best ones I've seen so far.
I think there's a lot of hype leading towards this film, by Marvel itself and the fans, as well as the media. By building this kind of tension, people will automatically expect the highest from this film, even before the trailers were out. Let me tell you this, all the expectations you had when you first saw the poster, the film will meet it. As a fan of Marvel and it's cinematic universe, I'll have to say that this is the mixture we've been longing for. James Gunn has finally succeeded what Iron Man 3 failed to do, and it turned out superb.

By the way, I participated in this game by sending in questions that I would like to ask James Gunn after the special screening of the movie with James Gunn in Thailand. I said my favourite scene was when the Nova comrade calls out Rocket's name before the thing crushed him. 
The question I was going to ask him was "Why did you choose xxxxxxxxxx for the end-credit scene, and how important will this character and the guardians be in Phase 2-3 of Marvel's cinematic Universe?"
I was chosen to be one of the people to attend the screening with the director, but I was too slow to call them and confirm my place. I wanted to cry my heart out, but I can't. I can watch this movie again for the 3rd time, even without James Gunn. OH MY GOD RATA YOU SLOW AND STUPID BITCH.

Let me tell you beforehand that there will be spoilers.
The first spoiler is that LEE PACE is the hottest villain in blue skin and purple circle lenses.
Dude, just look at him man.

Credits: ☁︎

Moving on to the actual review -hot guys nearly excluded. First, let me talk about the time. It started off in 1988, right ? And then it shifted to 26 years later, which is THIS YEAR. The whole movie, from the start to the finish, gave me the impression of the now. It's not a space movie that sets tooooooooooo far in the future that it seems so unrealistic. The cinematography was done beautifully that there is always this little glimpse of the now, as in 2014, and Earth. This anchored the movie and gave it a realistic feeling, rather than a film with fighting aliens. The two, the now and the science fiction future, blended together so well that it didn't feel awkward seeing a cassette tape and mini troll dolls popping up every once in a while. I think this mixture hooked the audience into the universe of Marvel. We've seen what Tony could do with his toys, and SHIELD's gadgets, so seeing all the holographic technologies in this movie doesn't feel so out of place and/or out of time.

To emphasise on this even more, the soundtrack of the film are all from the past, and from Earth. I'm pretty sure, way before this film was made, no one could ever put these two together, let alone blend it in this well. Who would ever think that 80s/90s music would go well with a sci-fi space narrative ? Then again, it wouldn't be as blended as this if the whole concept of the movie wasn't based on the 90s. The base of this movie is what makes it blended so well with the OST, and anchored people to Earth. Since the movie started off on Earth in the 90s, with normal stuff happening with mom passing away and stuff, it gave the film some sentimental values before shooting off to space with all the explosive thingy. Sentimental values are crucial in order to hook audience in. They didn't want the audience to travel to a completely different universe, but a slightly altered version of our universe. This is what I like about Marvel, they know people. All their films, and some of their comics, are set on the now. By setting it in the present day, and linking it to Earth (New York, especially) gave the audience this sense of reality, and the suspension of disbelief. Marvel created a universe within our world, and blended it together, mixing the fiction with real places.

Moving on to the characters. Let me spoil you again that Lee Pace is the cutest Ronan anyone could imagine. Lets not talk about Lee pace, just for now, or else I wouldn't be able to stop.
We have our orphan superhero, and a group of A-holes who are only 12% a dick. A typical team of losers (and by losers, I meant people who had lost someone) combined their forces to save the Galaxy from the cutest villain ever, Ronanny. Sorry, Ronan. For god's sake, why did you cast Lee Pace for such a cruel character. He should be cast as Carina or something. Sorry, again. Please, Rata, stop blabbing about!
Right, characters. Well, it's Marvel, so you can go on and expect a group of orphans coming together as a team. This is like a smaller scale of The Avengers, with different characters blending together, forming a team. Each and every single one of them came from a different background and planet, with different purpose and hidden agendas. I won't spoil you anymore, but Lee Pace, people. And I haven't mentioned how hot Zoe was in the film, even without proper brows.

"You're Welcome"
Yeah, right. We are, and always will be,
forever thankful,
at least until A2.

Narrative, yes. The narrative of this film was great. Everything was organised in a chronological order and sequence. Very Linear and all. However, lets talk about how the screenwriter, James Gunn and Nicole Perlman, dropped a massive chunk of humour into the film, but still sustain the seriousness of the film without turning it into comedy. Lets take a look back to Iron Man number 3 (And I am assuming you, readers, have already watched it because there will be a major spoiler soon) where the "Mandarin" was just a face, played by a drug addict actor to lure people to the wrong direction. That was supposed to be the big BOOM of the whole movie, but you've ruined it by turning it into jokes. I understand that Iron Man was supposed to be filled with little humour here and there because that's how Tony Stark is, but isn't this too much of a joke? It took away all the seriousness of the film, and pulled the whole film downhill from that point onward. On the other hand, The Guardian of the Galaxy managed to sustain the seriousness of the core problem and plot, even when a big chunk of humour was thrown into the film. The humour didn't touch the core plot of the film, which is why it could contain its seriousness. I thought this was going to fail at the very end, but it turns out that the core plot remain untouched, even after the failed dance-off of Peter. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that this film is a serious film. What I'm saying is that this film should be taken seriously and not just 'another space movie', because there is so much more than just sequence after sequence of explosives. To be very honest, the review is kinda the same style of the film I'm reviewing. This is as serious as it gets, really. James Gunn, whatever you are doing, keep doing it. You are on the right track. We've had enough seriousness in Cap2, and too much humour in Iron man 3. We need a little bit of both, just like this one.

I don't really have to talk about the computer effect in this film, it's Marvel, dudes.
'Nuff said.

My favourite scene was one of the few sentimental scenes in the movie, it's the scene where Saal called out Rocket's name before the Nova ship exploded. That's all I'm going to say because saying more than this would be spoiling the film. That was my favourite scene because that's the major plot twist of Rocket's life. It's like he's asking Rocket to take over control of the Nova army and protect Xandar. Bradley Cooper voiced Rocket, man. Just saying, I just want this out there.

To conclude this pathetic and nonsense film review, I would like to rate and criticise this film. Firstly, this film is in Marvel's Phase 2 (With everything after the Avengers) and is the only film that does not lead to A2, but is leading to the third phase. I'd like to rate this film a 9.5/10, minus 0.5 solely because  of the make up effect on Nebula and Ronan. The circle lenses are too obvious that I can see the border of the lenses and the colour of it. I used to wear purple lenses like Ronan's and a black one like Nebula's. Also, the blue guard that took Peter's cassette player had red eyes from wearing lenses, and that's not healthy for his eyes. Circle lenses are too obvious and some of the actors seem to be allergic to lenses, so please use CGI instead, if possible. Like, seriously, people here wear those to make their eyes look bigger, which they believed to be cuter. Lee Pace is so cute in purple circle lenses y'all.

Look closely at their eyes.

As of my theory, I think this whole thing is leading towards the Dr. Strange movie and the 3rd Avengers, because other films before this one all led to either this, or A2. This is just my theory, though. I might be wrong. However, I cannot wait for the 2nd Avengers Film. I cannot. I can't even. I have lost the ability to even. Can we just fast forward to the premier date of A2 now, please ? I want to see my Elizabeth Olsen on screen with Aaron Johnson and the gang already. Joss Whedon, please get well soon. If you enjoyed The Avengers, then this is a film for you. It's funny, and a bit sad, with lots of action sequences and good music all throughout.

Wait, hold on. Blue Alien? Excuse me? Is the blue alien in Agents of SHIELD a Kree ?

The Galaxy's mightiest hero had proven their abilities, and formed a team. Now it's time for Earth's mightiest heroes to join force once again to protect their home from some foreign attacks.
Thanos can wait for another phase before actually doing something big because Ultron was the first in line after Loki.

Well, this has been quite a review. I wasn't planning to write this tonight, but I couldn't sleep. It's now 3am in the morning, and my brain is no longer working, so I might have missed something or there might be a whole bunch of typos. I'll add something, or change something, when I remember it.
But for now, bye.

PS: Quack-Fu for Phase 3. Oops, a spoiler.