Outside of what I feel was a couple of unnecessary cuss words that took me out of the movie, I did enjoy Guardians of the Galaxy. I had a lot of hope pinned on this movie and while I liked it, I still think there were a few issues with it.
The movie seemed to just go too fast, you didn't get time to breathe and some of the characters seemed to suffer because of it. It almost seemed like it was condensed or an abridged version. The fast pace also made it a little hard to follow at times and didn't help the story. The "heart and soul" of the movie seemed forced and a little contrite. I think all the humor didn't help the "heart and soul" factor much. There was a little too much trying to make Quill/Pratt more the hero/sex symbol than he needed to be... hard to explain this one.
But, still what a fun ride of a movie. Chris Pratt should be the next big Hollywood thing - I hope Marvel has him signed to a multi-film contract before he gets too big and demands too much in salary. There are great actors doing amazing things in this - not necessarily great acting. But, how often do you see Glenn Close talking about Nova Corps and Xandar? Lots of fun stuff going on.
Years ago I suggested Chris Pratt might make a good Captain America... I think that while this movie kinda shows that he would have made a great Cap, some of his charm and wit may've been lost as Cap tends to be more stoic.
I'm going again tonight.