The House at the Edge of the Galaxy (2013)

Сюжет кино: The blu-ray package features both 2d and 3d, as well as a digital copy I put in VUDU and iTunes. Lots of extras. The movie fills out the 50GB disc (2D, no 3D TV) and looks incredibly filmic, with slight hints of crush on occasion in the intense darkness that often occupies scenes, though it's never distracting. Audio is top notch. Music often takes the sound stage by storm, and you wouldn't have it any other way with a soundtrack of this caliber. Every alien device sounds how you would expect, and it all roars, crashes, and zooms through the soundstage like it was really happening in the room. You might even be able to follow the whole film with your eyes closed, and very few can live up to that claim (Johnny Dangerously).
As for a review of the movie itself:
I found the trailers for this to be amusing. Good music choices for the trailers, too. I knew it was a comic book movie from the start, despite not having heard of it.
I had zero clue about any of the comic book lore, or the characters. I thought Rocket Raccoon was a Starfox knockoff. Not sure why I thought that, with Starfox being a fox, but he did nonetheless. Casting seemed okay. Dave Bautista never surprised me much in any role I'd seen him, and Chris Pratt just seems cheesy.
Then I started hearing a lot of positive reviews. I heard that Dave Bautista took acting lessons just to keep from looking like an oaf. I heard the name "Star Wars" and "space opera" more than once.
I was poised to see the Ninja Turtles movie, having been a childhood fan, but I wasn't entirely jazzed about the development. Then I started hearing such good feedback about Guardians, which settled the scales. All my friends and I went to the local movie house to see Guardians of the Galaxy.
I don't want to spoil the show, even though I can't help but want to really let go. The first thing that I noticed is the prominent role that music plays in the film. It really tugs my heartstrings. This isn't just a case of the right songs being chosen and edited into the right places; music is Peter's most beloved collection of memories of home. His connection to his mom. It's the only thing that he had to keep him from just being lost in space. Peter's passion for his cassette tape will bring you to tears, without any overt attempts to make you cry. In fact, most of the film is fairly straightforward and situational, and it's quite easy to suspend disbelief, because you see everybody as a real person (or creature) just doing what they do. There's nothing terribly supernatural about these heroes. They're really just a bunch of screw-ups and loners, and you just can't help but love them. They occasionally make bold moves, only to find out how small they truly are in the galaxy they live in, and yet they push on because nobody else is doing any better.
Ronan the Accuser might seem a bit intense and cliched, but he's The Accuser, and it just made sense to me that he'd be wordy and, well, accusatory in nature. It just made sense that way; he passes judgment on everybody, and it turned the cliche on its ear. Nebula took her daddy complex to the extreme, then showed her true colors by siding with whomever she felt was going to be victorious. Thanos hardly bats an eye at all this fuss, as if all this is below him. It is, and they are; he's merely biding his time before showing his true colors.
Drax/Bautista was brilliant. Hilarious. Groot stole more than his share of scenes, despite his very limited dialogue. Gamora was kind of dry, but it seemed more as if she was driven and focused than just poorly portrayed. Rocket showed layer upon layer of depth. Quill played off of all of them with a level of brilliance and realism that proved he was the glue that held them all together, time and time again.
I had no clue how emotional the ride was going to be. I laughed and cried, was shocked and amused; yet hardly ever where I expected to feel a particular feeling.
Guardians of the Galaxy is truly was the most wondrous adventure I've had since I saw The Empire Strikes Back. I felt like I was 5 again.