Movie Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

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J.M.J.

As I was sitting in the theatre with my friends watching this movie, one of them noted that it was like watching Lord of the Rings and Star Wars at the same time. I quite agree with this friend's analogy. There was a lot of violence and rudeness in this movie which I did not care for. I don't normally watch movies about superheroes. I thought I'd give this one a chance. It turns out that the film had a couple of rather redeeming qualities.

A group of five were working together to save the galaxy from the evil Ronan. Now you know why the word "guardians" is in the title; they were guarding the galaxy. I digress. Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, Groot (a tree with a three-word vocabulary), and Rocket (an evil racoon that will forever change the way I see racoons) are a team. This team has selfish interests at first, and they are thrown together by circumstance. Then they realize the worthiness of their cause and how well they fight together. Friendships develop and they ultimately come to the place where they are ready to die for the cause. Gamora has spent her life surrounded by enemies. She points out that she would consider it an honor to die among friends.

Christ had a love for us so deep that He gave His life for our sins so that we might have life with Him forever in Heaven if we live our lives according to God's will. In a similar way, ***SPOILER ALERT***, Peter offers up his life to save Gamora's, though they are both saved at the last minute. Also, Groot does offer up the ultimate sacrifice to save his friends, branching out and wrapping all his branches around them to shield their fall so that they do not perish in the crash to the ground. 

Ultimately, good won out over evil. I'd give this film a thumbs-up, with the caveats above that I mentioned. I've seen better films, but this one is not too bad.

God bless you,
Stephanie


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