Even as a long-time Marvel fan the only thing I knew about the Guardians of the Galaxy before watching the film were the character names from finding them in the Lego Marvel Superheroes game.
Which is no problem. This is an origins film; it explains everything as it goes along. Not that there's a lot to explain. There's no complicated plot, not much by the way of twists; everyone does what you expect them to do, pretty much all of the time. And yet it is a very enjoyable film.
There is a wacky array of characters: a white man, a green woman, a raccoon coloured raccoon, a tree and a heavily tattooed bald man. And that's just the main characters; the supporting creatures are (literally) just as colourful.
The dialogue is very tongue-in-cheek with humour for a range of ages. Several times, as an adult, I found myself thinking "did they really say that?". Be careful what you laugh at if you watch with kids... you might get some tricky questions.
As you'd expect, the effects are brilliant. How far things have come since the horror that was Jar Jar Binks: now we have amazing digital characters like Rocket and Groot who are so brilliant that you'll just believe they are real.
I think all the actors were great, the writing and directing is awesome.
Marvel continue to expand their movie Universe very nicely... with characters from post-credits teasers cropping up here: The Collector from Thor 2 and Thanos from The Avengers.
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