How to evaluate the film Guardians of the Galaxy?

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The current box office champion in p>214, the best commercial film in my personal eyes, and the ultimate of Marvel's atypical superhero movies, with film reviews.

Guardians of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy: Guarding only the long-lost sense of belonging

Personal rating: 85(A-)

The film focuses on five notorious "criminals" who are used to going it alone and are forced to come together because of their own interests. By coincidence, they finally formed an alliance to protect the universe against evil-the bridge from a similar punk to a great hero is almost the spiritual core of American westerns, but it is covered with Marvel's cosmology carefully laid down from Iron Man, and decorated with all kinds of "hangover-style" jokes caused by the contradictory impact of the personality and values of five "players", and finally it becomes such an "atypical" film. And the result is unexpectedly popular, knowing that "Guardians of the Galaxy" is also an obscure marginal series in the vast Marvel system, but it can surpass the box office reputation of "Captain America 2" and become the temporary box office champion in 214.

But I said that Galaxy was the best commercial film in the first half of 214, not only because it fully blended the entertainment of various elements of sci-fi comedy, but also because it was not a novel story composition filled in the classic framework, but because of the theme reflected behind this "growth of heroes with different brands".

The success of the new Marvel hero series is largely due to the unconventional shaping of Nolan's Batman series for the traditional "superhero"-the so-called simple sense of justice is not convincing enough, so starting from Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr' s personal temperament and Ironman's cool display hit it off, so in the name of justice, it is true to satisfy his sense of vanity. Next, in order to prove himself and protect his lover, he changed from a "gangster" who is not doing his job to Thor； who is a "Raytheon"; Steve；, who resolutely accepted the challenge to get rid of the weak body inferiority complex and grew into a spiritual leader and a pioneer of justice, "Captain America"; Finally, I went to the Galaxy Guard-gradually confirmed and consolidated the development strategy of "superhero popularization", and combined with the sensory special effects of keeping pace with the times, supplemented by jokes, I earned a lot of money. Isn't this coveted by 222?

Back in Galaxy, our heroes become more humble and exotic, including thieves, killers and vengeful fanatics. There is also a tree man and a "scientific strange beaver", who are fighting in their own way, selfish and conceited, despicable and reckless. When they first appeared, they were just the opposite of "heroes", but at the end of the film, they ignored their lives and joined forces to fight evil and safeguard the Galaxy. The reason and motivation of the transformation during this period is also their inner drive to become heroes, which is the central contradiction of the whole film and the theme throughout. This motivation is very different from the previous series of superheroes. It is not a sense of justice at all, but a sense of belonging and identity that emerged from the soundtrack of the trailer.

"hooked on a feeling" literally means "fascinated by this feeling", and "sense of belonging" in English means "the feeling of being accepted". For five people who lost their loved ones early and walked alone in a vast universe full of danger and hostility, It has always been an outsider, a freak, who has endured loneliness for so long that they are used to shutting themselves off and numb themselves, but deep down they still lack, miss and long for belonging. You know, the movie "Hooked on a Feeling" reminds Peter that it was the lowest point, not only when he was imprisoned, but when the music tape bearing family and hometown and spiritual sustenance was deprived, his desperate anger and resistance were actually his inner resistance to loneliness and his hope for belonging. Gamora's cold-blooded disguise, Drax's hatred and Rocket's sensitivity all stem from the same pain and expectation. The director also made a summary through Peter. They are all "losers" ("losers", not losers), and they have all lost precious things, and these precious things are family, friendship, belonging and recognition. < P > So when they happened to meet together by chance, even though they were so contradictory and different, they gradually became attached to this kind of "cooperation" and "* * *". It's like "it's difficult to go from extravagance to frugality". Although they are used to being alone, their short-lived friendship makes them "fascinated" and "addicted", and it's hard to get back to being completely alone. That's why they will look back again and again when they leave alone, and go to the rescue again and again regardless of themselves. It should be noted that the reason why they will finally "give their lives to fight evil" is not their bursting sense of justice, at least not just, but their last resort on the verge of life and death. Whether it is Gamora's touching declaration in response to the call or the inappropriate inner confession on Drax enemy warships, they all point to the same reason, that is, "friendship." The reason why they are willing to take risks and sacrifice in the end is that the most essential motivation in their hearts is to care for friendship, that is, to cherish their sense of belonging and to be hard to give up. Groot here is actually a good symbol. At the beginning, only he cooperated with Rocket, but from the prison to protect Peter against the prison bully, to rescue Drax who was dying, and finally to give his life to protect everyone, every action of his symbolizes the sublimation of the relationship between several people. The change from "I am" to "We are" is the change of these grassroots criminals to "heroes" friends.

in addition to the story and theme, the film also presented the audience with a super-high soundtrack of the golden songs of the 198s and 199s, which was collected together with the soundtrack of Boyhood, a history of pop music in the past two or three decades, with endless aftertaste.