Guardians of the Galaxy, 2.5 Stars

If you like the comic book genre, and lots of violent action, you'll like this movie. I love the former but can do with less of the latter. (My daughter loved this film and would rate it higher than my 2.5*.)

The story, as I assume is the comic series also, is about some misfits who decide to save the galaxy. It's good and humorous, but on the long side.

The characters are fun. Chris Pratt (Moneyball) plays his role in a similar fashion to the captain on Firefly and Zoe Zaldana (Star Trek) is good. But it is the voice of Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) as Rocket (the Raccoon) who steals the show and who could have a separate movie on his own. Cooper has 'upped his game' in recent films and perhaps we can expect greater things in the future?

I might see it again to pick up some one-liners that zoomed by, but I'm not in a hurry to do so.