We’ll tell you straight out: All the TVWriter™ minions loved GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. We aren’t saying it’s a great film, but it certainly was the most enjoyable film all of us saw so far this year. Reminded the old-timers (sorry, LB) of the first time they saw STAR WARS.
But when you think about it, there just may be a tad off about the writing, in terms of traditional story structure, we mean. Or maybe more than a tad. (Or maybe less…cuz so much fun that who cares, you know?) Read on:
by Steven Zeitchik
Like many people this past weekend, I went to see “Guardians of the Galaxy” at a nearby multiplex. I bought some concession snacks, donned a pair of 3-D glasses and sat through the half-hour of previews that preceded the James Gunn romp with a fair bit of anticipation, stoked by my returning to the U.S. after three weeks of work abroad to a stack of effusive reviews, as well as email bulletins that the Marvel movie was killing it at the box office.