GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY [3D Blu-ray+2D Blu-ray+OST CD BLUFANS Steelbook ULTIMATE DOUBLE LENTICULAR Edition; Region-Free;

I would describe it as better than the Avengers, and by far one of the most enjoyable movies I have ever watched. It is an action packed movie with a lot of comedy in it, and even better effects than the Avengers. The story is logical, and rather than just having a basic villain or hero, they are complex. You can see how the bad guy is bad, but you also learn that his father, and his grandfather and countless others died in the war against Nova, and he wants revenge. So you see the evil in his actions, but also need to respect that he is doing what he thinks is right, whether or not he is wrong is depending on your position. He is a true Avenger, in the way that the Avengers movies were never really Avengers. While the Heros are wildly varying, with none of them being your classic hero. Certainly none are as boring as Captain America. Pratt does a great job portraying Star Lord and the movie was an extremely enjoyable experience. I'd suggest conservative parents prevent children under 10 yrs from watching it, as it does have a lot of inappropriate yet funny moments. I watched this in theaters, day one showing, loved it, bought it the moment went on sale. There are parts for everyone, the dramatic and awesome hero fight sequences, and the more emotional scenes of sacrifice, and the many, many hilarious moments. All in all it has good effects, great story, and diverse characters.

One the of best Marvel movies out there! Kids loved the movie!

When this movie first came out I was like, why and what? I didn't bother going to the theater to see it. I'm sorry but the studio did not promote it right. My son begged me to see this so I rented it on Amazon and WOW what a GREAT choice! 1st of all, the music from the 70's and 80's blew me away and gave me some great memories!The movie is a huge fun ride! Groot is so loveable and adorable and Drax, OMG what can you say about him, "You are in imbecile" STILL cracks me up (as I've watched it about 4 x since renting it). Peter is an unlikely hero because of who he grew up surrounded but you can see he needs friends. And anybody would love to have a friend like Rocket, can do anything electronical. Gamora. Well we have seen Zoe kick butt as herself, as a blue person and now as a green person. What color can't she play and kick ass?There are so many parts that I enjoy in the movie I just can't name one. I will say the end with Peter and Ronan confront each other, the dance off is hilarious because Ronan is confused and helpless to defend himself because of it.To find out, as the movie plays out, Guardians of the Galaxy, is part of the Marvel Universe and somehow Thor, Avengers were connected made me want to watch but as usually you can watch each Marvel movie without having to watch any other. The writers, producers are doing a great job keep each movie separate and yet equal to each other as far as action, adventure, storyline, etc.As I'm enjoying the entire series of movies that they are doing now and the connections and I can't wait until the next Guardians comes out.My only question is, who isn't in a Marvel movie? Glenn Close was a pleasant surprise.

I didn't know anything about these characters aside from a quick cameo they made in the animated Avengers TV series. Knowing that there was a talking raccoon in the movie, I was aware of how easily this could go badly. When I finally saw it on opening day, my fears were put to rest and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. So much so, I saw it again in an Atmos screening the next day and have seen the film in theaters ten times, beating out the old record holders of Lord Of The Rings and Star Wars, which were 6 and 5 times respectively.The movie was shot in 2D, with the stereoscopic effect done in post, which never looks as good as real 3D, and sure enough, the flaws of that process were distracting; stars at wrong depths, feet not where they should be, weird ripples around moving objects, and the worst offenders were reflections that look like they're painted on.So, why did I get the 3D version? Well, since the studio wanted to get people to pay more for the 3D versions and the realized the 3D part alone wasn't enough, they decided to load it up with extras that the 2D version doesn't have. One of those is the changing aspect ratio that the IMAX version had, which, again, was only available to the 3D version of the film. So, I sprung for the 3D version here to get those larger screen filling shots, which I could watch in 2D by simply turning off the 3D feature on my TV. That leaves me with the original 2D image, which doesn't have any of the 3D flaws.This was also my calibration disc since the image contains so much detail and color. I had my TV calibrated professionally earlier this year and this was the first disc I played on that TV. Even though the TV was pretty close to optimal out of the box, an hour of calibration really brought out the details, and I recommend it to anyone that is serious about their home theater.I just watched this a couple more times this week, and I'm looking forward to the next movie.As I mentioned, this is one of my calibration discs now, due to the high quality image and the full range of colors. Surround sound is quite full as well, probably a result of the original ATMOS mix. If this gets re-released with an ATMOS audio track, I may just have to upgrade my sound system for it.If your system is not 3D capable, or you just aren't interested in the aspect changing, then stick with the 2D version; the 3D really didn't do anything for this movie, as it wasn't shot for 3D.