Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

GOTG3:  Finally got around to watching this one.  It was really good.  I don't care for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 so I was in no hurry to watch this one.  This is one is straight forward and fun which it should be.  This centers around their life post Avengers movies and the loss of Gamora.  After one of their team is attacked they launch into action to save them.  I enjoyed the movie and it works.  The characters are pretty true to who we know them as.  The storyline is solid.  Good stuff.

 

2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Trading Cards

Found this random pack of the 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy movie trading cards.  It was a nice little find at the local Dollar Tree sitting all by itself with the other trading cards.  With the sequel out it seems like a good time to look at them.  They are cards with a simple design.  Screen shots from the movie accompany the movie logo.  While simple it works for me.

The backs are colorful with a short write-up explaining the front and the front photo is shown again in smaller scale.

Apart from the base cards I also pulled a Concept Series card as well as a Behind The Lens card.  Nice cards if not overly exciting.  I did enjoy the movie and these cards were a nice find considering the sequel was about to be released.  Probably won't seek out more of these but that isn't due to the cards themselves which are a very nice. 

Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Review

Not too many spoilers here so don't fret too much about reading this ahead of seeing the movie.  Though I'm a comic book guy I knew pretty much nothing about the Guardians of the Galaxy prior to watching the movie.  I'd heard of the title but before this year I really doubt many knew much about this group of characters.  I think Marvel did a great job marketing this movie.  Watching the previews I wanted to watch see it.  It also helped that everyone I knew that had already been really enjoyed it.  That included my sisters and all the kids.  So I was really itching to see it and it was still showing in our local theater so I made a point to see it Friday. 

The basic plot is a group of characters who are all have different motives but end up as a group fighting to save the universe.  Comedy is definitely a huge piece of this movie which makes it fun to watch for all ages.  The action and great characters are big piece to the movie as well and should keep everyone engaged.  I really did enjoy the movie and time passed pretty quickly.  I'll be curious if the movie's characters ever interact with the Marvel universe proper like the Avengers or others.  No matter Marvel has a pretty good property here that they can spin into more movies.  Again I liked it and think everyone should give it a look.  And yes there is a bonus scene after the credits.