“Guardians of the Galaxy” should not work but it somehow it does… it really does. This is a movie with a great sci-fi/fantasy world and action sequences that make you feel like you’re watching the next generation of “Star Wars” films but then has dialog straight out a comedy movie and a bunch of pop songs. It’s weird yet hysterical, visually amazing and really detailed in the environments it creates.

“Guardians of the Galaxy” is another Marvel superhero movie like “Spider-Man” and “X-Men” but instead it feels more like “Star Wars” (or “Spaceballs” at times) as we see a bizarre grouping of Star-Lord (Chris Pratt “Moneyball”), a talking raccoon named Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper “Limitless”), a big tree creature named Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel “The Pacifier”), Gamora (Zoe Saldana “Avatar”) and Drax (Batistia) trying to save the galaxy from evil.

The characters aren’t fascinating in terms of character development but they’re pretty funny and they’re creative in design. Star-Lord’s costume reminds me so much of the Rocketeer. Gamora and Drax are okay and you definitely can’t go wrong with a talking raccoon. Groot is a little annoying as his lines consist of three words: ‘I am Groot’. The villains are alright too. Watch after the credits to get a nasty surprise (if you’ve seen some of the early Marvel movies that is).

The really impressive thing about “Guardians of the Galaxy” is the universe it creates. The action scenes are phenomenal and right out of “Star Wars” or something like that. The characters and worlds are so creative and the use of comedy (and bad language for a superhero movie) really makes it stick out from the crowd. It’s a really funny movie but more importantly it’s a really detailed movie like “Star Wars”. I loved this film even though it defies pretty much every understanding you have about what works in a movie. It’s sort-of like if you took the “Matrix” movies and instead of having all the high and mighty talks, you use the dialog from the “Bill & Ted” films.