14 So-Called ‘Must-See’ Films In 2014 (That Might Actually Be Worth Watching)
11. Guardians Of The Galaxy
Release Date: 1st August Why Its A Must See: Its Marvels biggest gamble yet. As they become ever more invincible, lets not forget the miracle Marvel has performed. Having given away the rights to most of their top tier characters, they were left with a bunch of B-heroes; ask a non-comic obsessive in 2007 their opinions on Iron Man and Thor and youd have got nothing but a blank stare. They had no choice to take a few risks; the director of Elf and a rehabbed Robert Downey Jr. tackled Batman without the murder and a Shakespeare alum turned a Norse God into a sci-fi epic-cum-fish out water comedy. So when Guardians Of The Galaxy is described as Marvels biggest gamble yet, thats a pretty big deal. Directed by James Gunn, whose previous film Super was all but ignored, the Guardians are a team of rogues, including an eighties Earth man, the daughter of The Avengers' mid-credits tease, a genetically engineered raccoon and a talking tree whose vocabulary extends to one word. It's incredibly tantalising to see something so new on the big screen. Why You Should Be Worried: Gambles can always fail. If Iron Man was B-list, this is F-list. The Marvel name aside Guardians is a wholly new idea and we know how much audiences are wary of those. Theres no Iron Man to draw you in, and the films most high profile actor (Bradley Cooper) isn't actually onscreen he's voicing Rocket Racoon. Meanwhile, Vin Diesel is a tree. Bottom Line: Groot.
