Netflix DVD – they rated it as 4.7 stars for me, with 4.1 for the general audience. I’m going to give it 5 stars. I had heard good things about it, which surprised me because I didn’t think it would be that great with a talking raccoon! I think I avoided it back when I was into comic books, because I just didn’t like the silliness. This movie, though, does silly in a great way, it’s the ton of fun they said it was, and I enjoyed it a lot. The visual effects were fantastic, and I could see the science fiction city scenes working perfectly for a Legion of Super-Heroes movie.

Groot was a fun character, and even the raccoon was fun. I thought the green woman was cool, but maybe not as tough as she could have been – but then, maybe it worked better this way. The big, thick, muscle-bound guy, I think, was probably the weakest of the characters, some of the humor with him was pretty lame. I liked the main guy a lot, he’s got a good screen presence, and he fit this movie perfectly. The general tone of the movie, with the music and a large number of humorous moments, combined with the science-fiction visuals, really worked well. Hopefully we’ll see a lot more movies like this in the future … and more serious ones with science fiction visuals like this.