True, but those characters were allowed to be more than just their usual tropes. Drax provided some of the best comic relief. Rocket had two of the most emotional scenes in the whole movie. As you noted, the sexual tension between Gamora/Peter was toned down from what another blockbuster would have done. And Groot's…

The biggest takeaway SHOULD be that the story matters just as much as the talent, action and visuals. But I'm sure those in charge of other properties will simply add talking animals, vegetation a quirky soundtrack or maybe double down on grimdarkserious and wonder why they can't have nice things.

And don't execute people for taking illegal drugs.

And so it has begun. Actually it began a long time ago but that is neither here nor there.

250 years of slavery, 100 years of Jim Crow, housing discrimination, police brutality, Congressional vitriol toward Obama...

...but does it know... when you are looking?

...that is awesome.

So far, all the analyst say it will probably make as much as Captain America:The Winter Soldier (159 millions domestic), which had the same budget. It is a blockbuster.

You're a good person for what you do. I don't know you, but the world would be better with more people like you. I wish you all the happiness.

Seriously. The entire movie's soundtrack is spectacular, too.

Absolutely. People forget how much money these things can make over time and it is not just about franchises. Blade Runner bombed at the box office but given that it was a film so ahead of its time and now considered one of the best science fiction movies ever, it has a prestige that translates into money for its…

So awesome! I hope the kids enjoyed it! I remember my 5th grade teacher rented out a theater and took the whole class to see "Return of the Jedi" as a field trip.

That's how it felt with Star Wars when it first came out back in '77. So very exciting. We had not seen anything as much fun and enticing in our lifetimes then...

I remember having nights like that a long time ago, being a child in that circumstance. Those "outings" were needed and fun. Keep up the good work. That kind of job can be physically exhausting.

On a related note, the movie is just fantastic. I cant wait to add this to my collection.

The movie was just so mind blowingly amazing. I expected good things, but it blew those expectations out of the water. I went with a group of 8 of us, and all we started doing as soon as the movie was over was start texting people that seeing this movie was absolutely mandatory. And while some movies have varying…

I just took my 50 something parents to see it yesterday and they loved it. I'm going back for round 3 today. It's my new Star Wars. James Gunn has absolutely destroyed my geekverse!

I work at a children's home for wards of the state. I went and saw it before work the Friday it was released and then took a group of the kids at work on Saturday night. Good times.

I'll say it since no one else has: "Ninja turtle! You'd best stop touchin' me!" (Or Quill's words to that effect.)