After lamenting the state of summer movies, <\/a>we finally saw one that was just right for the season:\u00a0 The Guardians of the Galaxy. \u00a0<\/a>And finally, a comic book movie that has the feel of a comic book.\u00a0 It is exuberant science fiction fantasy with Marvel\u2019s trademark witty dialogue and off-the-wall but highly individualized and engaging characters.\u00a0 (Here we have the 1970s-obsessed human, Star-Lord, a tree creature of few words [those being \u201cI am Groot\u201d], the eloquent but literal-minded Drax the Destroyer, a green girl named Gamora, and Rocket, a wise-cracking raccoon.)\u00a0 Yes, it has its tedious havoc and a grandiose story-line like a series in a comic book, but it also has the visual panache of comic art and the quality of comic books that I remember from my childhood as fun.<\/p>\n