As I sit here and write this review, my first on this blog for a Marvel film, I find myself both impressed and surprised at what Marvel Studios has managed to accomplish to this point and time. Several days ago they, Marvel, released a 5 minute or so video that recapped, in very effective fashion, the path they have taken from Phase I on through Phase II. The video did a nice job of showing the broad strokes of the films that encompass the first two phases of Marvel's overall plan. But it also in some ways could be viewed as a victory lap for the studio. What really comes across in that video is just how confident Marvel is at this point in their plan and path going forward. Based on their newest film, Guardians of the Galaxy, they have every right to be.
