Review of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) by Mrmoviebuff — 13 Mar 2015

This film is full of one-dimensional characters, too much unfunny humor and a cliched plot. Director James Gunn clearly depended on jokes to entertain the audience. But what am I to say? This film managed to score 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, but for what? The villain is also the most forgettable villain in the history of comic book movies, the way they wrote him is so lazy, it's unintentionally hilarious.

'Guardians of the Galaxy' is a colossal misfire, one of the worst comic book movies I have ever seen, trying too hard to be something unique and fails miserably. This felt more like a "Star Wars" spoof than a comic book action movie.

Having said all of this, this film gets points for its actors and special effects. Chris Pratt, overflowing with charisma, plays Peter Quill aka "Star Lord" really well and will satisfy most fans. I found Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel) to be emotionally detached. The romance between Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Drax (Dave Bautista), or Gamora and Star Lord felt forced and lacking chemistry.

The story is very cliche, and there is no struggle for any of the characters, when things did get serious, the Raccoon would say something ridiculous that made everyone, but me, burst out in laughter. If this film doesn't take itself seriously, why should I??? I can only give this film such a score...and 3 out of 10 is the best I can do.

I am not saying that this is the worst comic book film I've seen, that title belongs to 'Catwoman' (2004). But this film is far from being average, let alone great. If you ask me, I think the critics must have been drinking, or smoking some kind of odd drug before they reviewed this movie. Marvel stuck their middle finger up at me when I saw 'Iron Man 3' (2013), they treat me like a fool again with this.

I've seen this movie twice in the cinemas because everybody wanted to see it, all I know is...I was the only one in the group that did not want to buy it on DVD. I don't mean to sound cynical, I think I'll just stick to watching 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' thank you.

Oh, and spoilers...what spoilers?? Nobody major even dies in this movie. There is one scene where Gamora is floating around in space and is assumed to be dead, but surprise surprise!!! She's ALIVE!!! What was the point of trying to leave the audience in the dark about that? Groot even dies, but he grows back to life, basically everybody you see in the movie poster remains alive in the entire movie.

Like I said, stick to Cap America 2 and X-Men: DOFP, better movies filled with cleaner action and self-aware humor that doesn't go too over the top.