Ill try not to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

So first off, let me say that I'm positive that this movie will makes TONS of money regardless of the quality, good or bad. Second, I'll probably end up seeing many more comic book movies until they get really, really bad ( ie. The Wolverine Part 2 ).

Lets be honest though, GOTG are a bunch of reject characters put together to keep Marvel Comics cash machine ringing. Starlord is a reject from Marvel Preview, so is Rocket Racoon, Groot is another forgotten character. Drax is a former hero created to be a foil for Thanos, he died, was then resurrected as an insufficiently_thoughtful_person, who is now smart and a mercenary/criminal/ninja. As I've started to note of late, Marvel isn't innovating anymore, they just keep rehashing old characters, like Ant Man. I always though Ant Man was a poor idea for a character which is why Henry Pym changed persona so much, they were trying to figure out something that would stick. Now everybody loves ant man but I still don't understand why. Why does Ant Man succeed where the Human Fly doesn't. Who knows, but if Marvel can keep digging up characters from 60-70's and rehabbing them, there won't be any new ideas or characters anytime soon.

With regards to the movie, there really isn't much of a plot, the movie simply serves as a means of getting from point A ( 2 infinity gems ) to point B ( Infinity Gaunlet ) via a popcorn movie that maybe can stand alone as another successful franchise. Below are 10 things that make this movie a weak entry:

1). Massive Humor Injection - they attempt to inject a lot more humor than say the Avengers but the timing is so poor that it interferes with the narrative and not all of it is funny. In Avengers the humor is unobtrusive and integrated into the process of the narrative but in GOTG its halting to the narrative, not always funny, and ruins some serious moments.

2). Characters are Flat - the characters don't have much depth at all. What we do not about Peter Quill is pretty shallow and cheap. The rational for how Peter Quill comes to be Starlord is laughable. Drax, Groot, and Rocket have no backstory. Gamora has some backstory to add depth but its minimal.

3). Bad Acting - the worst actors by far are Dave Bautista as Drax and Vin Diesel as Groot. Maybe its because Bautista isn't really an actor nor is Vin Diesel for that matter. Lets ask this, if Groot only says three words, how is it that Vin Diesel can mess this up? Why hire Vin Diesel at all to say three words, why not just get any voice actor?

4). Too Much CGI - way too much CGI and not enough live action. Too much CGI is part of the reason Stars Wars Episodes 1-3 sucked in addition to other factors. Live action is why Captain America Winter Soldier was so good. When you've got too many actors walking around in front of green screens talking to tennis balls it makes for a bad movie.

5). Bad Story - I know you can't just take a comic and put it on screen or vice versa, but why do they always feel the need to completely rewrite the story. Last I remember Drax was on a mission to kill Thanos, Gamora was a double agent for Thanos who changed to ally herself with Adam Warlock and was killed for it, Nebula was Thanos granddaughter whom he attempted to kill but she was never his agent, Gamora and Nebula were never sisters, and Ronan the Accuser was an agent of the Kree high intelligence. The original story was well plotted out and executed over several issues, over several years, in several books. What happened.

6). Poor Score - it seems like every time they want to get some type of emotional response from the audience we get another old school hit from the 60's-70's. This is in the place of good acting, good storytelling narrative, good scripting.

Needless to say I thought the movie sucked totally, like Thor 1 & 2, Wolverine 1 & 2, Daredevil, Punisher 1 & 2, Incredible Hulk, etc. Its still gonna probably make a ton of money.

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