Just came back from my showing....and I have some discrepancies.
Let me start by saying that the film is great. Really entertaining film that makes each character have a purpose. Chris Pratt was awesome as star lord. Zoe Saldana was great as gamora and Batista was super dope as drax. The special effects were great and the story was engaging. Lee Pace as Ronan was badass and Karen Gillan was still sexy underneath all that make up as nebula.
My gripes though...THE HUMOR WAS TOO FORCED. Man, I mean some of the jokes were funny but a lot of lines had me cringing. I liked Bradley Cooper's voice as rocket in trailers and in the beginning but it just got annoying after awhile. Speaking of rocket, how many times did he fire a gun in the film?
the movie also felt liked it peaked 30-40 mins after they showed thanos. I mean he was the best part of the film honestly. That's not an indictment on the film but more of a testament to how well they did him. His smile is about to be a signature thing for him in these films. I didn't like how they kept trying to emphasize that they cared about each other toward the end. "You said it yourself *****, we're the guardians of the galaxy" o....k....
But that's neither here not there. Guardians is an awesome film and marvels most ambitious movie. I'm not ready to call it the best marvel film though. It's not even the best film in phase 2
but again just my opinion. I loved them showing the celestial though but when the after credit scene rolled someone in my theatre screamed "What? Howard the duck??" And everyone started booing
Cosmo the space dog was welcomed though. Again great effort and film by marvel and I was thoroughly entertained.....
Let's discuss what infinity gem we saw in the film though. I was under the impression that the gem in Thor 2 was power but maybe it was reality because this one in guardians may have been power. Eh they don't want to go into detail with each stone. They just want to establish that they're powerful and shouldn't be in the wrong hands. Well....super ready for Avengers 2