Fun, fast, and imaginative, but not heart-pounding.

Rating: 6/10 (1 May 2015)

Well, First let me state that I am not a comic fan boy, but Iam a huge Whedon fan. I went into this with high expectations, and the action, scope, visuals, sound, and writing (maybe one too many one-liners) fulfilled all expectations. I was bummed by three things that are the caused of my below excellent rating. The performances aren't knocked out of the park, and are kind of distant. No one really struggled to act. I think the actor giving the best performance was Spader and his character is all CGI. Probably think with Guardains being so praised last year, this movie was edited to work on that pace, which works great for James Gunn. But I welcome more development with Whedon written characters and sets. so when these people stand in a room, its not filled rhetoric, there ought to be great ideas and explanations. Thirdly (not a spoiler because these appearances were listed in credits) there were so many secondary characters from other films that appear but are hardly used that I just go, stop it already. But ya know. Whedon and along with Nolan, Wright, and Tarantino seem tapped into not just what movies are today but where they are going.
And its hard to see the trailer for Ant-Man before it and not be bummed that Edgar Wright left the project