Underwelmd

Rating: 5/10 (27 April 2018)

A truly disappointing cinema viewing. This was hyped to be the big movie of the year but was flawed in too many ways.
I've had some hours to think how it was a disappointment and thing these are the key ones for me.
The difference in humour and relism between GoTG and the earth characters became so obvious, it make much of the movie feel unreal.
It became obvious from an early stage that the time stone would be used and at some point lots of killed characters will come back in due course, this obvious plot line meant there was no feeling of meaning to the story.
The sheer number of characters running and punching on screen and a serious lack of meaningful dialogue made it hard to invest in the storyline or the interactions on screen. In fact thanos became the most likabile character during the movie as he had the best lines and most development
There were some random character decisions that seemed out of place, but clearly necessary to enable plot progression so shoe horned in unexessarily.
I feel that other than a few exciting moments when group members face one another etc.. it didn't work as a cohesive movie.
I wondered how it would be improved and I think either reduce the 'pew pew' scenes or add an extra movie to expand the depth of the story.