worth a chuckle or two but nothing new or special

Rating: 6/10 (16 August 2014)

Like so many others I saw this movie for two reasons, because for the most part (the exceptions being Captain America 1 and Thor) I enjoy marvel movies and 2, because my friends raved about it. One of them even said it was better then "The Avengers" which quite frankly is a huge call in my book.
Like the title of my review says, yes I laughed in places. Yes I figuratively drooled when Chris Pratt took off his shirt. And yes I liked the characters of Rocket and Groot. But that's it. I wasn't particularly attached to any of the characters personally (the character I felt most for was a tree with a vocabulary of 4 words. Work that one out.) The bad guys (there were two and right now I can only remember one of their names and I saw the movie 2 hrs ago) were one dimensional and felt evil just for the sake of being evil.
Let me make one thing abundantly clear. Killing a main character's mum right at the start is not enough to make me emotionally invested in what happens to him. Almost every superhero has at least one dead parent. There has to be more. Oh and sibling rivalry? Yawn.
A popcorn movie that is entertaining but nothing ground breaking.