Galactic circus of cheap thrills

Rating: 5/10 (1 June 2017)

Guardians of the Galaxy feels like a Roger Corman space opera on steroids.
Fortunately the movie acknowledges its absurdity, so the makers flavour this adrenaline shake with plenty of humour. The laughs are the best part of this Marvel circus.
Otherwise, the experience is surprisingly numbing. It is over saturated in noise, colourful effects and action, and underwhelming in character, and intimate scenes.
Michael Rooker's face is a major distraction. He looks like an understudy for the Blue Man Group show. Unfortunaelty he chooses not to play for laughs, so his dead pan presence is curiously awkward.
The climax involves major aerial fire fights which demonstrate the problems that I have with 21st century CGI; There is too much to see and nothing to focus on.
Ignoring the humour that make certain scenes worthwhile, Guardians of the Galaxy is unremarkable; another superhero spectacle that thinks we all have ADD.