Most overrated movie of 2014 hands down

Rating: 8/10 (16 November 2014)

Marvel's biggest gamble features the world's weirdest heroes: A bunch of intergalactic criminals trying to stop a typical Marvel villain cliché from destroying the galaxy. There's a talking raccoon in there as well. It's bonkers. It's worked for most of the world, but not for me. The truth is I'm sick and tired of comic book movies being released 4 or 5 times a year. Marvel have done good in the past, but this along with Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 feel like factory products. This one is different, but it's just silly. It has its fun moments and some of the action sequences have a fun, out of this world feel to them. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista are all good. Bradley Cooper manages not to make the raccoon the new Jar Jar Binks. James Gunn's direction is OK and there is a pleasingly light hearted feel to the whole affair. The non stop flow of jokes, special effects and diversity will please many.
I found the endlessly funny tone made it totally devoid of tension, and the jokes were decent but it wasn't that funny. The action sequences are nothing we haven't seen before and the visuals of the movie are so all over the place at times it feels like multiple people vomited onto a canvas. Guardians Of The Galaxy is just too many different things stuffed together and too many different conflicting elements. Subsequently, the film is the cinematic representation of an exploding turkey in the oven. It has plenty of fun elements and good performances, but there's no tension and it doesn't actually add up to anything. It's just a colourful science fiction monotone after a while and there are some half hearted attempts at emotional depth but they didn't really connect. Sadly the Marvel Cinematic Universe is entering its third phase next year and the formula will continue to be done to death. GOTG may be slightly different but it's nowhere near as fun as everyone says.
5/10