Enjoyable, but depends on preference

Rating: 8/10 (19 September 2014)

From the outset I should say I love this movie. Being a MCU fan I expect a lot from Marvel, but initially on announcement of this movie I wasn't excited. It wasn't until after it was released and I was seeing the Marvel fandom getting excited about it, YouTube reviewers acclaiming it as one of the best Marvel movies, critic's loving it that I started to get excited. So I got my brother to come with me to go see it (he wanted to see Dave Bautista because he's a WWE fan) and as I've said already, I loved it. To the many, many people complaining it's overrated, calm down. It may be overrated, to you. Again opinions. Also try not to believe hype, hype is not the best judge of whether you'll like the movie or not.
The plot overall was a bit weak, but I barely noticed this during the movie because of how entertaining the movie itself is. The comedy in this movie is gold, the acting spot on with a very good cast to make these characters come alive, and the soundtrack that played throughout just brought it all together. The thing about this movie for me is that it wasn't trying to be this big dark super-hero movie that had thought-provoking undertones, not that those movies aren't great but Guardian's was just a breath of fresh air in the Marvel universe. Winter Soldier was great because it had those dark undertones which I loved seeing, this isn't what Guardian's is. Guardian's is not that kind of movie, it's comical and it's almost not afraid to be cliché. It depends on personal preference but I liked the cliché moments, like they almost suit this movie in a way. It didn't take itself too seriously, because I mean come on guys they saved the planet by dancing and holding hands.
But this movie did have quite big flaws. For me these flaws didn't matter as much but to some it's what ruined the movie for them. The plot for example as I've already mentioned is weak, with the Guardians being initially hostile towards each other but still wanting to defeat the villain and then they have something or someone that brings them together to fight said villain, they do and they win. Quite typical super-hero movie plot. Also a lot of the characters didn't have great development. Maybe Peter Quill, we got a twinge of backstory and a slight progression of character. I'm hoping they have a little more development in Guardian's 2 in 3 years time. The villain itself was also weak, the 'I'm evil because you know I can be' type of villain'. Then again Marvel isn't known for having great villains. A lot of user reviews I've read are quite mixed, with some being quite harsh and some calling it the best movie ever. I can see where the harsher reviewers are coming from. Just like with all movies it depends on the person, there are some movies that are just great and a majority of people like it, and though I originally thought this was the case for Guardian's it seemingly isn't. I know many people who loved this movie and many who didn't.
Overall I was entertained, it was fun to watch and just an enjoyable experience for me. For anybody who hasn't seen it yet (depending on where you live you may be running out of time to see it in theater's) go in with an open mind. Don't take our point of views and turn them into high expectations. You may love it, you may not love it, either way don't be a bad sport about it.