A fun take on uninteresting characters

Rating: 8/10 (24 April 2016)

When I rate movies (and yes, this review contain spoilers) I usually have 4 main criteria; Visuals, Acting, plot/story and Entertainment. Each with around 2,5p each equal 10p in total.
The visuals and cinematic feel of this movie is pretty good. It is the first Marvel movie set in space and generally the movie looks great, but perhaps slightly disappointing since we have seen just as good or better space depictions in movies 10y older.I give it a 1.8p. The acting is for the most part good and except for Ronan the Accuser, which has more to do with me disliking how they handled the character in general rather then the acting. I give this a 1.9p. The story and the plots of the movie is very good (except for Ronans'motivations) and it ties in nicely with other Marvel movies. Nothing amazing, it is the entertainment, the freshness and the acting that drives the movie, not really the actual story. I give this 1.5p. Entertainment-wise this is one of the best made in recent memory. There is always something going on,usually with a great sense of humor, and the movie feels very short because of it. A 2.3p.
In total a strong 7 or a week 8.
I would rate this the third best Marvel movie so far behind Winter Soldier and the first Iron Man.
My objections with this movie is partly that it almost feels like they did not put enough money into it. There has been a few movies set in space which are just as nice or better looking, and most of those are 10, 15 or even 20y old by now. It does not make the movie feel cheap, it is just that you never feel like the heroes are in the wonderful vastness of space. Secondly the character of Ronan the Accuser, which is horrible mishandled. Ronan is one of my favorite characters from the comics and one of the reasons for that is that he is always logical, intelligent and (too) rational while loving his people and loving the empire. In this movie he is almost a parody of himself, only thinking revenge and too single minded. Also he dies (?), which is crappy in itself. The Kree is handled much better in the TV-show, which by the way they should have referred to along the way.
This is very good entertainment, great fun, and a fresh movie with a fun take on, what I believe to be, pretty uninteresting characters. Never cared about them in the comics, but here they come to life in a great way. A few issues here and there and a bad Ronan together with Howard the F***ing duck brings the score down and I am generous with an 8, perhaps it should be a 7...