Heavily overrated; Would Recommend.

Rating: 7/10 (17 April 2017)

​Plot Overview: After stealing a mysterious orb, Peter Quill(Chris Pratt) and a band of misfits goes on a manhunt from, Ronan the Acuser(Lee Pace), a feared tyrant with a huge army.
Directed by James Gunn
Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper
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Overall: As much as this movie is enjoyable and I do recommend it, I think it is very overrated and doesn't deserve all the acclaim that it receives. The acting is good and the action is reasonable but I think the praise this movie receives for its 'amazing humour' or 'new fresh format in the MCU' is complete rubbish and, while I can watch it every once and a while, it isn't as amazing or groundbreaking as people say it is.
The types of people who will like this people will be fans of the MCU, fans of Marvel Comics and fans of Sci-fi action movies with aliens and other planets.
Would Recommend.
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Chris Pratt was excellent as Star Lord as was Zoe Saldana as Gamora. Bradley Cooper was amazing as Rocket and made him my favourite character. His partner, Groot, was also amazing and delivered so much character and emotion in THREE words. As much as I'm in the minority of this movie, that is very impressive. Dave Boutista was good as Drax the Destroyer. All the guardians were pretty interesting and had defining moments to express themselves. Lee Pace was pretty weak as Ronan the Acuser and the actual villain itself was very weak. I also didn't feel invested with any of the guardians and didn't care if any of them lived or died.
The doomsday weapon was kinda cool and the ending was pretty nice. The actual story was very weak and the motivations were very poor and felt forced.
I had neither flaws nor strengths to comment on the cinematography.
The effects were pretty good and the costume/set design was good.
A select few jokes made me chuckle but it's not as hilarious as many people say. It made a very obscure team of characters a success and introduces them all well so I will give it props for that. There was some decent action and some bad action; it was about a 50/50 split.
The music was flawless and Groot is well Groot. Groot is good. Groot is Groot.
Personally, I enjoy this movie but it's in the lower half of the MCU movies for me.
7/10