Highly overrated

Rating: 5/10 (17 November 2014)

Over the last few years, I've seen an increasing trend for 8+ ratings of new movies on IMDb. Many do not warrant the rating. Even with this in mind, I was expecting at least a good story and good character development because even a 7 movie should be good. Instead, for Guardians of the Galaxy, I got a very plain story with an unsuccessful attempt at character development. While its normal for an action film to move quickly, this movie summarily jumps from one scene to another with a totally contrived plot. The attempts at character development and building friendship were totally lost on me. There was nothing in the story that made me think the characters had a useful reason to unite and get along. And the jokes were so-so at best. Probably the worst 8+ IMDb rating movie I've seen.