Hilarious Summer Blockbuster

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2017)

Guardians of the Galaxy starts Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel, and I won't tell you what is about since I did not knew coming in for this movie and it made the experience even better. This is one of the funniest movies of this year and I had a blast. The performances throughout the movie were great, with Chris Pratt showing a lot of emotion. The characters really surprised me, they are really well developed, every character is given a decent enough backstory to really care about them. The chemistry between the main leads was really stellar. The main villain in my opinion is not as good as other Marvel villains, as his motivation is very brushed off. I really liked how now Star-Lord is emotionally engaged with the story and he wasn't just forced into the story. The ending overall really did not surprise me except for one ballsy decision made to a character that I will not spoil, and that it made the ending more emotionally enriched. There is some problems with the script, as a previously stated the ending is somewhat clichÃ©d and there is a lot of exposition throughout the movie, but the characters are really well developed and they are really likable. I also liked how they included more laughs in the movie and I was constantly laughing a lot throughout the movie. So the script is 50/50 for me. The direction was honestly great as the ways that the action sequences were directed were fantastic and really entertaining. The decisions made at the end really surprised me and I really like how this movie did not have unnecessary connections to Infinity War, like Avengers: Age of Ultron did. The green screen is awful, I would have preferred that they were more practical backgrounds as the green screen is really noticeable and it took me away of some of the scenes. At the end, I had a blast with this movie and this is a great way to make a great summer blockbuster with interesting and convincing characters. 8/10