Once again, I am dumbfounded. Having just witnessed a two hour two minute assault of this new attempt at yet another franchise that Marvel has concocted, I can’t for the life of me understand why it deserves such rave reviews across the board. In my view, every bit of caution is to be exercised and you must not let your guard down, whatever praise anyone might heap on Guardians of the Galaxy
A scene is funny when the attempt to make you laugh isn’t obvious and an exaggerated effort at that. This simple truth is blatantly missing in this new age space adventure. There are four main characters of which only two - Rocket and Groot will genuinely make you laugh. Others will make you cringe, shake your head in disbelief or even bang your head in desperation just waiting for it all to end.
I am a total superhero fanboy and I loved ‘The Avengers’ to bits so its not as if I don’t understand this genre. The visuals of Guardians.. are really good though why they have to be in this mockery of the third dimension beats me. However, that said, the action is well scripted and very diverse. The plotline is wafer thin and predictable to the point of frustration. Its all been done before and done better.
As for the performances, with a set of little known actors taking centrestage, it is Bradley Cooper who shines above all others – though to be fair, his character of Rocket has the best lines as well. Chris Pratt delivers an earnest performance but his Star Lord character required a lot more depth which makes it more of a black hole than a supernova in its current form
There are great touches every now and then. Some of the writing is smart and even have you in guffaws at times. But for the most part, it seems a desperate, almost tired effort at making you fall in love with a new set of characters and their quirks. The last time that truly happened for me, in such a space/ galaxy setting was not the silver screen but rather a TV series called Firefly – if you haven’t seen it, I suggest you give it a shot.
The sequel to the Avengers is still more than a year away and while we await the glorious return of the real band of superheroes, I guess we can expect Marvel to keep throwing tidbits our way. I only wish that Marvel instead would put their creative ideas and strength all into one good new offering – one that is worthy of its creation. However, one can only hope. For now, Marvel is more busy just hammering out sub-standard stuff and Guardians of the Galaxy just gets added to that list, in my books
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