The premise of genetically-altered super-soldiers is as old and worn out as the hills, but as Marvel has demonstrated, if handled well, it can be entertaining, stimulating, and fun.
Guardians is none of these things.
A ponderous, shambling effort, with CGI that ranges between decent (for the machinery) to amateur (for Ursus), pacing and directing that will send you to sleep, and characters that have all the charisma of an old-school telephone dial tone, "Guardians" is barely watchable.
The frustrating thing is that there were some genuinely good ideas in this movie when it came to some of the set pieces and choreography of the fight scenes, but they were so clumsily executed it just leaves you disappointed. The director has no clue how to build tension appropriately, and I was grateful for the small handful of intentional jokes spattered through the film - they helped compensate for the many unintentional ones made as a result of a lack of acting and animating talent.
Not recommended.
Guardians is none of these things.
A ponderous, shambling effort, with CGI that ranges between decent (for the machinery) to amateur (for Ursus), pacing and directing that will send you to sleep, and characters that have all the charisma of an old-school telephone dial tone, "Guardians" is barely watchable.
The frustrating thing is that there were some genuinely good ideas in this movie when it came to some of the set pieces and choreography of the fight scenes, but they were so clumsily executed it just leaves you disappointed. The director has no clue how to build tension appropriately, and I was grateful for the small handful of intentional jokes spattered through the film - they helped compensate for the many unintentional ones made as a result of a lack of acting and animating talent.
Not recommended.
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