Saw Guardians of the Galaxy. Loved it. They should create an awards category for fun stories about fleshed out characters doing insane things in space. Whoever greenlit a sequel before the first movie came out looks pretty smart now that it took home a record-smashing $94 mil in America alone. James Gunn makes future catch phrases and internet memes almost as well as His Holiness Joss Whedon.
But. I get that every studio has some rule that comic book movies have to smash all the toys together in the third act in a big CG’d explodorama. It has something to do with the basic comic-y story archetype in which people gain powers through some cosmic accident, the magic of teamwork or both and after a couple of false starts they have to overcome something plausibly unachievable before their personal growth/laser breath/team building exercises/whatever. And I get that the movie winks at every trope from “I have a plan…” to gathering various necessities for a heist to people standing up one at a time to signal they’re on board with a crazy scheme. You could make a plausible argument that a consciously ridiculous finale will age well as its meta-silliness becomes more clear on repeat viewings. Still…nnneh. Spoilers below the fold. Only go if you have seen it or plot precognition does not bother you.