Nest up....
Guardians of the Galaxy 7/10
As stated above, we were going to skip this one but we gave it a go.
On the one hand I enjoyed it and it contained all the usual banter, humour and jokes you get in a good Marval film. On the other hand, I found it a bit of a let down.
It suffers from the same problem as several other MCU films in that everything in the plot happens at 100 miles an hour. In many ways GOTG was worse as there was a mcguffin at every turn to save the day. Escaping from a maximum security prison? It took minutes. Move on to the next bit.... More jeopardy, no problem help is a few seconds away, even the finale went almost exactly as briefed. There was very little jeopardy and all in all I found it quite unsatisfying.
Where it really lands though is the humour and relationship between the central players. Even if it was blatantly obvious they were going to get through pretty much every situation with barely a hair out of place. It was enjoyable to watch and I am genuinely looking forward to the sequel.
I really can't help thinking this would have been far, far better as a 10 part series rather than a film.
I want to give it more, it was fun but it only gets a 7 out of 10.