First off this film is a PG-13 in the UK which is basically a PG. I am frankly disturbed at how this is a PG because if I was taking my nephews there, I would have been pissed. The amount of torture of animals in this film is horrific, it's not like Watership Down but for the 1 hour, 30 minutes about 50 minutes is animal torture. It relishes it too, there are burns and wounds and decapitations with cremation throughout. I am rarely if ever disturbed, I grew up on Alien and South Park but it was horrible. The horrible part ironically that got me it kept showing scenes of Rocket incapacitated, gasping/ struggling to breathe, a lot. It was honestly like an entry zoosadist made this film. Polygon actually made a breakdown;
You know - for kids lol
Acting, the acting in this film is BAD like awful the only saving grace really is Chukwudi Iwuji who has to be associated now with animal torture. His agent was pissed because they did not know the extent but so much so he had to have a piece released. Ironically he would have been a great Kang tbh. The others really feel like they don't want to be there and Chris Pratt goes from tough to mopey constantly. The Warlock actor is terrible.
Script - The script for this film is appalling and how this was the final one, is shocking. The dialogue is so wooden and one dimensional. There is nothing to really say, there is a scene where Chris Pratt says fuck, that is just edgy. Class marvel tropes too and it is full of them. They turn Warlock into a himbo.
Finally and this is the greatest sin - editing - The editing is schizophrenic, it keeps going from present to past every 10 minutes. Even during set pieces, there was this moment in a ship where they needed something and it goes into a flashback twice. It abuses songs that just don't need to be there purely for member berries. The CGI in this film is very inconsistent too and in some moments looks like ass. The film is so fucking bloated that it just goes on and on and every 10 minutes you get a lovely animal torture scene. The film itself just isn't fun and is so tonally gone from its predecessors, that it may well be a different film.
