1. Ronan
Ronan was a bad guy with a lot of talk but no action. Whenever he spoke he seemed very menacing, but that can only go so far. On top of that the Thanos appearance kind of belittled him, I didn't buy for a second he could take on Thanos even with his infinity stone. Also Ronan has only one fight scene in the movie where he completely curbstomps Drax, in hindsight that’s pretty weak. Luckily this movie made me forgive Ronan going out basically the same way Red Skull did, by doing that epic hand holding scene with all the Guardians. I wouldn’t go as far to say he was awful, but all he did in my opinion is help move the plot around.
2. Where are we in this movie?
I'll admit that I don't know that much lore about the Marvel cosmic universe or have seen all the Marvel movies. So one thing that kept nagging in the back of my mind is how does the Guardians universe fit with the Avengers earth? Why are there humans living living on other planets with advanced technology? In the movie Yondu seems to know how to get to Earth, so is there some reason no aliens ever want to go there? I’m also not sure if Peter isn’t going back to Earth because he can’t or because he does not want to.Then again this is something you kind of have to accept, like the whole Kryptonians are aliens that look like humans sort of thing.
3. End Credits scenes showed nothing plot important for the MCU
Both baby Groot, and Howard the Duck were fun and unexpected, but didn’t quite live up to my hype. I was really expecting something to build towards Avengers 2, or Thanos to show up. The movie before Avengers 2 would have been a good place to put an Ultron teaser even if he has nothing to do with the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Four mini nitpicks
-Peter surprisingly ok with learning he’s not entirely humans
-Drax saying that Thanos is the real person Drax should be after was only an insult to injury for Ronan.
-Drax should have had a final confrontation with Ronan in a proper fight
-Nebula was a meh for me, and her one fight with Gamora was to short
I want to reiterate, I liked Guardians and thought it was a solid movie. I just think it had a few small nagging problems that irked me.
So what do you think? Did you share any of my nitpicks or am I just a DC person who is over analyzing this movie?