<p>@TomasDerksen - one needs to keep in mind Marvel Studios is not making movies to please ONLY Marvel comic book fans. They make movies to appeal to a broad audience, i.e., people that are not into comics as well. Not everyone lives for Comic Con or lives to get the latest comic book that comes out, and that's the demographic Marvel has to reach too.   Marvel is out to make money, just like every other movie studio.  That's why it's doing the pre-screens, the interviews, and other heavy promoting on a risky project.  Comic book movies tanked at the box office over the years:  Howard the Duck, Green Latern, Superman IV, Sucker Punch, Batman and Robin.  Kevin Feige co-produced Darevil and Elektra and they bombed on his watch.  Comic book movies are crap shoots and they are not guaranteed successes, no matter how "important to the universe" it sells itself to be.  Marvel is not perfect; it can still knock out a bad movie.  If the critics and word of mouth from movie goers eviserate GotG Marvel will need to re-think its strategy. </p>

<p>It's not like movies like this haven't been successful before. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has walking and talking trees and it is the 8th highest grossing film of all time. Alice in Wonderland has talking animals and it is the 16th highest grossing film of all time. Avatar has blue aliens and it is the highest grossing film in history. All these movies made over a billion dollars. Hell most of the 50 highest grossing movies have some kind of fantasy or scifi element. </p>

<p>Well, fear not, oh pessimistic one, far from eviscerating the film, early impresions have been almost universally positive, and say that the raccoon steals the show... </p><p>http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/07/05/guardians-of-the-galaxy-draws-comparisons-to-raiders-of-lost-ark/ </p>

<p>That is true, they do not focus only on Marvel Comic Fans. HEll, I am not even a marvel comic fan. Because I am not a comic book fan at all. The only comic books I have read are things like: Astrix and Obelix, Tin Tin, Spike and Suzy. </p><p>And yeah, Lowrider throws a great argument as well. </p>

<p>@Turtletrekker -  the review you cite is based on NINE MINUTES of film, and of course Marvel is going to put up its best bits to hook people into paying full price to see the movie.  The remaining 151 minutes could be junk.  I'll wait for critics and people who go the early showings - those who see the WHOLE MOVIE.  @Lowridere95a10 - the movies you cited were successful not solely for the characters but for the storytelling and the good acting.  GotG still looks like space junk to me. </p>

<p>Luckely enough you are not the many. </p><p>Besides DC-Fanboys (and Dazzz on screenrant) i had yet to see a negative review. You are the first. By the looks of it GOTG has a great cast, great characters a good story and good acting. The right amount of humor and the better amount of importance. </p>

<p>@TomasDerksen - again it's based on nine minutes.  Comments from people who see the whole movie will carry more weight, and I don't mean paid testimonials from Marvel.  Instead of dismissing opinions of people who are not heaping praise on an untested complete Marvel product (sorry, "DC Fanboys" comes off as a cheap shot) accept the fact some people are put off by it just from the premise of it and no amount of name-calling is going to change their minds.  I'm not going to change your opinion, and you won't be able to change mine. </p>

<p>Like I said: on Screenrant it is the dc Fanboys. You reconize them. The people who hate on everything Marvel and love everything on DC. DC Fanboys. </p><p>I haven't seen any other reactions so far, besides those on Screenrant (where only Dazzz, who is negatve about almost everything) only DC fanboys dislike it, but they dislike everything Marvel. And those on this website, where you are the first negative reaction I have read. </p><p>I wont see the movie in the cinema. I will see it though and I will buy the disc (Like I did with all the MCU movies and all the first and second spiderman trilogy). I will see it because I want to know the entire universe, the entire plot, and missing a movie (as important as this one) wont help.  </p>

And your opinion is based on a three minute commercial. How do you know that there isn't great storytelling and acting in GotG until you have seen the whole thing. I can understand not wanting to risk seeing it in theaters but I think Marvel has earned the benefit of the doubt over the last six years to at least give it a chance when it hits DVD or Netflix.

<p>@Lowriders95a10 - point taken about three minute commercial based on my initial response, but I have read some reviews from the 17 minutes clip.  I'm still not sold.  The talking tree is going "I am Groot" for the most part, and the raccoon is the hightlight. Star-Lord, Gamora and Drax are looking like the supporting characters and not the leads (Quill and Gamora anyway). Marvel is relying on a CGI vermin to carry it over the box finsh line based on this marketing strategy.   </p>