If I had to choose a movie where I don't connect AT ALL with something almost unanimous for the audience and public, it would have to be this one.

There was no shortage of opportunities. This is the 3rd time I've watched it - because I want to see Guardians 3 with all the chronology on my head - and...I fell asleep all 3 times, always in the 2nd act. People always think that this is one of the MCU movies that I should really like when in fact I prefer to watch movies like Captain Marvel, fully aware of what they are.

The truth is that narratively, this is a huge mess. The first two acts are bad. In the first two-thirds of the movie, it jumps from place to place without any coherence, without any development, with ugly and dark settings, and without being able to involve me at all. One of the characters that I love the most in the MCU died and I felt nothing. A character that had made me feel a lot in two Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Another essential character of the MCU - the main? - that everyone loves died and...I felt nothing again. As for the others who died, I never cared about them, so whatever.

But I think that's really one of the reasons why this movie is so beloved. Because there are several surprising deaths because it was seen in theatres by large audiences (and probably kids/teens cried a lot), because it has several "wow moments" (even if they are poorly developed), and because it's a story that many people invested a lot of their time in. As a movie, it's not good. No. The childish humour is always present in the first two hours in a ridiculous way for what is happening on screen and without any funny jokes - except for the scene where Quill meets Thor - and it made me roll my eyes 30 times. Every time. It made me completely withdraw emotionally from the movie.

But well, it's dark, it's full of action (almost only action, to be fair), it has surprising deaths, and a dramatic ending. I'm absolutely sure that's why it's loved. Nothing to do with its qualities as good cinema.