Guardians of the Galaxy: 8/10
It's a good movie, full of interesting characters and is an unexpected twist of the Marvel universe. It's not just Avengers in space and is generally more funny than the average other marvel movies. At the end of the day I could it see it as good, it wasn't quite a movie that blew me away with it's amazingness, but it definitely entertained without any second of boredom, something I've come to expect from Marvel movies. Though, I dunno, there seems to be a formula that still is moving around with Marvel films, to me Guardians was "just another marvel film", which is an amazing experience, but not quite one to stand out in some way. I suppose it's just "awesome" and "funny", it's entertaining but won't leave you thinking or anything, it's just a fun ride, but a very, very good ride at that.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: 8.1/10
I actually liked this movie slightly more than the Guardians movie, I suppose perhaps I came in with lesser expectations and so was more surprised. This movie garners a very interesting plot, it still shadows the feel of racial minorities in the world and gives quite a cool sub-text for the genre. What I REALLY liked about this particular movie is that the moral side of "apes vs humans" are blurred. Like there are good humans who want peace and bad humans who want war, at the same time there are good apes who want peace and bad apes who want war, no side is inherently good and none is inherently bad, which was refreshing to see as most movies (including the aforementioned Guardians) will have an "evil" side that's just evil (Yes some of the good guys were a bit blurred in the movie, but I think in general most were good, they were anti-heroes but still heroes). All the characters motivations for what they did seem good and believable, the animation is superb and the whole story is basically building up for this big final confrontation, which doesn't disappoint in it's epicness. Some say the apes look too human, but I feel that's forgivable considering we're supposed to sympathize with both the humans and the apes. It was a great movie over all.