Finally got round to seeing Guardians 3… What a waste of 2 1/2 hours that was. I enjoyed the first 2, but 3 was just terrible. The “story” is awful. Numerous, cheesy, cliché bits thrown together here and there. Nothing interesting or very cohesive. Nothing ever had a sense of consequence.
Even the soundtrack couldn’t quite save it (though was easily the best part).
“Written and Directed by James Gunn”.
Good luck DC, you’re gonna need it.
Disagree, loved the first one, enjoyed the second one but it didn’t grab me as much as the first, and then the third one absolutely hit it out of the park for me. Granted it used a lot of emotional baggage that’s been packed up along the way, but it shouldn’t be dismissed just because of that.
Only thing I thought was a painful cliche in the movie was the “no, I won’t kill the villain (after mowing down all of his minions like they were nothing) because I’m the good guy!” trope.
I agree in that the stakes for 3 are incredibly low. It starts trying to save Rocket’s life, but that’s nowhere near the same level as playing keep away with an Infinity Stone, or stopping a mad god from destroying the universe.
Rocket dies, or he doesn’t, it has an impact on a dozen or so characters.
Then, once Rocket’s life is saved, it becomes keeping him away from the High Evolutionary, who wants to use Rockets DNA to fuel a new race of beings just as creative (and destructive?) as Rocket.
But this is, ultimately, Rocket’s origin story. The flashbacks are heartbreaking, and, yeah, even though it’s smaller in scale, it has more emotion behind it than 1 and 2. It’s about the characters and each gets a chance to shine (even Cosmo!)
I liked it fine (I liked the first two a little better), but I thought the soundtrack was a bit of a mess. Ultimately I thought it was a perfectly adequate way to wrap up the trilogy.
As for having a sense of consequence, you have seen a Marvel movie before, right? It’s always cotton candy, even though Rocket’s flashback storyline was quite grim.
