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Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3 Review

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This is not a simple overall review. It has specifics. If you haven’t watched the movie or don’t want to know what happens in it do not read this post.

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Originally, I thought I was going to be obsessed with Gamora in this movie. Just the idea that Gamora from 2014 is in 2025. Unsurprisingly, I was right. I loved Gamora’s storyline. Her finding a family with the Ravagers was unexpected but endearing. However, I didn’t really like how they kept insisting that she was the same person. I know Quill acknowledges it at the end quoting Rocket and everything but it didn’t feel that genuine. Probably because they ignored her every time she told them she was someone else and Quill’s apology was more about him saying goodbye then offending Gamora.

Nebula is one of my favorite Guardians and she was perfect in this movie. I was not expecting her to fight with Drax and Mantis as much as she did but it does make sense. Nebula only joined them on Titan and then spent five years with Rocket before the others came back. And while Peter and Nebula bonded over loosing Gamora, Mantis and Drax had nothing to connect them to Nebula. They are essentially new acquaintances/team members so Nebula doesn’t really know them and vice versa.

Speaking of Drax and Mantis, them acknowledging what they mean to each other at the end had me teary eyed. They are more like brother and sister than Peter and Mantis. But I guess in Peter’s defense he was more focused on Gamora and Yondu.

I couldn’t wait to see Adam. I didn’t think he was going to be the sweet goofball that he is but it’s great. I mean he’s essentially a grade schooler so. Something unexpected was the character change for Adam’s mom, the High Priestess. I wish they would have specified more the pressure they were under and their love for each other. It was present and clear but i think they could have added one more quick scene between them. The day before I watched the movie I saw a review where a person said that they thought Adam was a worthless character and if they removed him and changed the ending the movie would be the same. When i first watched this my immediate thought was “okay then Adam must add emotional plot” and I was right. I figured that was the situation simply because the creator of that video is male and sadly many people driven by the male gaze don’t register emotional plot (See all the people who shit talk Black Widow). I’m excited to see Adam’s story continue with the Guardians.

I literally gasped when Lylla said the story has always been about Rocket and when he did the whole “my name is” to the High Evolutionary.

I don’t know if the writers and James intended for this but Rockets childhood was so reflective of parental abuse it was crazy. I’m sure it was on purpose because it’s so obvious. The parent only wanting you to be prefect and only seeing you as an extension of their greatness. The drunken nights when they stumble into your room to talk about your future and success you’ll bring to them. And the physical fighting with the youngest sibling screaming on the sidelines. Crazy. So amazing really to see that showcased in cinema. Especially since Marvel likes to omit character childhood trauma. And if it is shown it’s usually glazed over. (See Tony Stark. Actually that scene where the High Evolutionary tells Rocket that they were never meant for the new world reminded me so much of Howard and Tony)

Honestly do not really care about seeing Quill again. To me he is the least interesting Guardian but I’m assuming that since he is now back on earth and he’s definitely not going to a nine-to-five that he’ll be on the new Avengers team and we’ll see him in Secret Wars (or Kang Dynasty, i can’t remember which is next). So there’s that.

To all the people giving Volume 3 a bad review simply because the tone was too serious, my one question is, what did you expect? We left these people just recovering from saving the world after 5 years of grief, one died but a “clone-like” version of them is walking around, and the story focuses on a member who was tortured and experimented into full existence. You should have known. Also i’d like to say it isn’t even like Love and Thunder where the serious and humor tones are unbalanced. They are both perfectly shown and timed in this movie. The humor is not at all missing.

Overall, beautifully shot and smooth cgi. Fight scenes were great, especially the one where they all entered the High Evolutionary’s Ship together. The music score was of course A-MAZ-ING! but they always kill it. I am definitely buying this record when it comes out so it can be with it’s siblings.

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Just saw guardians of the galaxy vol 3 (I’m late to the party, and spoilers) and I may just be hysterical and delusional after crying for hours over Floor but I think there’s significance in the ending song and Rocket as a whole.

Rockets big character arc is that he’s finally finished running, and the first song that plays on his new iPod as captain is Dog Days, where the chorus sings “So you better run/ run fast for your mother/ run fast for your father/ run for your children/ for your sisters and brothers”.

Previously, Teefs and Floor died because Rocket stayed to get revenge for Layla, while Floor begged him to leave. This led to the death of Teefs and Floors and, ultimately, Rocket was haunted by her words and spent the rest of his life running to make up, carrying the key he built to break them out of their cages.

The song choice signifies that he has made peace with his mistakes, that he has finally completed a life long character arc and can move on, dancing to the song and knowing his friends are waiting in the afterlife.

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