Every villain Rocket fought was motivated by revenge. Drax in vol1 admits he almost got everyone killed because his anger and rage led him to revenge but just masked his loss. Thor admits he would kill Thanos because of revenge, but lost sight of what mattered and so Rocket lost everything he ever had. Quill, found out Ego killed his mother and so Rocket lost the only person who understood him...Yandu. and Quill found out Thanos killed Gamora and so Quill almost destroyed the universe. Rocket didn't pull a Batman. Rocket very clearly understood where revenge leads, and what it costs. Not just your own soul, but of everyone around you.
The thing is; The High Evolutionary did succeed, he just didn't see it. Rocket and his friends were the perfect, peaceful society. He overlooked it because it wasn't what he expected.
"you aren't seeking perfection, you just hate the way things are." - what rocket said to the high evolutionary at the end hit me hard. i have a family member that has so much hatred of just about everything that they are blinded from seeing anything good in life. even the insecurities and self-hatred that led the high evolutionary down this path was pitch perfect.
As he kinda revealed by the "you just hate things the way they are" line and his anger at rocket figuring out how to make creatures less angry when evolving, he never cared about "fixing" the world, it was just due to his own narcissism that he was the way he was. No moral ambiguity here (which I think is a good thing, by the way), just an insecure guy who hates everything around him.
He overlooked it because he wanted more. He didn’t want to settle for what he had. Even if he had created the Utopia he so desired, he would have found a reason to destroy it and create a new one. That was the nature of his character
This movie hit harder than most people thought it would. The Guardians of the Galaxy were the last of the OG MCU superheroes. This is not only their swansong, but also the swansong of the MCU itself, in a way.
Nebula was the closest to Rocket because they were the only two guardians that survived the snap so they spent all those years together. Explains a lot of why Nebula was ready to do the ultimate sacrifice to save him she didn't think twice.
@@thetubetitan7626 having characters die or retire isn’t the only way to have an ending for them. All the members of GotG finished their character arcs in satisfying ways
I feel like so much of phase 4 marvel (and quantumania) has been so busy trying to setup the next movies and running as fast as it can to the next thanos-like threat, that it forgot to make actually good movies - which is what made early marvel so popular and the main reason IW/Endgame was so good in the first place
I rank them as 1. GOTG V1 2. V3 3. V2 even though 2 is the last its still an amazing film and you could honestly say they're all equal To me its the best super hero trilogy the mcu has to offer The best since the dark knight easily
@@nahbro3965 Aint no right or wrong answers but personally I feel like rocket backstory taking up a lot of the movie makes it a weaker guardians of the galaxy movie then the others no matter how well it's done.
I think I agree. Vol 1 then vol 3 then vol 2. I just think that though it was only Rockets backstory, it was such an emotional journey but also tied things up with every other character. I think he could have done even better if not for fixing IW and Endgame changes to his characters. I think it would have been #1 if not for those changes made in those movies.
@@jeremytesticleman1607 He was the last character that didn't have a backstory, he definitely deserved it, and it gives a proper sendoff to the og guardians team
Even before it said 'Star Lord Will return" I never really thought he was leaving star lord behind for good, the way he said goodbye it felt more like he needed to stop running for a while and take a break, but not like, retirement.
with all of the rumors of a Nova series or movie happening, I feel like Peter will end up being Nova's mentor now that we have a cosmic character on Earth
If you think about it it's not even THAT good but it's so filled with characters being realistic and emotional that it is enhanced by that It's also a pretty good scene by itself but it's not empty action.
Frankly I think there’s a strong argument to be made that Vol. 3 is the MCU’s best movie. It’s definitely their best trilogy capper, maybe the best trilogy-ender in a superhero franchise period.
I hadn't even heard of these guys prior to their first movie, but they quickly endeared themselves to me. And I'm glad that their movies remained consistently good, even in the iffy territory of Phase 4 😊
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 well not anymore since they aren't hired for profit much since Vol 2, but Rocket and Groot certainly were before Vol 1. If I recall correctly their rap sheets included counts of merc activity. If you've read the Galaxy's Most Wanted comic which is MCU canon that's sort of where I was headed
A part of me is in big pain because I know I'll never see some of these characters again, and if I do it won't be under James Gun directing and I'm mighty afraid of someone else ruining them. I want them to forever be the charming, lovable absolutely endearing team they were throughout all of their appearences. It's so hard to accept that saying goodbye is the best move. I can only pray that if they bring back any of them (Star Lord inevitably) they are done justice.
@@dm_dude yea but the actor can be the best in the industy yet the director and writers have way too much power over what the actor does and how he portrays the character. Look at how Thor and Hulk have changed over the movies with different directors. Watiti's Thor in Ragnarok (where he was at his best imho) is quite different from Thor up to avengers 2. And Thor in love and thunder makes it impossible to put the finger on the tone of the movie. He goes from serious, noble hero to dumb frat bro from one scene to the next.
I’m surprised that nobody is really mentioning how gorgeous the CGI is in this movie, considering how there’s a huge issues with nearly every MCU release in the past couple years. It seems like they really doubled down on this film, perhaps cuz the executives didn’t wanna cause issues with Gunn again, so they gave everyone more time to complete the film entirely.
It's not even just the CGI, it's also the production design, cinematography, costume design, and make-up: all visual elements that a lot of MCU movies fail at.
Too bad he wasn’t there for Rockets lecture to Drax. “Oh boo hoo. My wife and daughter were killed… Everyones got dead people, that’s no reason to get everyone else killed along the way…” followed by the most subtitle look down for a second. You could see it… you could see those words came from lived experience… to have set that up in guardians 1 was either pure accident or pure knowing genius as to where things were going to lead. Rocket let his rage go too long… instead of taking the ones he still had…
@@Kittsuera in a recent interview Sean and James Gunn confirmed that Rocket's arc and backstory were already prepared ever since James started shooting Vol1. He had Rocket's story in mind for ten years, so that Rocket and Drax interaction in Vol1 was definitely James Finn's way of "foreshadowing" the incoming backstory!
I totally agree! It was very in line with Peter and grief. He lost the love of his life - how else would one react? Also, the Russo brothers are good story tellers! Love them.
@@Kittsuera yep, but the difference tho is that Quill was just a reaction while Drax did a decision and called Ronan himself to face him so im not sure is the same situation
Glad someone agrees with me about Star-Lord's gadgets! It's such an iconic part of his character, and it was a shame to see them left out. His rocket boots are just so cool, and the helmet would've completed the look with the new outfits. He had them in infinity war, why not here?
Black Widow wasn’t fridged, she had agency and never believed her heroics were good enough. So she saved the universe. It’s not the same as being tossed off by thanos.
@@macmcleod1188 thank you! I skipped that part! She wanted to save him too, also proving she bested him. Everytime they've sparred or competed on screen has been holding back/equal draw even in civil war on opposing teams. She wanted it more and for him to survive to live with his family, so she beat Hawkeye. Not to motivate him, but be her own agent after being a red room widow then a shield agent, now she ends it doing what she wants, being a heroine.
@elenadominguez4517 1) the world doesn't revolve around what you feel, you're not the main character. I felt they were like a family so does it mean now we're even? 2) she doesn't sacrifice herself for her "family", she does because Clint has a real family waiting for him, he has more to lose.
If Quill's gear was confiscated along with his weapons when he first came to the high evolutionary's ship then it could have fixed that minor gripe. There could even have been an "oh shit" moment, when hes falling out of the ship and reaches to turn on the rocket boots that aren't there
@@ryanhuckabee527 everything that Gunn did in Vol. 2 he did much better in Vol. 3. The stakes are immediately clear, the emotion is much higher, and the villains are similar but presented differently.
It is painfully obvious that this film's major issues come from different parts of the MCU Even the timeline issues can be partially blamed on Infinity War and Endgame's years of time added to the timeline in general. Even the small stuff like Peter getting a new mask after getting his first one broken in Vol. 2
Gunn even throws in a very self aware joke about the continuity issues when Peter awkwardly and angrily recaps the series (including IW and Endgame) in the elevator.
Something i loved about this fim was how human it was. What does it say that every sentient intelligent being in the universe will still be susceptible to the triumphs and failings of man? Working for a corporation that isn't what they seem, having asshole coworkers dog on you to feel better, having a suck up for an employee, having an entire planet that has the potential for familial and communal love as well as addiction poverty and violence.
Something about james's gunn movies is that i can often predict certain plot points (like rocky tearing high evolutionary's face the moment i saw he didn't had the flesh mask in the flashback, or how adam would redeem himself by saving starlord the moment i saw he jump too late off the ship), but the emotinonal impact the scenes hold is not in any way lost by me predicting them And i think that shows how he really has mastered storytelling technique.
The thing with the tropes is... We've seen them all, there's no way to make something new probably. So why not saying something old with emotions and character moments? That's what Gunn did and I appreciate that.
I feel almost exactly the same as you do about this film. Definitely the best MCU film since endgame, and I’m including Sony’s MCU Spider-Man efforts in that bracket as I felt No Way Home felt largely like a fan service-loaded corporate product (albeit a rather good one) rather than a film. And I also agree that it’s easily the weakest of the Guardians films. That said, the highs of this film had me feeling incredibly emotional, and I was massively moved by the ending. I’m convinced that its use of Florence + The Machine is up there as one of the greatest needle drops in cinematic history; just pure cathartic ecstasy.
I think it was kinda genius how Gamora was played out. It was heartbreaking seeing Star Lord attempting to make her love him again by explaining that she did do it, and they were great together. This was a better narratively-speaking way of showing how he has to live without the Gamora that was killed forever, whose personality and identity was shaped during the previous GOTG movies. Also showed how important identity is for her, being a stockholm syndromed orphan who probably needed a family more than a lover, and wouldnt leave the Ravagers to be with Star Lord. Smart writing, and very meta, as we are as frustrated with Gamora's apathy towards Guardians as Peter is
The focus on rockets backstory was great, it just made me a little sad it was at the price of having him unconscious and unable to interact with the rest of the group for most of the movie, especially knowing its the last time we'll see them all together
This movie worked for me in all aspects. I'm actually really glad what they decided to do with Gamora because it felt real and relatable in the sense of a unwanted breakup. Although Peter and 2014 Gamora didn't break up, it essentially felt like that for Quil, because the Gamora he knew and loved was dead, but she's still alive at the same time. I went through a breakup were we both didn't necessarily want it at first and decided it was best for us and our own mental state. We didn't see or talk to eachother for 9 months. Then we stumbled across eachother. And like Quil I told her if she'd just open up to the idea - before being cut off by my "Gamora" to only say, I don't think so. It hit home and I liked that it wasn't another happily ever after. It was raw, it was REAL.
I actually think other Gamora was my favourite part of the movie. It was a great way to get to know the really old Gamora, the Gamora that Nebula grew up, was played out against and became incredibly bitter with, as she also remarks. I also found it to strike a very nice balance between the bitter and sweet, definitely leaning more towards the former, in that it really exposed how attached Quill had become to Gamora while also, probably expecting a bit much, showcasing his temporary inability to let go of her - a central part of his arc for this movie. Finally, I actually found it really satisfying somehow that the Guardians simply were a side adventure for her in favour of her real family being the Ravagers. I think it speaks to my conceptions about no relations being necessary and instead all contingent. We spend time with people, because we happened to cross paths I a world where many others were also open to us, not because of any deeper necessity. To summarise, I really think she brought a lot of interesting relational dynamics into play, and that really worked for me.
Honestly, I don't mind what they did with Gamora in Vol. 3. While it would have been nice to continue the story with the Gamora we knew by Infinity War and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the fact is that 2014 Gamora had none of the experience that the Gamora we knew had. It would have been strange if Vol. 3 tried to act like nothing happened and that 2014 Gamora is the same Gamora we knew.
Yeah. That's a really odd criticism of the movie considering how much Gunn had to salvage from the broken parts The Russo's handed back lol. Gamora acting like this is tonally consistent. She acts like Nebula did in Vol 1. She never had her edges softened by Peter and rest of the Guardians. She's found a home with a group of equally rough space pirates.
When I saw the star lord will return, my immediate thought was that it was gonna be in a Disney+ series/ special that ends up being a sitcom about Peter readjusting to living on earth with his grandpa after 30+ years of space faring adventures. Maybe there's a villain but there wouldn't have to be. But ya like a family friendly peacemaker or something
Honestly for this was the best Guardians movie imo. I loved the other ones, but in this movie every character seems better written and the stakes were a lot more personal. The ending had me gushing.
He's had moments at being a competent leader several times before this. In GotG vol 1 he managed to bring a group of people together who all hated each other at first. He also came up with the plan to defeat Ronan. In Infinity War he beat both iron man and spiderman and came up with the plan that almost got the gauntlet from Thanos
My only nitpick you brought up that I heavily disagree with is that the Guardians can't be considered the best trilogy because it doesn't work and make sense as a standalone trilogy, but you could say that for practically all the trilogies of the MCU.
I was in the same boat with the High Evolutionary and then I watched the Schaffrillas video on GotG3. The comparison he draws between the High Evolutionary and Disney is such an interesting thing to think about
i love the song they chose for counter earth "koinu no carnival" just weird enough to sound alien yet it's about fluffy dogs in vocaloid speed japanese
I'm glad Craglin is getting the hang of the Arrow. Yondu will never ever be replaced. Which is funny bc every time we see Craglin he looks more and more like yondu. To me at least. Anyways. Even if Yondu is gone for good. I'm glad the MCU has a successor to his legacy. Someone who would be willing to follow in his footsteps. And I'm glad it's the one person who always had faith in yondu when everyone else didn't at times.
Imagine if the other members of the Guardians of the Galaxy came to earth to visit Peter Quill, Would Quill introduce them to his grandfather since the old man needs to thank them for taking care of his grandson?
2:33 I think not scaling is a good thing. The stakes of Guardians 3 feel incredibly personal and palpable. The characters are not aiming to save the universe, they want to save their friend. 15:02 Yeah, it's a bit of a mess, but it wasn't James Gunn's decision to kill Gamora in Infinity War, so he had to work with what he had.
Rocket doesn't pull a Batman Begins at all, we can see Drax carrying the High Evolutionary at the end of the movie and taking him to Knowhere. There's a deleted scene of him being locked up afterwards, just like he used to do to so many creatures.
I would love to see more mcu videos. One that goes over Endgame and how the mcu with Volume 3 coming is probably going to feel over for some older fans. I personally have so much nostalgia for endgame already in the 4 years of it being released. Love the video !! Hope you have a great day : )
In reference to not having his helmet and gear, Gunn has said they’re on Knowhere in his room since they had to rush out. Yeah, little contrivance there, but he gave a reason
One thing I've noticed is that this film and the Guardians of the Galaxy game (SPOILERS) Both have Knowhere teleport near the enemy ship at the end and shoot it with its eyes (if you managed to free Cosmo from The Promise). I don't know if that was an intentional reference, but it was pretty cool regardless.
Fascinating. I normally agree or at least like your takes, but I pretty strongly disagree here. For example, I understand your take on how they handled Gamora in this movie but I really disagree with it. I understand that if all you’re watching is guardians 12 and three, Gomorrah‘s arc is very confusing, but I think it’s important to recognize, that is not how these movies are supposed to be watched. When you watch the movies as they are supposed to be, guardians, one, and two, avengers, three and four, and then guardians three I think it really elevates the movie, and I think the way they handle Gamora without just shoving her and quill back together is really phenomenal, and something that no other MCU movie would’ve had the balls to do. And I also get the criticisms about Adam warlock, and I think those are a lot more fair, he does not have very much to do in this movie, but I found him really entertaining for what he was, and I feel like writing any more of a story for him into the movie would’ve taken away from the much more important story that was resolving the guardians character arcs. All in all I think guardians of the Galaxy, volume three is one of if not the best MCU movie to exist so far.
I’ve been seeing everyone’s videos on guardians 3 but was very eagerly awaiting yours because no one makes them quality quite like you guys. I love your videos, you’re one of my favourite channels, know that you are appreciated ❤️
I like how the characters were used in endgame (Gamoras death, Quill screwing up the attack on Thanos). But I do wish they just ended Gamoras' story in those movies. I think it would have made Quills journey in this movie better
I like that it’s canon that in entire galaxy filled with species and infinite possibilities, Earth is the only place that has raccoons , not even Asgard (before it was destroyed) had raccoons. It’s just something funny about that u can’t explain lol
I don't get it. Gamora's inclusion and the way she was handled could hardly have been better. They were handed this new version of her from Endgame and had to bring it somewhere. Not just giving her a cheap excuse to come back to the team was one of the most realistic and non-fanservice choices possible. Fits right in with the maturity of the other character arcs. Gunn couldn't outright ignore her as it wouldn't have done her justice and luckily we didn't have to see a cheesy 180 of her character. I really feared that they might try some type of "regain memories" trope.
This was a great conclusion to the Guardians, and it’s a miracle that it’s as good as whilst we got the godawful Multiverse of Madness and Love and Thunder! It’s funny that Guardians of the Galaxy got a better conclusion than Thor and Dr Strange! Edit: I also liked their use Of Rainbow as I’m a big fan of 60’s-90’s British rock!
Marvel’s guardians is one of the best video games in general, and the best marvel game in my opinion. Best comedy, story and gameplay ever, wish there was more but I loved it.
The thing was that with the gear like the mask and the jet boots was supposed to be destroyed but the Rooso brothers decided that they got fixed and to be fair the thing with the jet boots he said the were replaced because the thing that I forgot the name of that Peter and Rocket were using in one of the post credit scene’s for volume two of when they were flying together.
To me, the weakest GotG movie was Vol. 2. I love the movie, I cried and had fun, but it lacked the freshness of the first one and the grandiose finality and emotional core of the third. I rewatched Vol. 3 to watch it with my sister and I was a mess crying all over again. Arguably the strongest superhero trilogy since Nolan's Dark Knight, possibly ever.
End Game has great moments, conclusions, and send offs for the three phase arc. But as a standalone movie it's all over the place in terms of tone and pacing. It's uneven, but serves it's role as part of a greater story. Infinity War is a tighter standalone movie, as is Guardians 3.
I figured at some point in the MCU there would be a big separation in appealing to the masses and appealing to comic readers. In comics, it is almost impossible to read every story that might affect characters so the writers add a text bubble with an asterisk referring to the comic where a particular detail happened. You might go read the reference but at least you have a sense of why something is the way it is. You can’t really do this in a movie. I’ve read comics since I was 7. I can forgive bad stories because I know there is always a good one coming.
21:35 With the trilogy ending like this i feel like the only way you can bring them back is by keeping them seperated down the paths they have all ended up in.
Even with all of the mistakes of the mcu recently I'm still invested in the mcu and its future especially cause of the multivers and Kang is a great villain
Farewell to... Marvel Chris #3 (Star-Lord) for Now Green Neytiri (Gamora) Drax on, Drax off (Drax) Chewbarka (Groot) The Coon (Rocket) Big Blue Beetle Borg (Nebula) Mantis Toboggan (Mantis) Kirk Gleason (Kraglin) And Ah noo cheeki breeki i v damké (Cosmo)
James Gunn literally tweeted that Star Lord's tech was in a drawer at Knowwhere to explain the pot hole, instead of y'know explaining it in the film. It's like Favreau tweeting baby yoda was away from the Mandalorian for two years, but the show pretends he was gone for maybe a month. It doesn't work like that.
You put into words what I could not about what problems I have with the movie. Everyone keeps saying that this movie is the best, that they love it, and I'm over here like, "I think I missed something." I would put it between Volume 2 and Volume 1 though. For me, the music is kind of the best part of that first movie, however it does build the foundation for everything in Volume 2 to hit so well, and I absolutely love that movie, which oddly enough seems to be a number of people's least favorite of the Guardians movies, and I don't know what plane of existence I am living on where I have the opposite reactions to the populous while still not feeling like I'm being contrarian. Volume 3 combines the best elements of 2 with the okay elements of 1, so it kind falls in the middle. The movie felt a bit overstuffed with characters and the music didn't hit as much unfortunately. I'm not even really remembering the High Evolutionary all that much, which is a shame because I guess he's one of the best villains we've ever got, and I'm just not on the same page, and I think that's because while he is constantly in the movie, he is not constantly creating obstacles for the Guardians to overcome in the present day, so all I have to go off is how awful of a man he is in the past, which works, but I need something more I guess. The emotional beats were great however, I loved Rocket's story and everyone's sendoffs, the action's awesome, so it's not like the movie was bad, far from it, but it's not as perfect as everyone keeps making it out to be. And here we are again, the MCU doesn't have a single trilogy to its name where you can just watch one story from beginning to end and have a full picture. It's great to have this interconnected universe, but to really enjoy what Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 has to offer, you have to do 23 movies (Iron Man to Endgame, and their part in Love and Thunder) and a Holiday Special's worth of homework if you've never seen anything in the MCU. Meanwhile, Shang-Chi missed everything, and you only need 7 movies to watch if you really want to know what this whole thing with Trevor is all about, which requires Iron Man 3, but since it references Avengers a bunch, 6 more movies added there, but you could kind of just watch Shang-Chi, too. I doubt it will be so easy in the sequel or threequel depending on whatever crossover takes place when. You can't just watch the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, you really need their other appearances, no matter how much Volume 3 is designed to just be a sequel to those movies. Rocket and Nebula's relationship has an additional 5 years nobody else has, something you need from Endgame to really hit here. The Guardians somehow bought Knowhere from the Collector, and that's just passively dropped in the Holiday Special, no mention of how they got the units to be here, not even there, and there's also the Mantis/Peter sibling thing, too. The MCU is great, it has a lot of setups and payoffs, and the interconnectedness can be phenomenal, but sometimes the only thing you can do is just watch it all at least once so you know what's going on, and then you can cherry pick your rewatches for new installments. I'm glad Volume 3 is free of all the multiversal baggage, one Gamora not withstanding, but it's still got plenty of other MCU baggage, too. That's not a problem to me, but it's not as standalone as some people may claim, and I would be remiss if I did not share that I do long for the days of Raimi's Spider-Man and Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and such just so you can have a complete story in just a few movies.
pretty sure the collector got killed by thanos in infinity war when he came to bait the guardians into getting gamora to reveal the soul stone location. he took the reality stone from the collector and killed him.
@@huh4206 In the Holiday Special, there is a line casually dropped that they've really cleaned Knowhere up ever since buying the place from The Collector. I assumed he had been killed by Thanos, too, but then they said that.
I personally think that this movie is in at least my top 7 for marvel movies like I’ve only seen it once and after every Guardians movie I find it better after every time I watch it again and I think Guardians 3 is just as fun and good as No way home but in my opinion not better than Infinity Wars or Endgame but definitely close in my opinion with all the build up Endgame is easily the best Marvel movie so Guardians 3 being near that level in my opinion is amazing
James Gunn’s best work is his rated R movies. The best parts of vol.3 are the parts that feel like they could be rated R. It’s good, but you can tell James Gunn had to hold back to make the PG-13 rating.
If we do get to see the new Guardians again and if they are some how connect with the Kang stuff, then I think Kang should manipulate Adam to going back as a bad guy, evolving his power. Or something.
Finally, a fully story focused non agenda MCU movie ! My list of Fav MCU movies in order :- 1. Infinity War 2.Winter Soldier 3. GOTG Vol 3 4. Civil War 5. The Avengers 6. Ant Man 7. Homecoming 8. Love and thunder 9. GOTG 1 And the rest are just same. Age of Ultron, GOTG 2, Wasp, Quantamania, the dark world, Ragnarok, first Avenger, iron man 2, Endgame etc. worst movies :- Quantamania, iron man 3, etc.
I really liked new Gamora's ending. It showed that James Gunn wasn't stuck on making every loose thread fall back into place. The Guardians found their family, and Gamora found hers.
0:34 People were actually worried James Gunn wouldn’t deliver? I literally had nothing but high expectations and he delivered. I didn’t doubt him for a second. He’s made consistently good films and for some reason I just trusted him completely. I literally haven’t seen anything in phase 4 besides No Way Home and Multiverse of Madness because I knew everything else would be trash, or not have what I wanted, so I literally only cared about Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Verse, Deadpool 3 (maybe not because I think the staff who worked in the others changed) and then if Marvel decides to add Fantastic 4 and X-Men. I watched none of the Marvel shows. I knew Marvel was going to crap, but I definitely had 100% without a doubt confidence that James Gunn would definitely deliver with his baby Guardians of the Galaxy. You don’t have to worry about directors who truly care, messing up their important life changing projects. I knew he wasn’t going to let Guardians be trash like the rest of what Marvel has been offering. Y’all saw She-Hulk twerk and actually thought James Gunn would go down that route. He’s still in the old Marvel headspace 😂 that’s why this movie felt like old Marvel, and I knew it would. Back when you didn’t have to hope it was gonna be a good film, you expected it, like the Russo brothers and their films. I knew Ant-Man wouldn’t be that great either, so I didn’t care to watch it. James Gunn finally managed to make me cry with this film. I loved the experience!
I have a feeling Starlord will join the Avengers and be a key part of Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars (possibly dying in them?). Just feels too perfect an opportunity for him since he’s back on Earth. Nice connection with Spider-Man and Strange given their Infinity War team-up.
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Thank you for spoiling the movie with the damn thumbnail and title. -_-
@@Chuck_Norris_ Nothing was spoiled
@@Chuck_Norris_bro it’s commonly known that the third film would be the end
Not Today, Guardians Never Die
Every villain Rocket fought was motivated by revenge. Drax in vol1 admits he almost got everyone killed because his anger and rage led him to revenge but just masked his loss. Thor admits he would kill Thanos because of revenge, but lost sight of what mattered and so Rocket lost everything he ever had. Quill, found out Ego killed his mother and so Rocket lost the only person who understood him...Yandu. and Quill found out Thanos killed Gamora and so Quill almost destroyed the universe.
Rocket didn't pull a Batman. Rocket very clearly understood where revenge leads, and what it costs. Not just your own soul, but of everyone around you.
The thing is; The High Evolutionary did succeed, he just didn't see it. Rocket and his friends were the perfect, peaceful society. He overlooked it because it wasn't what he expected.
He just needed their brains in the perfect bodies 😏
"you aren't seeking perfection, you just hate the way things are." - what rocket said to the high evolutionary at the end hit me hard. i have a family member that has so much hatred of just about everything that they are blinded from seeing anything good in life. even the insecurities and self-hatred that led the high evolutionary down this path was pitch perfect.
As he kinda revealed by the "you just hate things the way they are" line and his anger at rocket figuring out how to make creatures less angry when evolving, he never cared about "fixing" the world, it was just due to his own narcissism that he was the way he was. No moral ambiguity here (which I think is a good thing, by the way), just an insecure guy who hates everything around him.
He overlooked it because he wanted more. He didn’t want to settle for what he had. Even if he had created the Utopia he so desired, he would have found a reason to destroy it and create a new one. That was the nature of his character
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This movie hit harder than most people thought it would. The Guardians of the Galaxy were the last of the OG MCU superheroes. This is not only their swansong, but also the swansong of the MCU itself, in a way.
Exactly. It’s the last good Marvel movie well see in a long time.
It’s the Logan of the MCU, in a way.
very much so!
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@@NHTube1 L take, actually braindead opinion.
Nebula was the closest to Rocket because they were the only two guardians that survived the snap so they spent all those years together. Explains a lot of why Nebula was ready to do the ultimate sacrifice to save him she didn't think twice.
That and they were mistreated by someone else.
@@JeffDrennen yeah both were taken apart by a sadistic father figure.
That's why Nebula almost cried when she heard Rocket woke up.
@@misophonie. They're true family at this point.
That makes sense. I was a little confused on that
It was so refreshing to watch an MCU movie with an actual sense of finality and closure
But there hasn't been any movie that are or could have been endings to characters everything has been about new beginnings
@@thetubetitan7626 having characters die or retire isn’t the only way to have an ending for them. All the members of GotG finished their character arcs in satisfying ways
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life.
I feel like so much of phase 4 marvel (and quantumania) has been so busy trying to setup the next movies and running as fast as it can to the next thanos-like threat, that it forgot to make actually good movies - which is what made early marvel so popular and the main reason IW/Endgame was so good in the first place
It felt like another Endgame.
Weakest…? Absolutely no way. This was an amazing capstone to the trilogy. Probably the best third movie of any trilogy in the modern era.
I rank them as
1. GOTG V1
2. V3
3. V2
even though 2 is the last its still an amazing film and you could honestly say they're all equal
To me its the best super hero trilogy the mcu has to offer
The best since the dark knight easily
@@Shadow-fb2ec For me 3 has to be first ngl
@@nahbro3965 Aint no right or wrong answers but personally I feel like rocket backstory taking up a lot of the movie makes it a weaker guardians of the galaxy movie then the others no matter how well it's done.
I think I agree. Vol 1 then vol 3 then vol 2. I just think that though it was only Rockets backstory, it was such an emotional journey but also tied things up with every other character. I think he could have done even better if not for fixing IW and Endgame changes to his characters. I think it would have been #1 if not for those changes made in those movies.
@@jeremytesticleman1607 He was the last character that didn't have a backstory, he definitely deserved it, and it gives a proper sendoff to the og guardians team
Even before it said 'Star Lord Will return" I never really thought he was leaving star lord behind for good, the way he said goodbye it felt more like he needed to stop running for a while and take a break, but not like, retirement.
with all of the rumors of a Nova series or movie happening, I feel like Peter will end up being Nova's mentor now that we have a cosmic character on Earth
He is now an earth hero and can appear in every movie or show they want.
That hallway scene has got to be one of the best MCU action scenes ever tbh
Best movie use of no sleep till Brooklyn that came out in 2023 starring Chris Pratt
It hit the TEAM in teamwork.
@@kermitthefrog996What about Super Mario Bros then?
@@somecallmejeremy that was the joke. It’s better than that movie.
If you think about it it's not even THAT good but it's so filled with characters being realistic and emotional that it is enhanced by that
It's also a pretty good scene by itself but it's not empty action.
This might be the most I’ve ever cried at a movie, why did James Gunn have to break my heart with Rocket Racoon?
as yinsen once said beautifully, "this was always the plan"
the way he built up rocket from the very beginning...
"h-hurts..." MY HEART, MAN
Hurts just breaks me.
Same bro I cried twice it was heartbreaking, at least he's still alive tho
Like what Lila said, it was Rocket's story the whole time.
Frankly I think there’s a strong argument to be made that Vol. 3 is the MCU’s best movie. It’s definitely their best trilogy capper, maybe the best trilogy-ender in a superhero franchise period.
It’s the last good MCU movie, in my opinion.
Honestly yeah, it’s definitely up there as one of the best, at least a Top 5 contender for me
@@IcyDiamondRight up there with Iron Man 1, Winter soldier, Civil War, Infinity War.
@@chasehedges6775 you’ve seen future MCU movies? Cause if not that’s kind of a dumb thing to say.
@@chasehedges6775last? you skip out NWH extended ver.
I hadn't even heard of these guys prior to their first movie, but they quickly endeared themselves to me. And I'm glad that their movies remained consistently good, even in the iffy territory of Phase 4 😊
They’re the best ragtag group in the MCU.
The only major disappointment with this movie is that we never found out how Rocket met Groot.
We already did in the end of Vol.1
Yeah I would liked to have seen that.
Would love to see this in the form of a prequel TV series cantered around their time as mercenaries
@@zxph aren’t the Guardians technically mercenaries?
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 well not anymore since they aren't hired for profit much since Vol 2, but Rocket and Groot certainly were before Vol 1. If I recall correctly their rap sheets included counts of merc activity. If you've read the Galaxy's Most Wanted comic which is MCU canon that's sort of where I was headed
A part of me is in big pain because I know I'll never see some of these characters again, and if I do it won't be under James Gun directing and I'm mighty afraid of someone else ruining them. I want them to forever be the charming, lovable absolutely endearing team they were throughout all of their appearences. It's so hard to accept that saying goodbye is the best move.
I can only pray that if they bring back any of them (Star Lord inevitably) they are done justice.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile that it happened.
- Dr Seuss
@@JeffDrennen I'll get there with time but it's so painfull rn 🥲
But at least Chris Pratt has a hand on the character. James said he was heavily involved in the correct portrayal of Peter.
@@dm_dude yea but the actor can be the best in the industy yet the director and writers have way too much power over what the actor does and how he portrays the character. Look at how Thor and Hulk have changed over the movies with different directors. Watiti's Thor in Ragnarok (where he was at his best imho) is quite different from Thor up to avengers 2. And Thor in love and thunder makes it impossible to put the finger on the tone of the movie. He goes from serious, noble hero to dumb frat bro from one scene to the next.
I’m surprised that nobody is really mentioning how gorgeous the CGI is in this movie, considering how there’s a huge issues with nearly every MCU release in the past couple years. It seems like they really doubled down on this film, perhaps cuz the executives didn’t wanna cause issues with Gunn again, so they gave everyone more time to complete the film entirely.
It's not even just the CGI, it's also the production design, cinematography, costume design, and make-up: all visual elements that a lot of MCU movies fail at.
Gunn is wrong about the Peter losing his temper thing, that's so in line with his character it was perfect.
Too bad he wasn’t there for Rockets lecture to Drax. “Oh boo hoo. My wife and daughter were killed… Everyones got dead people, that’s no reason to get everyone else killed along the way…” followed by the most subtitle look down for a second. You could see it… you could see those words came from lived experience… to have set that up in guardians 1 was either pure accident or pure knowing genius as to where things were going to lead.
Rocket let his rage go too long… instead of taking the ones he still had…
@@Kittsuera in a recent interview Sean and James Gunn confirmed that Rocket's arc and backstory were already prepared ever since James started shooting Vol1. He had Rocket's story in mind for ten years, so that Rocket and Drax interaction in Vol1 was definitely James Finn's way of "foreshadowing" the incoming backstory!
I totally agree! It was very in line with Peter and grief.
He lost the love of his life - how else would one react? Also, the Russo brothers are good story tellers! Love them.
@@Kittsuera yep, but the difference tho is that Quill was just a reaction while Drax did a decision and called Ronan himself to face him so im not sure is the same situation
Glad someone agrees with me about Star-Lord's gadgets! It's such an iconic part of his character, and it was a shame to see them left out. His rocket boots are just so cool, and the helmet would've completed the look with the new outfits. He had them in infinity war, why not here?
The way Henry Braham uses colors is out of this world
Did you know that he's also behind the cinematography of THE FLASH?
oh, dope!
That fish eye lens though.
Still not a fan of the fish eye lense.
I’m glad someone else realizes how great volume 2 was 🥹
its the bomb!
Black Widow wasn’t fridged, she had agency and never believed her heroics were good enough. So she saved the universe. It’s not the same as being tossed off by thanos.
Also her death wasnt about Hawkeye. It wasn't too motivate him. So not fridging.
@@macmcleod1188 thank you! I skipped that part! She wanted to save him too, also proving she bested him. Everytime they've sparred or competed on screen has been holding back/equal draw even in civil war on opposing teams. She wanted it more and for him to survive to live with his family, so she beat Hawkeye. Not to motivate him, but be her own agent after being a red room widow then a shield agent, now she ends it doing what she wants, being a heroine.
Black widow motives fail because the avengers never felt like a family and shes quickly forgotten that in the next scene.
@elenadominguez4517 1) the world doesn't revolve around what you feel, you're not the main character. I felt they were like a family so does it mean now we're even?
2) she doesn't sacrifice herself for her "family", she does because Clint has a real family waiting for him, he has more to lose.
If Quill's gear was confiscated along with his weapons when he first came to the high evolutionary's ship then it could have fixed that minor gripe.
There could even have been an "oh shit" moment, when hes falling out of the ship and reaches to turn on the rocket boots that aren't there
Never thought id cry multiple times over a cybernetic raccoon and otter in a marvel movie
When Dog Days Are Over started playing and everyone was letting go of the pain, I cried like a baby. That song fit the scene perfectly imo.
This one is definitely much better than vol. 2. Honestly might like it better than vol. 1
It’s drastically better than Vol. 2. I probably prefer Vol. 1 still, but this film was amazing.
I agree. It wasn't to the same extent, AT ALL... but I get a hint of love & thunder in vol 2. Creator unleashed, to the detriment of their creation
@@ryanhuckabee527 everything that Gunn did in Vol. 2 he did much better in Vol. 3. The stakes are immediately clear, the emotion is much higher, and the villains are similar but presented differently.
It is painfully obvious that this film's major issues come from different parts of the MCU
Even the timeline issues can be partially blamed on Infinity War and Endgame's years of time added to the timeline in general. Even the small stuff like Peter getting a new mask after getting his first one broken in Vol. 2
Gunn even throws in a very self aware joke about the continuity issues when Peter awkwardly and angrily recaps the series (including IW and Endgame) in the elevator.
I Grew Up When I was 14 Years Old Now i’m 23 Year Old. After 9 Years.
Cool, man
Yes, thats how time works here
That's how age works, retard
I'm jealous. I only grew up 2 years when I went from 21 to 23.
Something i loved about this fim was how human it was. What does it say that every sentient intelligent being in the universe will still be susceptible to the triumphs and failings of man? Working for a corporation that isn't what they seem, having asshole coworkers dog on you to feel better, having a suck up for an employee, having an entire planet that has the potential for familial and communal love as well as addiction poverty and violence.
Something about james's gunn movies is that i can often predict certain plot points (like rocky tearing high evolutionary's face the moment i saw he didn't had the flesh mask in the flashback, or how adam would redeem himself by saving starlord the moment i saw he jump too late off the ship), but the emotinonal impact the scenes hold is not in any way lost by me predicting them
And i think that shows how he really has mastered storytelling technique.
The thing with the tropes is... We've seen them all, there's no way to make something new probably. So why not saying something old with emotions and character moments? That's what Gunn did and I appreciate that.
I feel almost exactly the same as you do about this film. Definitely the best MCU film since endgame, and I’m including Sony’s MCU Spider-Man efforts in that bracket as I felt No Way Home felt largely like a fan service-loaded corporate product (albeit a rather good one) rather than a film. And I also agree that it’s easily the weakest of the Guardians films. That said, the highs of this film had me feeling incredibly emotional, and I was massively moved by the ending. I’m convinced that its use of Florence + The Machine is up there as one of the greatest needle drops in cinematic history; just pure cathartic ecstasy.
it was pretty great. vol. 1 is 70s. 2 is 80s felling. and this was the 90s. its perfection. 😊
I think it was kinda genius how Gamora was played out. It was heartbreaking seeing Star Lord attempting to make her love him again by explaining that she did do it, and they were great together. This was a better narratively-speaking way of showing how he has to live without the Gamora that was killed forever, whose personality and identity was shaped during the previous GOTG movies. Also showed how important identity is for her, being a stockholm syndromed orphan who probably needed a family more than a lover, and wouldnt leave the Ravagers to be with Star Lord. Smart writing, and very meta, as we are as frustrated with Gamora's apathy towards Guardians as Peter is
I think its most likely that Star Lord's return will come in the next Avengers but ngl a Star Lord solo film would go hard.
The focus on rockets backstory was great, it just made me a little sad it was at the price of having him unconscious and unable to interact with the rest of the group for most of the movie, especially knowing its the last time we'll see them all together
Yes that was a weird choice
I highly recommend that people play Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s super underrated and captures the charm and heartbreak of the movies.
This movie worked for me in all aspects. I'm actually really glad what they decided to do with Gamora because it felt real and relatable in the sense of a unwanted breakup. Although Peter and 2014 Gamora didn't break up, it essentially felt like that for Quil, because the Gamora he knew and loved was dead, but she's still alive at the same time. I went through a breakup were we both didn't necessarily want it at first and decided it was best for us and our own mental state. We didn't see or talk to eachother for 9 months. Then we stumbled across eachother. And like Quil I told her if she'd just open up to the idea - before being cut off by my "Gamora" to only say, I don't think so. It hit home and I liked that it wasn't another happily ever after. It was raw, it was REAL.
I actually think other Gamora was my favourite part of the movie.
It was a great way to get to know the really old Gamora, the Gamora that Nebula grew up, was played out against and became incredibly bitter with, as she also remarks.
I also found it to strike a very nice balance between the bitter and sweet, definitely leaning more towards the former, in that it really exposed how attached Quill had become to Gamora while also, probably expecting a bit much, showcasing his temporary inability to let go of her - a central part of his arc for this movie.
Finally, I actually found it really satisfying somehow that the Guardians simply were a side adventure for her in favour of her real family being the Ravagers. I think it speaks to my conceptions about no relations being necessary and instead all contingent. We spend time with people, because we happened to cross paths I a world where many others were also open to us, not because of any deeper necessity.
To summarise, I really think she brought a lot of interesting relational dynamics into play, and that really worked for me.
Honestly, I don't mind what they did with Gamora in Vol. 3. While it would have been nice to continue the story with the Gamora we knew by Infinity War and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the fact is that 2014 Gamora had none of the experience that the Gamora we knew had. It would have been strange if Vol. 3 tried to act like nothing happened and that 2014 Gamora is the same Gamora we knew.
Yeah. That's a really odd criticism of the movie considering how much Gunn had to salvage from the broken parts The Russo's handed back lol. Gamora acting like this is tonally consistent. She acts like Nebula did in Vol 1. She never had her edges softened by Peter and rest of the Guardians. She's found a home with a group of equally rough space pirates.
When I saw the star lord will return, my immediate thought was that it was gonna be in a Disney+ series/ special that ends up being a sitcom about Peter readjusting to living on earth with his grandpa after 30+ years of space faring adventures. Maybe there's a villain but there wouldn't have to be. But ya like a family friendly peacemaker or something
Honestly for this was the best Guardians movie imo. I loved the other ones, but in this movie every character seems better written and the stakes were a lot more personal. The ending had me gushing.
It's kind of crazy how it took a Marvel movie to make me not worry about the future of DC movies
I liked how Quill felt like a competent leader for the first time
Me too
He's had moments at being a competent leader several times before this. In GotG vol 1 he managed to bring a group of people together who all hated each other at first. He also came up with the plan to defeat Ronan. In Infinity War he beat both iron man and spiderman and came up with the plan that almost got the gauntlet from Thanos
I hadn’t even heard of the Guardians before I watched the first movie, and after a while they become my favourite after the Avengers.
My only nitpick you brought up that I heavily disagree with is that the Guardians can't be considered the best trilogy because it doesn't work and make sense as a standalone trilogy, but you could say that for practically all the trilogies of the MCU.
Yep that’s exactly it
I love how adam warlocks first scene is him flying through space to the song "Crazy on you" on his way to fuck shit up
I was in the same boat with the High Evolutionary and then I watched the Schaffrillas video on GotG3. The comparison he draws between the High Evolutionary and Disney is such an interesting thing to think about
i love the song they chose for counter earth "koinu no carnival"
just weird enough to sound alien yet it's about fluffy dogs in vocaloid speed japanese
18:55 Gunn could've retconned that Tony's snap accidentally killed Gamora. We don't see her after he snaps
I'm glad Craglin is getting the hang of the Arrow.
Yondu will never ever be replaced. Which is funny bc every time we see Craglin he looks more and more like yondu. To me at least.
Anyways. Even if Yondu is gone for good. I'm glad the MCU has a successor to his legacy. Someone who would be willing to follow in his footsteps. And I'm glad it's the one person who always had faith in yondu when everyone else didn't at times.
The fact that you didn't even mention the hallway scene hurts me
Wow. Your take on this movie is almost exactly the same as mine. Its been rare to find someone else not as high on this movie as most.
Imagine if the other members of the Guardians of the Galaxy came to earth to visit Peter Quill, Would Quill introduce them to his grandfather since the old man needs to thank them for taking care of his grandson?
This movie was deep. It had a lot of layers to peel back.
Like an ogre
Just came home from watching Guardians 3. I don't often show much emotion.
This got me to cry.
2:33 I think not scaling is a good thing. The stakes of Guardians 3 feel incredibly personal and palpable. The characters are not aiming to save the universe, they want to save their friend.
15:02 Yeah, it's a bit of a mess, but it wasn't James Gunn's decision to kill Gamora in Infinity War, so he had to work with what he had.
Rocket doesn't pull a Batman Begins at all, we can see Drax carrying the High Evolutionary at the end of the movie and taking him to Knowhere. There's a deleted scene of him being locked up afterwards, just like he used to do to so many creatures.
That deleted scene wasn’t out at the time. And the drax thing was wayyy in the background. The theatrical cut defo made it seem like he died imo
After watching The Suicide Squad, I thought this film would be as good as the first two. I was wrong. It's much better and almost made me cry twice.
I would love to see more mcu videos. One that goes over Endgame and how the mcu with Volume 3 coming is probably going to feel over for some older fans. I personally have so much nostalgia for endgame already in the 4 years of it being released. Love the video !! Hope you have a great day : )
14:30 the EXACT same thing happened with me. I can confidently say this is my favorite mcu movie tho
In reference to not having his helmet and gear, Gunn has said they’re on Knowhere in his room since they had to rush out. Yeah, little contrivance there, but he gave a reason
At least a great trilogy from start to end, the adventure ends 👏👏👏👏👏
One thing I've noticed is that this film and the Guardians of the Galaxy game (SPOILERS)
Both have Knowhere teleport near the enemy ship at the end and shoot it with its eyes (if you managed to free Cosmo from The Promise). I don't know if that was an intentional reference, but it was pretty cool regardless.
Fascinating. I normally agree or at least like your takes, but I pretty strongly disagree here. For example, I understand your take on how they handled Gamora in this movie but I really disagree with it. I understand that if all you’re watching is guardians 12 and three, Gomorrah‘s arc is very confusing, but I think it’s important to recognize, that is not how these movies are supposed to be watched. When you watch the movies as they are supposed to be, guardians, one, and two, avengers, three and four, and then guardians three I think it really elevates the movie, and I think the way they handle Gamora without just shoving her and quill back together is really phenomenal, and something that no other MCU movie would’ve had the balls to do. And I also get the criticisms about Adam warlock, and I think those are a lot more fair, he does not have very much to do in this movie, but I found him really entertaining for what he was, and I feel like writing any more of a story for him into the movie would’ve taken away from the much more important story that was resolving the guardians character arcs. All in all I think guardians of the Galaxy, volume three is one of if not the best MCU movie to exist so far.
I’ve been seeing everyone’s videos on guardians 3 but was very eagerly awaiting yours because no one makes them quality quite like you guys. I love your videos, you’re one of my favourite channels, know that you are appreciated ❤️
I like how the characters were used in endgame (Gamoras death, Quill screwing up the attack on Thanos). But I do wish they just ended Gamoras' story in those movies. I think it would have made Quills journey in this movie better
Yeh I get what you mean. Gunn couldn’t exactly do that because the Russos decided that she came back to life in Endgame.
I like that it’s canon that in entire galaxy filled with species and infinite possibilities, Earth is the only place that has raccoons , not even Asgard (before it was destroyed) had raccoons. It’s just something funny about that u can’t explain lol
I don't get it. Gamora's inclusion and the way she was handled could hardly have been better. They were handed this new version of her from Endgame and had to bring it somewhere.
Not just giving her a cheap excuse to come back to the team was one of the most realistic and non-fanservice choices possible. Fits right in with the maturity of the other character arcs.
Gunn couldn't outright ignore her as it wouldn't have done her justice and luckily we didn't have to see a cheesy 180 of her character. I really feared that they might try some type of "regain memories" trope.
This movie is gonna be the best this phase
I loved Adam he reminded me of Prince Charming in shrek mamas boy 😂
This was a great conclusion to the Guardians, and it’s a miracle that it’s as good as whilst we got the godawful Multiverse of Madness and Love and Thunder! It’s funny that Guardians of the Galaxy got a better conclusion than Thor and Dr Strange! Edit: I also liked their use Of Rainbow as I’m a big fan of 60’s-90’s British rock!
I can’t believe that for the first time in one of your videos we’ve had every single opinion be exactly the same word for word bar for bar
“He’s up there with the Nolans and the Raimis.” Couldn’t have said it better myself. He’s absolutely a cut above.
A handful of directors have carried much of the goodwill
I didn’t mind how Adam Warlock was in the film. I mean we had the comics and the game for that version of him.
Also.. this is basically where Warlock started in the comic books.
The adam warlock people remember was literally after about 8 years of comic books.
Marvel’s guardians is one of the best video games in general, and the best marvel game in my opinion. Best comedy, story and gameplay ever, wish there was more but I loved it.
The thing was that with the gear like the mask and the jet boots was supposed to be destroyed but the Rooso brothers decided that they got fixed and to be fair the thing with the jet boots he said the were replaced because the thing that I forgot the name of that Peter and Rocket were using in one of the post credit scene’s for volume two of when they were flying together.
To me, the weakest GotG movie was Vol. 2. I love the movie, I cried and had fun, but it lacked the freshness of the first one and the grandiose finality and emotional core of the third.
I rewatched Vol. 3 to watch it with my sister and I was a mess crying all over again.
Arguably the strongest superhero trilogy since Nolan's Dark Knight, possibly ever.
I really like how there promoting the guardians game that game is so good
its great!!!!
guardians 3 is easily the best out of the trilogy for me.
“Better than endgame” the spicy takes are out today 👀
It is, I think
I like endgame but don't love it like I do Infinity War
@@FullFatVideos Same here. IW is awesome
@@FullFatVideos Infinity War is the 🐐
End Game has great moments, conclusions, and send offs for the three phase arc.
But as a standalone movie it's all over the place in terms of tone and pacing. It's uneven, but serves it's role as part of a greater story.
Infinity War is a tighter standalone movie, as is Guardians 3.
I cried like 5 times 😂😭
Watching you log the film several times on Letterboxd left me waiting for this video!
this is basically goodbye mcu for me. i can check out in place now.
I figured at some point in the MCU there would be a big separation in appealing to the masses and appealing to comic readers. In comics, it is almost impossible to read every story that might affect characters so the writers add a text bubble with an asterisk referring to the comic where a particular detail happened. You might go read the reference but at least you have a sense of why something is the way it is. You can’t really do this in a movie.
I’ve read comics since I was 7. I can forgive bad stories because I know there is always a good one coming.
21:35 With the trilogy ending like this i feel like the only way you can bring them back is by keeping them seperated down the paths they have all ended up in.
Also this movie made me come to the conclusion that they deffinetly dont understand groot they just know him so well they get what he means
I don’t know there was something about this movie that makes me feel like next time I get the chance I will rewatch it
Even with all of the mistakes of the mcu recently I'm still invested in the mcu and its future especially cause of the multivers and Kang is a great villain
They missed the opportunity to use “Rocketman” for volume 3.
11:04 First sci-fi adventure I watched was Titan A E and it also had lot of orange. Feels natural to me.
Farewell to...
Marvel Chris #3 (Star-Lord) for Now
Green Neytiri (Gamora)
Drax on, Drax off (Drax)
Chewbarka (Groot)
The Coon (Rocket)
Big Blue Beetle Borg (Nebula)
Mantis Toboggan (Mantis)
Kirk Gleason (Kraglin)
And Ah noo cheeki breeki i v damké (Cosmo)
green neytiri lolll
James Gunn literally tweeted that Star Lord's tech was in a drawer at Knowwhere to explain the pot hole, instead of y'know explaining it in the film. It's like Favreau tweeting baby yoda was away from the Mandalorian for two years, but the show pretends he was gone for maybe a month. It doesn't work like that.
You put into words what I could not about what problems I have with the movie. Everyone keeps saying that this movie is the best, that they love it, and I'm over here like, "I think I missed something." I would put it between Volume 2 and Volume 1 though. For me, the music is kind of the best part of that first movie, however it does build the foundation for everything in Volume 2 to hit so well, and I absolutely love that movie, which oddly enough seems to be a number of people's least favorite of the Guardians movies, and I don't know what plane of existence I am living on where I have the opposite reactions to the populous while still not feeling like I'm being contrarian. Volume 3 combines the best elements of 2 with the okay elements of 1, so it kind falls in the middle. The movie felt a bit overstuffed with characters and the music didn't hit as much unfortunately. I'm not even really remembering the High Evolutionary all that much, which is a shame because I guess he's one of the best villains we've ever got, and I'm just not on the same page, and I think that's because while he is constantly in the movie, he is not constantly creating obstacles for the Guardians to overcome in the present day, so all I have to go off is how awful of a man he is in the past, which works, but I need something more I guess. The emotional beats were great however, I loved Rocket's story and everyone's sendoffs, the action's awesome, so it's not like the movie was bad, far from it, but it's not as perfect as everyone keeps making it out to be.
And here we are again, the MCU doesn't have a single trilogy to its name where you can just watch one story from beginning to end and have a full picture. It's great to have this interconnected universe, but to really enjoy what Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 has to offer, you have to do 23 movies (Iron Man to Endgame, and their part in Love and Thunder) and a Holiday Special's worth of homework if you've never seen anything in the MCU. Meanwhile, Shang-Chi missed everything, and you only need 7 movies to watch if you really want to know what this whole thing with Trevor is all about, which requires Iron Man 3, but since it references Avengers a bunch, 6 more movies added there, but you could kind of just watch Shang-Chi, too. I doubt it will be so easy in the sequel or threequel depending on whatever crossover takes place when. You can't just watch the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, you really need their other appearances, no matter how much Volume 3 is designed to just be a sequel to those movies. Rocket and Nebula's relationship has an additional 5 years nobody else has, something you need from Endgame to really hit here. The Guardians somehow bought Knowhere from the Collector, and that's just passively dropped in the Holiday Special, no mention of how they got the units to be here, not even there, and there's also the Mantis/Peter sibling thing, too. The MCU is great, it has a lot of setups and payoffs, and the interconnectedness can be phenomenal, but sometimes the only thing you can do is just watch it all at least once so you know what's going on, and then you can cherry pick your rewatches for new installments. I'm glad Volume 3 is free of all the multiversal baggage, one Gamora not withstanding, but it's still got plenty of other MCU baggage, too. That's not a problem to me, but it's not as standalone as some people may claim, and I would be remiss if I did not share that I do long for the days of Raimi's Spider-Man and Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and such just so you can have a complete story in just a few movies.
pretty sure the collector got killed by thanos in infinity war when he came to bait the guardians into getting gamora to reveal the soul stone location. he took the reality stone from the collector and killed him.
@@huh4206 In the Holiday Special, there is a line casually dropped that they've really cleaned Knowhere up ever since buying the place from The Collector. I assumed he had been killed by Thanos, too, but then they said that.
The movie great. Emotional and a masterpiece. Get your add to the nearest movie theater. 🎉😊.
I personally think that this movie is in at least my top 7 for marvel movies like I’ve only seen it once and after every Guardians movie I find it better after every time I watch it again and I think Guardians 3 is just as fun and good as No way home but in my opinion not better than Infinity Wars or Endgame but definitely close in my opinion with all the build up Endgame is easily the best Marvel movie so Guardians 3 being near that level in my opinion is amazing
Gamora worked for me.. woulda been stupid to just bring her back to normal after everything thats happened.
Would’ve preferred they just dignified her death in Infinity War
James Gunn’s best work is his rated R movies. The best parts of vol.3 are the parts that feel like they could be rated R. It’s good, but you can tell James Gunn had to hold back to make the PG-13 rating.
If we do get to see the new Guardians again and if they are some how connect with the Kang stuff, then I think Kang should manipulate Adam to going back as a bad guy, evolving his power.
Or something.
Finally, a fully story focused non agenda MCU movie !
My list of Fav MCU movies in order :-
1. Infinity War
2.Winter Soldier
3. GOTG Vol 3
4. Civil War
5. The Avengers
6. Ant Man
7. Homecoming
8. Love and thunder
9. GOTG 1
And the rest are just same.
Age of Ultron, GOTG 2, Wasp, Quantamania, the dark world, Ragnarok, first Avenger, iron man 2, Endgame etc.
worst movies :-
Quantamania, iron man 3, etc.
I’ve never understood why Iron Man 3 gets so much hate when Iron Man 2 is right there. 2 was boring af 😂
I really liked new Gamora's ending. It showed that James Gunn wasn't stuck on making every loose thread fall back into place. The Guardians found their family, and Gamora found hers.
0:34 People were actually worried James Gunn wouldn’t deliver? I literally had nothing but high expectations and he delivered. I didn’t doubt him for a second. He’s made consistently good films and for some reason I just trusted him completely. I literally haven’t seen anything in phase 4 besides No Way Home and Multiverse of Madness because I knew everything else would be trash, or not have what I wanted, so I literally only cared about Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Verse, Deadpool 3 (maybe not because I think the staff who worked in the others changed) and then if Marvel decides to add Fantastic 4 and X-Men. I watched none of the Marvel shows. I knew Marvel was going to crap, but I definitely had 100% without a doubt confidence that James Gunn would definitely deliver with his baby Guardians of the Galaxy. You don’t have to worry about directors who truly care, messing up their important life changing projects. I knew he wasn’t going to let Guardians be trash like the rest of what Marvel has been offering. Y’all saw She-Hulk twerk and actually thought James Gunn would go down that route. He’s still in the old Marvel headspace 😂 that’s why this movie felt like old Marvel, and I knew it would. Back when you didn’t have to hope it was gonna be a good film, you expected it, like the Russo brothers and their films. I knew Ant-Man wouldn’t be that great either, so I didn’t care to watch it. James Gunn finally managed to make me cry with this film. I loved the experience!
What would happen if they all came back together in Thor 5, Nova presentation, Avengers Kang Dynasty and Avengers Secret Wars?
I have a feeling Starlord will join the Avengers and be a key part of Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars (possibly dying in them?). Just feels too perfect an opportunity for him since he’s back on Earth. Nice connection with Spider-Man and Strange given their Infinity War team-up.