Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 Review

 

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 is a comic book movie based on the Marvel Comics team. It's the third and final movie in the series, as well as the 32nd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The movie's produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 is written and directed by James Gunn.

The story is the Guardians are adjusting to life on Knowhere. They later get into trouble when parts of Rocket's past has come back. Wanting to protect his friend, Star-Lord leads the team on a mission, one that if they fail, it'll lead to their dissolve.

Initial Reaction

Having enjoyed both Guardians movies, first one more than the second, I was curious about the third movie. Although I was a little worried too, because I figured much the second, it was gonna have too many jokes. I was hoping I'd be wrong.

Cons

The only thing I truly hated about Vol.3 was Adam Warlock. Sweet baby Jesus! What a waste of a character. I mean it. He gets one really cool fight scene, then after that disappears for awhile, and then barely does anything during the climatic finale. Not to mention he was pretty much a joke character, which is insulting, because this guy played a huge part in big Marvel crossover events such as The Infinity Gauntlet, and it's two sequels The Infinity War and The Infinity Crusade. It's almost as bad as M.O.D.O.K. in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Middle Ground

Now, for the most part there is some pretty funny moments. Other parts are not only left unsaid, but really should've been cut out. Then there's the ultimate gray area with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, and that's the story. Throughout the movie, three is indeed, a pretty good emotional story. In that story there's heart, there's sadness, and there's drama. But what brings it down was the previously mentioned humor. Don't get me wrong, you can have humor in a dramatic story, dramedy movies do it all the time. But what James Gunn needed to do was evenly balance the two, but he didn't. I don't remember if I wrote this before or not, but I'm really curious if Kevin Fiege has an absolute demand that all Marvel Studios movies must have comedy every other scene in them, even if it damages the tone of the movie.

Pros

The two highlights of the movie came from the action and the main villain, the High Evolutionary. The two best action scenes was the fight between the Guardians and Adam Warlock, and a pretty sweet hallway fight. And what I liked about the High Evolutionary was how twisted he was. He's a pretty good example of a mind scientist. Which is always a fun villainous character to write about.

While there's some good in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, there was still some stuff that could've used more of a polish. It wasn't the worst way to end a trilogy, but it also wasn't really the best either. Much like a lot of trilogies I've reviewed, it's decent.

My final rating is, Okay.

That's all for now. Come back on Monday, May 8th, for the final part of the Road to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, with my review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.