Guardians of the Galaxy 3
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Just saw GotG 3 last night.
If you'd told me, back in 2014 when the first one came out, that within 9 years Chris Pratt was going to be starring in two movies at the same time, I wouldn't have been surprised. The guy was clearly going places after the massive success of that film!
If you'd told me that one of them was going to be the second GotG sequel and the other, he'd be the voice actor for an animated Mario adaptation... well, OK, stranger things have happened.
If you'd told me that one of them was going to be a $1B+ grossing "instant classic" masterpiece, and the other an incoherent mess that takes far too long... sure, I can accept that. I saw the 1990s Mario movie, afterall.
But if you had tried to tell me no, it's the other way around, I'd have laughed in your face. And yet, here we are. This movie joins an increasingly long line of "what was Marvel thinking???" nonsense that's afflicted the franchise post-Endgame. For most of the runtime it has no idea what it's doing or why, and it takes far too long doing it. (Particularly the ending! Seriously, the last time I've seen a movie take this excessively long to finish up was Return of the King, and that at least had a good excuse.) It tries pretty blatantly to cover up its utter lack of any clue what its plot is about with a lot of gratuitous action scenes, then fails at even clearing that low bar by throwing in so much shaky cam that you can't appreciate the action!
In addition to its confusing and incoherent plot, this film shares the same fundamental character problem as Thor: Love and Thunder: the writers aren't allowing the heroes to grow. They keep making the same mistakes that they (should have) learned not to make in previous films. If anything, they're getting more dysfunctional. One of the few points that was really on the ball was towards the end, when Mantis points out that Drax is the only team member who doesn't hate himself, mostly because he's too dumb to realize he should.
So... yeah. Not recommended. Go see Mario instead.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
This movie joins an increasingly long line of "what was Marvel thinking???" nonsense that's afflicted the franchise post-Endgame.
And yet you keep buying tickets for some reason. I bailed out and stopped watching with Endgame. Haven't regretted that decision for a second.
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Obligatory drunk scot.
https://youtu.be/qlrbaf2NVaA
TLDW: it's ok for a recent marvel movie, but apart from action, it's dumb, confused and a bit shit.
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@boomzilla said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
@Mason_Wheeler said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
This movie joins an increasingly long line of "what was Marvel thinking???" nonsense that's afflicted the franchise post-Endgame.
And yet you keep buying tickets for some reason. I bailed out and stopped watching with Endgame. Haven't regretted that decision for a second.
I bailed long before then. I don't think I've even seen the first Guardians of the Galaxy.
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@loopback0 said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
@boomzilla said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
@Mason_Wheeler said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
This movie joins an increasingly long line of "what was Marvel thinking???" nonsense that's afflicted the franchise post-Endgame.
And yet you keep buying tickets for some reason. I bailed out and stopped watching with Endgame. Haven't regretted that decision for a second.
I bailed long before then. I don't think I've even seen the first Guardians of the Galaxy.
First Guardians was absolutely brilliant.
Depends on your taste, of course.
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The only good Marvel films now are the Deadpool films.
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@loopback0 said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
@boomzilla said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
@Mason_Wheeler said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
This movie joins an increasingly long line of "what was Marvel thinking???" nonsense that's afflicted the franchise post-Endgame.
And yet you keep buying tickets for some reason. I bailed out and stopped watching with Endgame. Haven't regretted that decision for a second.
I bailed long before then. I don't think I've even seen the first Guardians of the Galaxy.
I'm sure I would have, too, but the kids were still enthusiastic about it.
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@loopback0 because they stopped making X-Men.
But at least it's not 50 shades of black, the Snyder cut.
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@loopback0 said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
The only good Marvel films now are the Deadpool films.
Which aren't MCU, right? At least, they seemed pretty distinct to me.
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@loopback0 said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
The only good Marvel films now are
the Deadpool films{}.Obligatory
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@boomzilla said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
@loopback0 said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
The only good Marvel films now are the Deadpool films.
Which aren't MCU, right? At least, they seemed pretty distinct to me.
Yeah although apparently the 3rd film "integrates Deadpool into the MCU" whatever that means. Hopefully not that they make it and any future Deadpool films suck too.
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@Carnage said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
Obligatory drunk scot.
https://youtu.be/qlrbaf2NVaA
TLDW: it's ok for a recent marvel movie, but apart from action, it's dumb, confused and a bit shit.He makes some good points here, but I don't agree that the dark, serious themes are a good thing. To anyone who thinks they are, I can only respond by asking, "did you even see the first film?!?" The entire point of the Guardians is that they're a comedy group who wins by lateral thinking and not taking things too seriously.
This is the genius of the climactic line "I'm distracting you, ya big turd-blossom." When it comes down to it, Ronan lost, not because the good guys were stronger or faster or more powerful than him, but because they understood that they're in a comedy, and he didn't.
This film does not understand that.
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@loopback0 said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
The only good Marvel films now are the Deadpool films.
There’s more than one?
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@Mason_Wheeler he's been on an extended rant about how the marvel movies joke about everything and thus remove any and all gravitas from every scene.
The guardians and Deadpool is where the silly comedy really belong, but since it's everywhere it kinda waters those down.
I've stopped watching the marvel crap because they are all the same and entirely uninteresting.
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@topspin said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
@loopback0 said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
@boomzilla said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
@Mason_Wheeler said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
This movie joins an increasingly long line of "what was Marvel thinking???" nonsense that's afflicted the franchise post-Endgame.
And yet you keep buying tickets for some reason. I bailed out and stopped watching with Endgame. Haven't regretted that decision for a second.
I bailed long before then. I don't think I've even seen the first Guardians of the Galaxy.
First Guardians was absolutely brilliant.
Depends on your taste, of course.And you should drown in a puddle of expired chilli icecream if you disagree Commit to the bit or don't bother telling us.
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That’s too bad. I wonder how it would’ve turned out if Disney hadn’t cancelled Gunn and it got made a few years earlier.
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@Zenith I just watched it. It seemed a little all over the place like Quantumania. The other part that struck me was the soundtrack. I recognized everything from the first two movies but virtually nothing from this one. That was weird considering how that was such a big part of this series until now. Also I hope the after-after-after credits blurb was right and we do see Peter Quill again.
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@loopback0 said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
The only good Marvel films now are the Deadpool films.
Ya know, I haven't seen them. Probably should get on that...
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@Zenith said in Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
Also I hope the after-after-after credits blurb was right and we do see Peter Quill again.
I was completely confused about that scene, myself. Maybe because I was dead asleep in the first ten seconds of it...
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