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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Full Reaction! (Happy 10 Years!) (Patreon)

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2025-03-28 18:19:47
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

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Josef Schiltz

What an anniversary week! It's hard to believe that this is the tenth annualversity. What a time it's been, from those first days. Another stunning reaction and just when I've just baked some bread and made some cottage cheese. Bliss! And tea! Essential! Now, I do have representations of much of the DC and Marvel Comics in my collection, hailing from my days at art college - although, I was far more interested in the work of Will Eisner than anyone else. The Boss! The one Marvel character I was really interested in was Dr. Strange. I really grew fond of Steve Ditko's art and his renditions of the Sanctum. Most of my collection focuses on the Silver Age with representations from DC - late 60s and some of their 'Giant' publications. The art was more my thing that the stories, to tell the truth. The medium has always fascinated me and I desperately wanted in. I almost did! One of those almosts of my life. I managed to publish some undergrounds with a friend and colleague -some, or maybe all - I am told by a native - ended up in the Library Of Congress, Pulp Fiction Collection in their Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room. That was before our existence became immiserated by other duties! I still have my collection which is sometimes an unwelcome time machine to the past. As the song Ruby Tuesday states, " . . Lose your dreams and you lose your mind. Ain't life unkind?" That happens to be one of my favourite songs, my dears. My word, now. Gillan is quite a shade of blue. Of course, I saw the convention when she whipped of the wig and revealed her bald head. I was disappointed, however, that the racoon didn't show up. In The Time Of The Doctor, both Matt and Kazza were wearing wigs. Ha! Which must have amused them both immensely. I've just realized that, in this vast array of dizzying commentary, I've had Tom Baker in my head. This sort of thing happens from time-to-time. Maybe I should have been an actor . . . or . . . perhaps I am! Who knows? Mad as a box of frogs and all very jumpy. Happy times and places.

Ryan

One guy who definitely wasn't happy with this movie was Alan Horn. After a legendary career as one of the most successful Disney executives ever, he was happily retired and ready to spend the rest of his time basking in people's adoration. And then for whatever reason Disney decided to call him back in, and as a result he'll now be forever remembered entirely for his snap unilateral decision to fire James Gunn in a panic over his past offensive jokes that Disney already knew about and he'd long expressed his regret for. And it didn't even have any lasting impact, unless you count Gunn having the time to make The Suicide Squad before he was rehired and springboarding off that to run all of DC's movies and shows (literally the only thing that could have given me any hope for their future, so I'm very happy about how it all turned out). But after all that, how's the movie itself? Well, it's about a guy who hastily decides to get rid of someone he's now embarrassed by despite their great success together, and then realizes too late he got rid of the only person who's enough of a creative genius to see his plans through, so now he's desperate to get him back. Yeah, Gunn can talk all he wants about how this is the same script he'd already written before the whole debacle, but I'm calling that at the very least he indulged in a few dialogue tweaks to drive the point home. These circumstances also put Gunn in the rare position of being able to tell the Disney Marvel machine "Fuck you, I'm doing whatever I want." He'd been fairly open the whole time about how he hated what Infinity War had done with Peter Quill outside his control, and then Endgame saddling him with both a new Gamora with all her development wiped out, plus Thor tagging along with the Guardians. After Love and Thunder came out, he thanked Taika for providing an explanation for Thor leaving them, since he'd never had any intention of acknowledging this, so it would have just been a pure mystery why he wasn't there if that hadn't happened. And if the higher-ups were counting on him just snapping Gamora back to normal by the end of the movie, he had quite a surprise for them with that as well. And so Peter's story becomes a question he'd ironically get a big kick out of if he was in any mood for it: Do you believe in life after love? As soon as the trailers came out, the big lines from the fans was "James Gunn is about to make you cry over an otter." And centering the final Guardians story around Rocket was absolutely the right call. Bradley Cooper has grown by leaps and bounds as an artist since the first Guardians movie, both in front of and behind the camera, and could easily come off as just slumming it as a favor for the people he knew when, but he still gives it his all, this time with the added challenge of having to play a younger and more naive Rocket. And all these scenes work so great that I never once minded he's technically just asleep for so much of the movie (also, let's all just appreciate that in all the years from his escape until now, he never once got injured seriously enough for this to be an issue until such an insanely out of the box threat like Adam Warlock showed up). Of course, every great hero needs a great villain, and Gunn pulls out all the stops for this one. He clearly got the message that people had started getting tired of all these supposedly deep and sympathetic villains, and it was time to again give us someone we just viscerally despise with the core of our being and want to see go through as much pain as possible. Chukwudi Iwuji had been incredible in a multi-layered, unpredictable role in Peacemaker, and it's no surprise Gunn decided to immediately work with him again. He knows exactly why he's here, and every single moment he's onscreen is dedicated to making us hate him just a bit more, with the result being perhaps the single most despicable character in the entire MCU (and yes, I'm including Killmonger). My favorite has to be his increasingly apelike physicality as he freaks out during the final battle, down to beating his chest, fully putting the lie to all his claims of being advanced. The movie does great by the rest of the Guardians too. I was very worried upon seeing Peter get interested in Nebula in the trailer, having long held her up as my aroace queen, so it was a big relief it never goes beyond that one joke and most of her scenes are centered around her concern for Rocket until you expect her to try shouting that he's late for her wedding. She's perhaps the single best developed character in the MCU, and if this is the last we see of her, it's a very fitting sendoff. Drax also gets some much appreciated time to shine, after Dave Bautista hadn't been shy about his disappointment at being relegated to jokes about being a big dumb guy after the loss of his family had been such a big part of him at the start. Here we get the perfect combination of both sides of him, though I still wish Dave could have played the fully happy version of him in What If, which we still haven't gotten a clear answer on what the hell happened there. The Guardians have gone on quite a wild ride in the decade we've had them, from obscure characters it was questioned if anyone could care about, to universally beloved goofballs in a franchise that could sometimes take itself too seriously, to Peter being despised for screwing up the battle with Thanos (which I again have to stress was totally out of Gunn's hands and his brief acknowledgement of guilt here plus making clear he really had lost his version of Gamora permanently was really all that could be done at this point), to the kidnapping of Kevin Bacon bringing everyone back by reminding them why they loved this crew in the first place. And I still occasionally have to remind myself that Gunn actually got to finish it off just like he wanted, after all the hell he went through to get to this point. It's a story we don't get too often in Hollywood, and when it happens it should be treasured. And as a bonus we got this great movie out of it.

Thomas Corp
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Still think it was one of the dumber things: firing James Gunn over the tweets, when, like you said, Disney already knew about them, and Gunn himself was upfront about his regret about them. I do have my worries about his upcoming Superman film, more because it’s sounding like it’s going to be overstuffed, on top of the problem of being trapped in the shadow of the Donner films. But maybe it’ll be nice. Hell, I liked Superman Returns a lot better than most people seemed to. And though there was massive problems with it, Man of Steel did have a few moments that I did quite like. I do buy that the overall structure for this one had remained unaltered. There are a few spots where it does feel like he’s venting. Sort of like Favreau directing Chef with the venting against the MCU creative restrictions and mandates when he made Iron Man 2 which was not lost on the critics. Gunn did have the uphill battle with the post Guardians Two developments. The Thor problem, I applaud how he was originally going to leave that unanswered before Thor Four provided an excuse. And even if it hadn’t, a quick throwaway line would have sufficed. Respect for Gunn with how he handled the Gamora of it all. As to Star Lord’s story: I can feel something inside me say, I really don’t think he’s strong enough, no. Gunn’s distaste for Star Lord’s fuck up does explain how there is only the one cursory mention of that. I will say that although I can’t stand Star Lord, he didn’t make me want to put my head through a wall as much as he did Guardians Two onward. LOATHED the one joke about Nebula’s eyes. That was a moment where I asked, “Should I just jump through the screen and shoot him in the foot? Would that get a point across?” Hadn’t heard about the otter observation. Were I more invested in the Guardians, yes, I would agree that it would be the concern that Gunn would make you cry over an otter, just as much as Pixar made us cry over an imaginary friend. Didn’t really happen for me here, but then again, you said you had no emotional attachment to Henry Blake, and that is top five saddest of tv for me, so it balances out, and we’re even, like you said. Sidenote, you also mentioned about the warning you gave to your cousin about taking her kid to this. Good call. Still got somewhat angry memories of all the very loud kids at Deadpool. Made me happy when I went to see The Killing Joke and Logan, it was all grown adults, and at the third Deadpool movie, same thing. On the other hand, the childrens’ tears at Infinity War made me cackle something fierce, and made me think that those kids would not have survived Order 66 twenty years ago, The whole series, Rocket has had one of the more nuanced arcs, so it’s nice that he gets the big spotlight at the end, and whilst being unconscious for most of it. Good catch on how he never was hurt badly enough before the Warlock attack. Could have used a lot more of the High Evolutionary, even if he is one hateful sumbitch. (Though it still seems like he didn’t earn Jess’s hatred like the MCU Bullseye has.) What we get is great, and for being a villains guy as much as I am, he is a hateful one. Just would have liked more of him. Scenes like what Kilmonger got, despicable though he is, I’m with you there, you had the scenes to have the focus on what made him tick, that fleshed him out, whilst keeping him very despicable. Not sure who is my pick for most hateful MCU character is. Wholeheartedly second Nebula being an aroace Queen. Again, loathe that one joke. She is in the running for being the best developed character of the MCU. She is (not counting character variants like Doc Ock and Green Goblin who predate the MCU,) third on my favorites of the MCU behind Thanos and Red Skull, and above Agatha and Kingpin who round out the top five. Damn good final bow for her if this is it, and great how Karen really SOLD Nebula’s concern for Rocket. Still would love to deep dive into her time in space with Iron Man, and the subsequent bond and friendship that likely came from that. She looked particularly heartbroken at his funeral. They strike a good balance with Drax. Keep hearing communication errors prevented Bautista from being the happy variant in What If. The Guardians have had the hell of a wild ride. Whether I’ve loved every second of it isn’t important as I had fun with all of the films. And the more important thing is how Gunn got to do it all as he wanted to do it. Even after the hell he went through. That itself is worthy of the praise and applause.