Me and my sister saw the third installment and final installment of "Guardians Of The Galaxy" on Saturday. How did I feel about it?
When Rocket is brutally injured during an encounter with Adam (a creation of the high priestess Ayesha), the guardians are unable to save him due to a self-destruct like system built in him by a company known as Orgocorp. So the group embark on a journey to save Rocket while we see different flashbacks to his past. Meanwhile, Peter kept trying to get Gamora (who's now part of the Ravengers) to remember him but to no avail.
This was definitely the darkest and most emotional out of the "Guardians" movies. Don't get me wrong, the comical charm that theses characters are known for is still there. I laughed multiple times during the movie. But not only was the movie extremely sad, but surprisingly brutal as well. Mainly involving Rocket's past, which I'll get into later. There were a lot of call backs to the previous movies that were incredibly heartwarming, including a special appearance from Yondu (RIP). This also showed the guardians at their closest. They still bickered and fought in typical guardians fashion, but they were willing to go through Hell & high water to save Rocket and protect each other. And don't get me wrong, that was the case with the last 2 movies as well, but it was either normally out of reluctance, competition, or no one was willing to say the L word (Love). With each movie, they became more and more open with each other, and this was the most open they have been. They weren't afraid to express care and love for one another. They weren't afraid to show emotion when one of them either got hurt, was endanger, or was close to death (especially Peter, who has seen a fair share of loss). It was beautiful to watch.
Rocket's development and deep dive into his past was the best part of the movie. It was also a responsible for the brutality of the movie as Rocket suffered some extreme experimentation and lost his friends at the hands of High Evolutionary (yeah this is an animal cruelty film, but I don't really care). I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that it is finally understood why he is the way he is. We knew he's been through some Hell, but now we understand the full extent of it. The reason he's so merciless towards other people and reluctant to express love is because he's seen people he loves die in front of him and he definitely didn't wanna go through that again (though he does anyway, but that's not the point). The reason he hates being called a racoon is because that is who he is and that's all the villain saw him as. It reminded him to much of that part of his life. This made it even more satisfying when he finally accepts that he is a racoon. It's who he is, OWN IT!
On the negative side, Adam was kind of useless to me. His first appearance in the trailer and the beginning of the movie was promising, but he kind of became the but of people's jokes. And there's nothing particularly wrong with that, I just feel like more could've been done with him. He does have a change of heart by the end of the movie, but I didn't feel like there was enough build-up to that. I didn't really care for High Evolutionary as a villain. He was psychotic, a jerk, and the acting was really good. But I don't find him a memorable as other Marvel villains. I also wasn't a big fan of Gamora's resolution. Don't get me wrong, I understand that this isn't the same Gamora from the first "Guardians" to "Infinity War", but at the same time, she had really good development and it's sad to see all of that undone and the movie made very small efforts to either revive that or do something different with her.
Overall, this was a good movie. Not great, but really good. And (with the exception of Gamora) I did feel it was a satisfying end for the guardians. But I won't deny that I am very sad to say goodbye to them. I do hope that Peter and Rocket are finally at peace. Thanks for reading.
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