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Ms. Fenris Watches "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"
2 years ago
Marvel sure has taken me for a ride over the years. I still remember when it was announced that Disney was buying Marvel, and I thought thoughts like "So, Disney will own Wolverine and the X-men and spider man and stuff? That's kind of stupid. How does x-men fit in with, like, Bambi and Aladdin?"
Because, you know. Being a comic book casual as I was (and still am), the only marvel characters I really knew/cared about were spider man and the x-men.
Then Iron Man came out, and everyone declared it "Hey, that was pretty neat."
Then The Hulk movie came out and no one saw it.
Then a few more movies happened, yadda yadda yadda, THE FIRST AVENGERS MOVIE...
...And I dunno, maybe I was just a contrarian or whatever but I was not enchanted by it. I thought the avengers were a bunch of pricks, and I didn't like watching a movie about a bunch of self-righteous jerks.
Then a few more avengers movies happened. I was already gettin' 'meh' about the marvel movies, and stuff like Thor the dark world didn't help, so I let it fade out of my life for a bit.
But then came GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. A bunch of supa-heroes I'd never heard of, with a trailer I thought looked dumb, like "Wow, this looks like straight up farce." Something about having John C Reily front and center in the trailers made it look like a super-hero parody, "Here's a racoon, a green lady, a tree man, some guy with body paint, and a guy giving us the finger. They're douchebags!"
BUT, wouldn't you know it, Guardians of the Galaxy not only turned out to be good, but I thought it was really good. It was the sort of sci-fi, space adventure movie I'd been WAITING for.
Then, three years later, Guardians of the Galaxy 2 came out, and I thought that one was even better. Better story, better villain, better everything.
now, SIX years later, a couple of things have happened in-between, but here's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and if *I* thought it's been a ride to this moment, boy howdy I'm sure director James Gunn has thought it's been a ride through hell. Fired, re-hired, who knows what, but he made it, and if what I've heard is true he made Guardians 3 with the intention of it being his 'ending' of the Guardians saga. He made a trilogy, took you on a journey with the characters, and now he's ready to leave Disney (I think, don't quote me on that).
And if that's true, if they never make another guardians movie, I think that would be for the best, because this was a great ending. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was fantastic. I ain't saying it's PERFECT. If you're bothered by 'emotional moment undercut by jokey jokey' from the first two movies, then this one will still bug you. But otherwise, like one of Mozart's compositions, I think if you touch it to ADD any more to it, it will be lesser.
And that's the only great shame of these movies for me, is that they're not a perfect, idyllically self-contained trilogy that will end here. There are things that will be confusing if you haven't seen Infinity War and End-Game, which in turn will be confusing if you haven't gone out and watched EVERY SINGLE OTHER FUCKING MARVEL MOVIE. It's a big, loose thread that if you pull it unravels the whole carpet, tips over the china cabinet and upends the ming vase on its wobbly pedestal. *I* can, and most of all of my friends will be able to, but I WISH that Guardians was the sort of thing that anyone could sit down to enjoy the same way they could watch the original Star Wars trilogy - a three-part space opera, where characters learn, grow and become better people and find their place. I wish you could watch them on their own and ignore the rest of the marvel cinematic universe, because I think the guardians movies are just so much BETTER than all the rest. They're filmed like real movies made by a director with a vision, who wanted to tell a story about societal cast-offs coming together to find family in one another, confronting their traumas and airing their pain, and then finally growing and healing from that trauma to become better, truly realized people, ready not only to be happy with themselves, but to try and IMPROVE society so maybe, just maybe, it will create less people like who they used to be.
So, there we have it. If you liked Guardians 1 and 2, go see number 3, 'cause I think it was great. Just bring some tissues and get ready for feels. And if you're some sort of tough guy/girl who wants to be like 'meh, I don't get feels from this sort of thing' then here's your "I'm such a tuff guy I don't cry at movies" medal. Go put it on your fridge.
Because, you know. Being a comic book casual as I was (and still am), the only marvel characters I really knew/cared about were spider man and the x-men.
Then Iron Man came out, and everyone declared it "Hey, that was pretty neat."
Then The Hulk movie came out and no one saw it.
Then a few more movies happened, yadda yadda yadda, THE FIRST AVENGERS MOVIE...
...And I dunno, maybe I was just a contrarian or whatever but I was not enchanted by it. I thought the avengers were a bunch of pricks, and I didn't like watching a movie about a bunch of self-righteous jerks.
Then a few more avengers movies happened. I was already gettin' 'meh' about the marvel movies, and stuff like Thor the dark world didn't help, so I let it fade out of my life for a bit.
But then came GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. A bunch of supa-heroes I'd never heard of, with a trailer I thought looked dumb, like "Wow, this looks like straight up farce." Something about having John C Reily front and center in the trailers made it look like a super-hero parody, "Here's a racoon, a green lady, a tree man, some guy with body paint, and a guy giving us the finger. They're douchebags!"
BUT, wouldn't you know it, Guardians of the Galaxy not only turned out to be good, but I thought it was really good. It was the sort of sci-fi, space adventure movie I'd been WAITING for.
Then, three years later, Guardians of the Galaxy 2 came out, and I thought that one was even better. Better story, better villain, better everything.
now, SIX years later, a couple of things have happened in-between, but here's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and if *I* thought it's been a ride to this moment, boy howdy I'm sure director James Gunn has thought it's been a ride through hell. Fired, re-hired, who knows what, but he made it, and if what I've heard is true he made Guardians 3 with the intention of it being his 'ending' of the Guardians saga. He made a trilogy, took you on a journey with the characters, and now he's ready to leave Disney (I think, don't quote me on that).
And if that's true, if they never make another guardians movie, I think that would be for the best, because this was a great ending. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was fantastic. I ain't saying it's PERFECT. If you're bothered by 'emotional moment undercut by jokey jokey' from the first two movies, then this one will still bug you. But otherwise, like one of Mozart's compositions, I think if you touch it to ADD any more to it, it will be lesser.
And that's the only great shame of these movies for me, is that they're not a perfect, idyllically self-contained trilogy that will end here. There are things that will be confusing if you haven't seen Infinity War and End-Game, which in turn will be confusing if you haven't gone out and watched EVERY SINGLE OTHER FUCKING MARVEL MOVIE. It's a big, loose thread that if you pull it unravels the whole carpet, tips over the china cabinet and upends the ming vase on its wobbly pedestal. *I* can, and most of all of my friends will be able to, but I WISH that Guardians was the sort of thing that anyone could sit down to enjoy the same way they could watch the original Star Wars trilogy - a three-part space opera, where characters learn, grow and become better people and find their place. I wish you could watch them on their own and ignore the rest of the marvel cinematic universe, because I think the guardians movies are just so much BETTER than all the rest. They're filmed like real movies made by a director with a vision, who wanted to tell a story about societal cast-offs coming together to find family in one another, confronting their traumas and airing their pain, and then finally growing and healing from that trauma to become better, truly realized people, ready not only to be happy with themselves, but to try and IMPROVE society so maybe, just maybe, it will create less people like who they used to be.
So, there we have it. If you liked Guardians 1 and 2, go see number 3, 'cause I think it was great. Just bring some tissues and get ready for feels. And if you're some sort of tough guy/girl who wants to be like 'meh, I don't get feels from this sort of thing' then here's your "I'm such a tuff guy I don't cry at movies" medal. Go put it on your fridge.
Did you happen to see Puss in Boots 2, by the by? It was awesome >_>
But! but but. The first Guardians, I did like. Never saw the second. Maybe I should give this one a chance? I don't care about Marvel, if that matters. "Band of misfits with no real special powers, blundering their way into greatness" is more my speed.