Review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) by Jackson_Films — 05 May 2023

We went to the theatre today to say goodbye to the family of misfits, and "to be one with the music" one last time. This movie is a triumph when it comes to giving every single character the ending they deserve. The love James Gunn has for these characters oozes out of the screen. You know what I appreciate the most about this movie. This movie isn't trying to setup the next MCU project, this isn't trying to setup some alternate versions of the Guardians, this isn't trying to setup another version of Kang, most importantly this isn't trying to setup the next Avengers movie. This isn't treated like a stepping stone towards Avengers Kang Dynasty, the treatment that recent MCU projects have suffered from.

This movie doesn't give a **** about what's happening in the rest of the MCU, and I love that. It has one and only one purpose - to say goodbye to the Guardians and explore the tragic backstory of Rocket...

Just like Infinity War was advertised as an Avengers movie, but at its core it was Thanos' story, this movie is very much the Rocket Racoon movie. The entire backstory of Rocket was simply perfect, down to the last minute details. If you are an animal lover like me, there are some scenes that are hard to watch. This movie has some extremely dark and tragic under-tones and some graphic imagery that does push it's PG-13 rating to its limits. The tragedy that surrounds rocket is the heart and soul of this movie. Kudos to the animators what brought this charecter to life.

This movie has plenty of negatives, but I can't speak about any of them, because all of them are major spoilers . What I will say is that the positives vastly outweighed the negatives for me.

This was a really good movie and too be honest, left me tearful a handful amount of times . Goodbyes are always hard, but it's also important to put the pen down at the right time, and this movie is aware of that.

The galaxy will always need it's Guardians, so untill next time....