Finally got round to seeing Guardians 3… What a waste of 2 1/2 hours that was. I enjoyed the first 2, but 3 was just terrible. The “story” is awful. Numerous, cheesy, cliché bits thrown together here and there. Nothing interesting or very cohesive. Nothing ever had a sense of consequence.
Even the soundtrack couldn’t quite save it (though was easily the best part).
“Written and Directed by James Gunn”.
Good luck DC, you’re gonna need it.
I watched it last month and it’s telling that I can’t quite remember what it was about. They’re trying to save Rocket for a big part of it, and there’s a lot of flashbacks to how Rocket came to be. But then that gets resolved and it becomes about… the High Evolutionary, who wants… something? He wants Rocket because he’s smart, and he’s gonna go do… something? And Adam Warlock is there, except he’s a joke character?
I enjoyed it overall, but I have a much clearer recall of the overall dramatic arc of the Christmas Special.
The High Evolutionary wants Rocket because of all the beings he has created and destroyed, Rocket was the only one capable of independent thought and creativity.
He wants to create a race built on that model, because none of the other civilizations he created ever reached that level.