(trailer review) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

 

(Official Trailer)

I am going, to be honest with you like I always am, but this trailer did not move the needle much for me. A lot of new scenes and imagery, but the previous trailer for me was soo much better. This trailer on the other hand was a lot funnier and I am hoping, the comedy in this third and final movie from director James Gunn is evenly levelled out with the sad and emotional themes in this movie. As I said in my last trailer reaction, the second movie seemed like everyone had a joke. How I have come to understand the characters is, Drax provides most of the laughs, but it is usually him first and foremost, followed by Peter Quill and Rocket. Now that Nebula (my favourite character) is part of the team, she also provides a little humour too, but if everyone is providing jokes, the tone and strength of the film get significantly reduced.

This trailer shows, what looks like, The High Evolutionary and a few flashbacks involving Rocket Raccoon and his possible backstory, but this trailer also seems to provide us with a lot of fake-outs. Dave Bautista is done with Guardians, but although he says a few things in this trailer, it does not seem like he will die, but there are shots of Rocket Raccoon, Peter Quill and all this talk about one last fight or being together, it does seem like a few of our loveable characters will not make it out and this will be a film that will confiscate tears from us all. I love this team and while people will forget how plucky they are, they are the team that took out the Avengers.  I am going to watch this movie anyway, I just wished the trailer was better than the last one for me. Those Adam Warlock shots did not do much.

Directed by James Gunn and starring Dave Bautista, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn & Chukwudi Iwuji 

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(trailer review) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

 

We have come a long way since the beginning of the MCU. The storytelling and craftsmanship of the MCU go without saying at this point. One could argue that phase 4 has not been great and not a lot seems to make sense. While I do not prescribe to that exactly, I do feel some of the "funnier" storylines or more accurately, the comedy/jokes they have put into these movies have not been good. Without picking apart the MCU, I will simply refer to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2. Although this was a great movie, everybody was given a joke. In the previous Guardians movie, it was simply just Drax who provided the audience with a laugh. In the second movie, it seemed like everyone had a joke and it kind of hampered the movie. This has been the case with a lot of MCU movies of late, so I am sure there is more than a handful of people who don't mind some silliness and jokes but not to be laughing all the time. I guess one argument is, they do this to balance out the heaviness of some of the themes, but...I don't know, some movies do it better than others. Thor: Ragnarok to Thor: Love and Thunder is an example of that.

The music in the trailer has me. The music in the Guardians movies has all been great so for this trailer, it is simply continuing a standard, but this music! It is possible that, due to learning that this will be the last movie with the current team lineup, the music just hits me differently as there are rumours that members of the team will die, like...die die. No coming back type of die. There will be stakes in this movie and the runners-up are Dave Batista as Drax the Destroyer and Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon. If done well, we will have some much-needed levity and humour, hopefully, provided by Drax and Mantis (I cannot be the only person who finds Mantis' background antics hilarious), but I do believe this movie will draw out the tears. We have spent some time with this loveable group and to see any of them actually die, I do believe will be heart-wrenching. That scream from Peter Quill in this trailer looks like real pain and loss. Deep breath guys. We can do this together.

Directed by James Gunn and starring Dave Bautista, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn & Chukwudi Iwuji 

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(film review) [STREAMING] - The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

This is a movie that is set after the events of Endgame and before the events of Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. If you have seen Endgame, you will have an idea of where we are with the team and what their plans are going forward. With that said, it seems as though this movie is the bridge between Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 and Volume 3 which is here to inform us, the audience, of particular events that have occurred between the last time we saw them to when we get to see them next without going into too much detail and drawing out the third film with explanations and such. And while this movie was far from needed, this extended prologue to the upcoming movie is great and maybe, everything I hope Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 is.

The Holiday Special centers around the Christmas holidays and cheering up Star-lord aka Peter Quill who seems to be down around this time due to Gamora not being around. Both Mantis and Drax set out on a journey to Earth thinking they have the best idea to help bring a smile to Peter's face by bringing him a present from Earth, something he loved as a child, by hijinx ensue.

This is a short and delightful film. It explains a lot that has happened since Endgame and I can only assume, it lends a help-in-hand to not having to explain anything in Volume 3, but the film also helps to flesh out the characters of Drax and Mantis a lot more. As Mantis was introduced in Guardians Volume 2 and we also saw her in Avengers: Infinity War, we truly get to explore more of her character here and her dynamics with Drax.

Charming and funny. I loved watching this as I had a right ol' giggle at these characters. Drax should be one of the only people who will bring the jokes because Volume 2 seemed like everyone had a joke and that ruined the movie for me. I do lowkey think Mantis is by far one of the silent killer scene stealers who provides the most laughs. Introduced in Volume 2 and we get to see her in Infinity War, if you simply just watch her, she does things in the background which is hilarious. Her angry face when Star-lord says, "let's put on our angry faces", when she is creeping forward when the Guardians are creeping on Nowhere, on Titan bouncing around in zero gravity, she is absolutely hysterical. Drax on this occasion has evolved and he is a lot better. He is more of a team player and also funny, you know like he should be. Bautista owns this role so it would be a shame to see him go after Volume 3.

The prize for Quill is hilarious and while I am not sure of the actual mechanics of the MCU at this point, the gags are great and the film helps to provide a warming sensibility to it whilst telling a story about one person's experience of the festive holiday and the friends who come together to help cheer him up, endearing and sweet.

It goes without saying that the visuals are immaculate. The music, is even better. The intro music was terrific and the practical effects were also good. At this point, all the actors know who their characters are and the performances show this. This is definitely, a rewatch, but it would be very interesting to see what happens in Volume 3 because I have heard, this is the last time we will see this version of the team, together and with a new trailer for volume 3, which has to be dropping soon, I just love this team. They may seem incapable of anything, but let us just remember, they took out the Avengers swiftly in 'Infinity War' and that should definitely tell you something about the team's dynamics and poise.

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