Plot: A quest to save Rocket Raccoon.
Main theme: Friends are important.
Secondary theme: accept yourself for who you are.
Tertiary theme: if it’s your job to save the universe, make sure you have a good soundtrack, or as Emma Goldman said, “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution”.
Quaternary theme: everyone deserves a second chance.
Rating: PG-13 for a plethora of profanity and various varieties of violence.
The third and final movie of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy is an action-packed film. It is rated PG-13 for profanity and violence Many parents at our theater brought children younger than thirteen. Personally, I would advise against that, but your kids, your decision. The special effects artists and the stuntmen earned their pay, but we don’t go to movies for special effects and stunts. We go to movies for a good story and interesting characters.
Scene Stealers: Cosmo, a telekintic dog (voiced by Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova)who was once a Soviet cosmonaut experiment, Kraglin the Ravager, played by Sean Gunn (younger brother of writer/director James Gunn), and Master Karja played by fan favorite Nathan Fillion.
On the whole, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 was an okay movie, but not a great one. MCU fans will want to see this if only for a sense of closure. Casual movie fans may find themselves confused watching a movie that’s the end of a trilogy and the 32nd film in the MCU if they haven’t seen what came before.
It’s an emotional roller coaster. I brought tissue, but I didn’t need them. “The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat,” moral redemption, unrequited love, the very requited love of friends who become family, tears of joy, gasps of fright, they’re all part of the ride. You know, on second thought, I might give the movie 8 out of 10 instead of 7 out of 10.
Although action-packed, GOTG, Vol. 3 was not as good as the two previous films, in my opinion. I’d give it a 7 out of 10. My husband and son liked it better than I did. Rotten Tomatoes certified it as Fresh, with an 80% approval rating.
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Susan Macdonald is the author of the children’s book “R is for Renaissance Faire”, as well as 26 short stories, mostly fantasy in “Alternative Truths”, “Swords and Sorceress #30”, Swords &Sorceries Vols. 1, 2, & 5, “Cat Tails” “Under Western Stars”, and “Knee-High Drummond and the Durango Kid”. Her articles have appeared on SCIFI.radio’s web site, in The Inquisitr, and in The Millington Star. She enjoys Renaissance Faires (see book above), science fiction conventions, Highland Games, and Native American pow-wows.
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