The 4-minute opening of ‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3’ has been officially released online by the VFX company Sarofsky.

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Get chills watching this. Just an amazing opening.

tremble said:

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Get chills watching this. Just an amazing opening.

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Absolutely. Something about just the first seconds with the transition from young to adult rocket sets the tone of the entire movie perfectly. And instantly it's clear this movie will elicit a more emotional range than the previous installments.

Yes, this movie has flaws, and some of them probably won't be bothersome for me until repeat viewings, but I absolutely adored this movie. From start to finish, the more serious and almost melancholy tone was unexpected, and hit me pretty hard at certain moments. It's rare to be emotionally impacted by scenes for me, but somehow the rocket origin story scenes really got to me. Maybe it's because of things I'm dealing with in real life, but I was glad I was in a dark theater so my sister wouldn't see me tearing up at times (drinking from my soda helped cover it up too, heh). For that reason alone, I think this movie will have less rewatchability at my house. While the others felt more carefree and fun, the sadness and serious nature this movie centered around will be harder to watch on repeat viewings. And because of that, I can absolutely see why some put this movie below the others. But it's that very reason that i appreciate what this installment has accomplished. While it didn't feel like part of the series because of this, I loved it nonetheless.

Again, it's not perfect, and is below the first for me, as that's one of my favorite marvel movies. But for what it is, and what it strove to accomplish, this is up towards the top for me. And maybe it's because the darker tone is so un-marvel from start to finish that it stands out so uniquely in that universe, for better or for worse. If seen from that perspective, it seems weird, but the serious and melancholy tone is why I enjoyed it so much. Whether it creates sadness or happiness, or a continuous mixture of both (as this did), to me any movie that can (intentionally) create emotional responses makes it a successful cinematic creation. But it's because of that that it might not be as well received across the board as the other installments. To me, this was a bittersweet and satisfying end to my favorite part of the marvel universe. The other story lines marvel has put out has had clunkers, but IMO the three gotg movies are strong and enjoyable from start to finish, and unmatched because of that. Others will disagree, because this movie won't impact everyone the same way, but this is just one man's take, and I left the theater happy and content.

I love that acoustic version of Creep.

Agreed. I haven't really felt emotional in a Marvel since Cap signed off at the end of Endgame (maybe No Way Home with the 3 Spideys too?)

It wasn't even like they were pulling on long established relationships either for some of the emotional beats, but it all largely just worked.

Finally got to see this after a very crazy May. I really enjoyed it, even if the animal experimentation got to be a bit much.

Really enjoyed the whole arc for the Guardians. I'd probably rank 1>3>2. I thought the comedy and heart in this movie was far better than 2.

Very curious to what their plan if for Star Lord to return.

As for Marvel, they really need a big crossover film. Show some sort of plan. There is still no real coherent major plot to tie everything in for people to piece together and I think that's why they are losing so much steam. Coupled with some lower quality movies and they're losing viewers.

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There is still no real coherent major plot to tie everything in for people to piece together and I think that's why they are losing so much steam.

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Kind of shocking how bad they bungled Phase 4. Should have just gone with Kang as the "big bad" and ran with it. Instead we get a confusing mix of things that sort of tie together, an origin story no one wanted to see, yet another horrible Thor movie, random Eternals, etc. Not to mention all the television shows... it's just watered down overexposed garbage.

I'm almost at the point where I say "I'M DONE WITH THIS CRAP" like I did with the Star Wars franchise & secretly hope that Marvel comes back with an Andor-esque revival movie/show.

I get that they wanted to avoid "here's the next big threat!!" right after Thanos, but also… nearly every movie has to go and save the whole planet/universe. So they still do it half the time even if they set out to not do it.

Actually let's test that theory:
Not world-ending stakes: WandaVision, Falcon & WS, Loki, Hawkeye, She-Hulk, Doctor Strange 2, Spider-Man NWH, Black Panther 2, GotG3

World-ending stakes: Loki (multiversal war), Black Widow (world domination), Shang-Chi, Eternals, Ms. Marvel, Thor 4 (kinda, all the gods), Ant-Man Quantumania (the Quantum Realm)


Maybe not as bad as I thought. The movies tend to go "big stakes" and I think it's a bit detrimental (especially for something like Shang-Chi). The shows are smaller, but going world-ending was the worst parts of Ms Marvel and Moon Knight IMO.

GOtG is probably the only MCU series that I have seen every movie.

They are all good, I thought the rocket back story was awesome the rest was just ok, was a touch too long.

Glad Gamora never changed.

Don't even know anything about Warlock other than the second movie tie in so he was fine

That's because Star Lord is part of The Asgardians of the Galaxy.