Maria Bakalova aka Borat's daughter announced. Seems perfect for this franchise, been waiting for her to pop up in something else after how gr8 she was in that
oh man. It's weird how much bemusement I can feel for the MCU these days yet how much love I still have for this series/these characters
wonder if they're ever gonna release the comic-con trailer that had Do You Realize?? In the Meantime's a good pick too though. Can't wait to see the other 90s songs that Gunn picked for this
think this officially entered itself onto the shortlist of trilogies that are actually good the whole way through. I'd probably rank this as the weakest of the three (2 > 1 > 3), but I'm sure I'll rewatch it in the near future and maybe it'll grow on me
song choices were on point, especially the last one
scattered thoughts
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I was pretty sad that Peter/Gamora never ended up being a thing, I felt like their chemistry was so good, especially in Vol. 2. I was rooting for them! Avengers movies just had to fuck it all up smh. I do think that was handled pretty well considering tho
Honestly I'm shocked none of the main chars died, I kept hearing the reactions where people were saying this was TOO dark and gloomy, plus the first two had the Groot and Yondu sacrifices so I expected there to be something similar here. For a sec I actually bought that they were killing off Peter...and then I thought they'd actually leave him disfigured...and then nope! Apparently he's coming BACK now even?? Ugh, I do not want to see these characters without Gunn tbh
I guess the dark aspect was really just referring to the Rocket flashbacks which I can see, but was kinda what I was expecting anyway since they clearly hinted at that kind of tragic backstory for him. High Evolutionary was kind of a whatever villain tbh but he was kinda just there to get the plot rolling
Pretty perfect ending tbh, I don't think I have any complaints with that. Just the right amount of bitter and sweet. I was glad to Drax get his just due emotionally rather than JUST being the comic relief
Warlock was probably the only miss character-wise in this, he...didn't need to be in this at all. I forgot he was in the movie half the time
Hallway fight scene was amazing, it was kind of wedged in inorganically but it didn't even matter, was so creative and gave every character something to do that was specific to them. A million times better than the typical MCU action scene which feels like an AI came up with it
