Guardians of the Galaxy 3 : Rocket Raccoon’s Fate
With the first two parts of the saga Guardians of the GalaxyJames Gunn had managed to do what no other director in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) had managed to produce: emotion. If we love Guardians of the Galaxy so much, it’s because of the sensitivity they exude. Dysfunctional team, motley family, this gathering of merry outlaws had managed to create considerable excitement.
With this third work, James Gunn further accentuates his emotional springs. A breath of fresh air in a stuffy MCU, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 gladly pulls the sensitive string. The director develops constant emotion, particularly through the character of Rocket Raccoon. Indeed, we interfere in his past to discover his wounds, his traumas and his genesis before becoming a space pirate.
Via flashbacks, which initially do not herald anything good due to a melodramatic excess that lacks finesse, James Gunn will gently push us to our limits and choose emotionally. While these flashbacks can be rather boring at first, they eventually become formidable weapons in shedding light on Rocket’s emotional power. And the director gets along so well with this process, that he manages to provoke tears and tenderness with characters that are difficult to identify with, such as a cyborg otter or a walrus in a wheelchair.
Rocket Raccoon, his story, his strength, his anguish, his depression, are fascinating elements of the screenplay and thus feed a story of love, mutual aid, fraternity, certainly sometimes a little naive, but with a overflowing sincerity. In this Guardians of the Galaxy 3 it’s chock full of timeless moments, poignant emotional treats, and extremely rare on the scale of the MCU.
Impressive characters
Besides Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 can count on his gallery of characters. James Gunn thus offers true continuity within his trilogy. His heroes evolve, advance, cry, laugh, suffer. Much more than bland and absent heroic figures, they are complex characters, with dense and fascinating writing. Each of the heroes has to deal with their own traumas, and James Gunn then offers some vibrant group therapy.
Star Lord must then accept that he has lost Gamora. Nebula tries to rebuild itself around a new identity. Drax seeks his place in the Guardians, etc. Each character has a strong identity and above all their own stakeout, which finds its conclusion in this explosive third chapter. We must also highlight the impeccable performance of Karen Gillan, brilliant in the role of Nebula, who here explores a whole new flavor as the leader, or rather the protective mother of this group of unsuspecting teenagers. A new face that suits him perfectly.
A bit lazy plot
Too bad, however, that this third episode is aesthetically less creative than the previous two. If it’s not a superb sequence shot in a corridor during an impressive action scene, James Gunn is less inventive. Guardians of the Galaxy 3 it struggles slightly to match the visual verve of its two predecessors, and therefore offers fewer truly surprising action sequences. It is also regrettable that the general plot of the feature film is only a pretext for developing the story of its heroes. And that the peregrinations of history are then limited, in all, to saving this or that character from the clutches of death, from the Master of Evolution or from any other danger.
Finally, note that for fans, the use ofAdam Warlock it turns out to be a wet firecracker. Light years away from his cold and pragmatic comic writing, Adam Warlock is here yet another Thor clone – namely a muscular idiot. We feel that James Gunn doesn’t really know what to do with this character, who is generally useless, and whose rare (often comedic) appearances are really just mere scripting tools. The mighty hero seems to come more from the specs of Marvel Studios than from the mind of James Gunn.
Despite this, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 keeps its promises. More successful than the second, less effective than the first, this third installment is undoubtedly the best MCU film (with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) From Avengers: Finale. It is also a true conclusion to the saga offered by James Gunn. A touching result for these characters who have accompanied us ever since almost 10 years now. We can’t help but wonder what will become of the Guardians without James Gunn…
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 by James Gunn, in theaters on May 3, 2023. Check out the trailer above. Find all our trailers here.
Source: Cine Serie
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