This movie was another highly anticipated one for me.
This Marvel movie starrs Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Sean Gunn, Kevin Bacon (“One Way”), Maria Bakalova (“Bodies, Bodies, Bodies”), just to name a few.
This movie was directed by James Gunn.
It was released on November 25th 2022 on Disney Plus. It is a Comedy/Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi.
Onto the premise: Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket, Mantis, and Groot engage in some spirited shenanigans in an all-new original special created for Disney+.
Set between the events of “Thor: Love and Thunder” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”.
When the band is performing at the end of the film, the singers are singing into the wrong side of the microphone.
What a cool little idea for a story, one that doesn’t warrant a full movie but is perfect for a Special. It’s immediately elevated by the characters we already know and love.
As usual with The Guardians, laughs are plentiful. I cracked up twenty-plus times. And the route they go with the story is highly amusing. It’s also good to see some added focus on some of the side characters. It even had enough to create some heartfelt emotional moments.
I had a great time going on this adventure with The Guardians. The MCU is two for two with their specials. I’m still not fatigued. Give me more!
This was an entertaining special about the Guardians that you might appreciate more and have more fun with it if you celebrate Christmas, but still can be enjoyed! I love the chemistry between Drax ans Mantis! I laughed so many times while watching it!
It has some well shot action scenes in the middle and in the beginning and some gags, especially at the end by Cosmo, which reminded me of gags in “Peacemaker”.
It’s not all goofing around and corny Christmas stuff, it actually has a big reveal about the group and I’m surprised they did it in this special instead of the third feature film. Also i cried twice while watching it.
The writing is also good. it’s written by James Gunn after all. And you could say Mantis is the protagonist in this one and for a good reason too. Drax is also in this one more and is as funny as ever.
The reveal itself I think is not bad and makes the group dynamic more interesting, and even though I wanted them to focus on it more, it’s obvious they’re gonna do that in the third movie and it’s gonna make what’s gonna happen in the third movie more impactful and maybe more heartbreaking considering it’s gonna be the last Guardians movie and some of these characters are probably gonna die or get separated.
All in all, I thought this was a nice little break from the serious and more sad and stories of Wakanda Forever and Andor and I really liked it.
The singing and musical aspect of it was too much and too long for my taste, but I guess this is the holiday special and I’m actually supposed to expect an actual plot and Avengers level story.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed it for what it was and it was nice to see the group after Endgame, at least under James Gunn’s writing and direction.
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