Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Full disclosure, I'm writing this review after watching this for a second time.
I love <PERSON> broken space folks. His style of writing imperfect characters is something that I adore, as it injects a much needed element of humanity and pathos into even the most exaggerated creatures and concepts. Because everything is grounded in a sense of compassion, he's able to return to his Troma roots in the best ways. Because of this, Guardians 3 is pretty much my favourite MCU project and a perfect topper to this trilogy.
Every character arc comes full circle perfectly in a way that very few other MCU arcs have done (Endgame notwithstanding). 387
I'm so pleased with every concluding moment here. Even <PERSON>, who doesn't really have a character arc to speak of, instead gets to show off the full range of his powers in the best ways.
Creature effects and eclectic designs are my cinematic catnip, so I was in heaven throughout this. The OrgoCorp sequence, Counter-Earth, and basically everything parallel to the High Evolutionary was filled to the brim with genuins designs and goopy, creepy effects. That's the kind of shit I love in movies, and <PERSON> went all-out for his final Marvel swing.
There's so much more I can praise about this, but it can basically all be boiled down to me loving everything about this. The alchemical mix of comedy to drama to sheer spectacle is perfected here, with not a single moment gone to waste in the structure of it all.
I think this cements the trilogy as the best cape trio of films out there. I'll miss seeing this group in future projects, but with a conclusion this potent I'm happy they've been seen off in the best way possible. 19