Short version: for many people, a good finale to the true MCU, if the studios will let it. Or even if they don’t.
Slightly longer version: The Guardians of the Galaxy series was when a lot of us started taking the MCU seriously as a concept, or at least as an entertainment juggernaut. It shouldn’t have worked, and yet it did. Likewise, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3 should have been an incoherent mess. Instead, it was an entertaining and coherent mess where everybody sorted out their [expletive deleted], had their moments, and got on with the next stage of their lives. Everybody’s good, everybody’s where they need to be, and we don’t need another movie.
Which is good, because — and I say this as somebody whose love of superhero flicks remains unquenched — after this flick, you can safely park your appreciation of the original MCU, if you like. It’s a good stopping point. You don’t have to feel like you’re missing out, from now on.
Moe Lane
PS: Somebody will eventually write a book about the MCU, and will probably say something extremely similar to this. Don’t hold it against them; they’re probably not ripping me off.
They recently opened an Alamo walking distance from where I live, and I got to watch it at a matinee today. I am trying to see if there’s anything I can add to or disagree with in your take, and it’s pretty much nope. I will probably still end up watching more MCU because (a) Disney has the broadcasting rights to new Doctor Who in the USA and (b) my wife really liked Ms. Marvel and so she’ll be wanting to watch The Marvels.
The trailer for THE MARVELS didn’t actually look bad. I doubt it’ll do enough to justify more, but what the heck. I can enjoy the run until they finally run out of steam.
We lack a dine-in theatre but are planning to see Guardians 3 on the available big screen.
Mew