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Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is an amazing film, and a perfect ending to the best trilogy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thought it kind of fails as a part of the MCU. It doesn't set anything up, and one of Marvel's best characters, Adam Warlock, is an afterthought. But this is a movie that is concerned with being a move first, and setup second.

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This move is great–not perfect–I’ve got some gripes about it and James Gunn’s style overall. But this is by far the best Marvel movie since Endgame and this is the best marvel trilogy.

Yes, even better than Captain America. I felt like the Captain America trilogy was so reliant on the other MCU films–like you really could understand Civil War without watching the Avengers and Age of ultron–that it took away from those movies feeling like a trilogy. And Thor the Dark world and Iron man 2 were soft spots in their trilogies–plus this movie actually brought this story full circle.

So many themes and character arcs were introduced in the first movie that weren;t resolved until now. Peter's mistrust of earth perth sucks]. Rocket’s origin [i didn't ask to get made]. And I loved how, unlike, say, the Star Wars trilogy, this wasn't about taking down a single villain throughout 3 movies, this was about how these characters grow and learn to love themselves.

But let’s look at the whole of this franchise, so we can really get the context of volume 3. We don’t really talk about it, but Guardians of the Galaxy might be the second most important movie in the MCU, after Avengers.

Doug: Why’s that?

Wwii first of all it introduced us to Josh Brolin thanos. I also widened the scope of the MCU into space, which we take for granted now–and it really set up the infinity saga [6 infinity stones…, collector]. But most emotionally, this was the first MCU movie about characters that nobody knew about except for me and my friends. This franchise proved that audiences would turn out to see good marvel movies. 2014 was kind of a comeback year for the MCU, with Guardians and winter soldier following up the first season of agents of shield

Back to what I was saying, this franchise has always been key to the MCU. It was supposed to kick off the slate after Endgame, but thanks to the world's stupidest controversy, the movie was delayed 3 years and Marvel lost Gunn to DC. [clip]

This was also the first blockbuster franchise to give indie director James Gunn a runway to put his voice in front of a large audience. This was also the first franchise to bring Pop music into the MCU–and now they all do it, with dad rock littering the soundtracks of infinity war, endgame, and more.

And this movie chose its soundtrack so perfectly. I talked about some of these choices in our easter egg video, but gunn is the master of the needle drop. Each song not only sets the tone for the scene, but its lyrics or backstory have some special meaning for the characters in that moment. No sleep till brooklyn slaps–but Gunn chose to play it right when the guardians come together for the last time.

And the song is about the beastie boys powering through their tour until they get home to brooklyn.

Guardians 1 is so close to perfect. Every scene flows perfectly into the next, like a New Hope, and it’s so funny and inventive [clips, black light, metaphor]. And damn if this doens;t get me every time [we are groot]. And it left you wanting more. I always thought volume 2 was a bit more clunky. It felt like a director who was able to do whatever he wanted, and maybe indulged things a bit. It slows down in the middle, with everyone taking long periods to talk–still great, but drags a bit. But volume 2 also has more heart than most other MCU movies [but he wasn't your daddy].

And then volume 3, which has more heart and soul than any movie I’ve seen in a long time. You can tell that everyone involved in this cared about this story. From the script, the acting, to the visual effects, this feels like a family of professionals who wanted to give this franchise a proper send off, into the great beyond.