For the full James Gunn experience, you need them both.
But outside of Rocket’s flashbacks, it avoids dwelling on the really bad stuff that’s happening here.
As soon as Counter-Earth was destroyed, for example, the film just kinda forgets it happened.
If that wasn’t messed-up enough, the real punchline (gutpunchline?)
This scene is peak James Gunn for me.
Gunn is rubbing our faces in it.
But actual, willful slaughter of innocents?
Rocket Raccoon might make jokes about it, but the Guardians ain’t going there.
But the reason why I enjoy this scene is for its extremely complicated emotional whiplash.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3 really was a good try, though.
It’s much closer to what I’d say is Full Gunn than the first two movies were.
On the lighter side of things, one of my favorite scenes in Vol.
3 was when Peter took a drive with Nebula and dropped the MCU’s first F-bomb.
And Peter wants to drive a car to the High Evolutionary’s base.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
Is that a bad thing?
PG-13 James Gunn is still better than most MCU filmmakers this side of Ryan Coogler.
The MCU is better because James Gunn has been involved with it.
As far as I’m concerned, that’s too bad.
But he’s the boss now over at DC, so never say never.
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