Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3

[thatguy]

Watched last night (into the wee hours of the morning)…I forgot the tone of these movies which is borderline annoying, but succeeded in not crossing the line. They soundtrack is even more conspicuous in this one and I think it does detract a bit. In the first one, the mix tape from Peter’s was part of the storyline. It stood on its own as a retro playlist and became a thing. Here, I think the makers worked too hard to keep it a thing, and it didn’t seem to dovetail with the story as well. Also, I was looking out for the X song Poor Girl, and when it finally came up, they stomped on it…it was quiet background music and unlike all of the other songs on the soundtrack, where they turn up the audio and focus the music, here, they talked over the song the entire time. I was hoping for some validation as a long time X fan and also hoping the song’s inclusion would spark interest and some new listeners, but that’s not going to happen. 

I was validated by the Adrian Belew/King Crimson reference in one of the post-credit scenes so there’s that…

Overall, I enjoyed it. A nice end to the series.

—tg