“Inside James Gunn’s Brilliant Blockbuster: Guardians of the Galaxy Part 3 – A Real Drama”

The film “Guardians of the Galaxy” starts showing in Latvia. Part 3′. How did its director James Gunn manage to film a real drama within the framework of an impressive blockbuster?

“Rocket” the raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) marches to the tune of Radiohead’s “Creep” on a battered planet that has become a temporary home for the Guardians of the Galaxy. When he gets home, he takes off his shirt to reveal metal plates implanted in his small body. Where did they come from and how did the “Rocket” become a victim of a botched scientist’s experiment – we will find out in the third part of James Gunn’s film.

It should be noted that the film was almost canceled due to a “twitter” scandal, when Gann failed to make a pedophilia joke, and “Disney” could not forgive him. But this time everything ended peacefully. And that’s a good thing, because Gann is a talented director who can not only entertain Marvel fans, but also fill the story with real drama, not to mention the many jokes. It is true that Gann has announced that he is ending his collaboration with Marvel with this trilogy.

In the third film, we meet almost the entire guard team in a mild state of post-traumatic stress. This is especially true for Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), who is still grieving the death of his beloved Gamora (Zoe Saldana). But when a new character, the golden-faced guy Adam Warlock (Will Poulter) – a genetically engineered killing machine raised by the ruler’s leader Aisha (Elizabeth Debicki) – begins to destroy the guardian planet and mortally wounds the raccoon, the guardians are willing to sacrifice everything to would save a dear friend.

Nebula (Karen Gillan) and Mantis (Poma Klementieff) discover that there is a ‘switch’ inside the ‘Rocket’ that must be turned off if they are to save the raccoon’s life, so the whole team, including Groot (voiced by Vince Diesel) and Drax (Dave Bautista ), goes to look for the code. Their search leads them to the super-powered Supreme Evolutionary (Chukwoodi Iwuji), who is trying to create a utopian society in the universe. Thus, the audience enters the past of “Rocket” and discovers his connection with the Supreme Evolutionary, who conducted an experiment on “Rocket” and other animals.

The secret to any successful franchise is the ability to tell a story by introducing new characters and new visual components in the sequels. If we talk about the design, this time Jamie Gann took inspiration from the fourth part of Jean Genet’s “The Stranger”, as well as from the television series “The Dune”. The evolutionary planet where the Guardians of the Galaxy arrive is a real object of modern art, which can be compared to the works of Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor. The surface of the planet is a living organism that can be entered through openings that look like wounds. Clearly, the hunky Drax is too big for these holes, which is predictable, but still a funny moment.

Such unusual location design hints at some secret connection to 1980s French futuristic cinema, especially since one of the villains visually resembles Mathieu Kasawitz (Nathan Fillion). James Gunn, who also previously stood out for his good taste in music, designed the third part of the film with a creative, but very pro-American soundtrack, including the compositions of the group “Heart” and the best-known songs of the “Beastie Boys”. In general, the film gives the impression that you have come to a party with a rock musician friend who lives with a couple of modern French artists.

The third Guardians of the Galaxy movie is really sad because it talks about animal cruelty. For example, otters with metal mechanisms instead of paws look really heartbreaking. “Rocket” is still voiced by Bradley Cooper as a child, but he speaks about two octaves higher, which is heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud at the same time.

Peter and Gamora’s line develops in a love triangle style with Nebula, which is comical. It is worth noting another discovery of the director – a utopian planet inhabited by people with animal heads, a kind of “Plezentvilla”, where the guards end up. There is another new character in the film – a labrador puppy in a spacesuit with the inscription “CCCP”, which is a reference to the sad fate of the dogs Belka and Strelka.

If you haven’t seen the first two parts of “Guardians of the Galaxy”, don’t worry – you will understand everything and won’t get lost in the story. “Guardians of the Galaxy. The third part” is an independent film with its own mythology and original plot.