So I saw it today and I'm still processing it. It was the first MCU film or project in general that I've seen in its entirety after Multiverse of Madness where I kind of stopped caring. And God knows when the next one will be.
My main assessment is that this first and foremost a James Gunn movie with all the positive and negative things this might suggest. It shocked me how different it was to the usual Marvel flare and even if I didn't love some parts I wish more movies broke the formula like this. And I thought Vol 2 was stepping away from the comfort zone, but this one was on a whole other level. I really appreciate the freedom they gave the creator here. Also it was kind of brutal. There was so much death and disturbing images. People were saying about horror elements in other films and I never saw them but this one had some surprising unnerving imagery.
The humour was mostly a hit, there were some hilarious moments, but there were certainly some others where it felt forced and childish. I didn't feel it like that in the previous films. That was definitely due to Gunn's bigger imprint. But also there was a lot of emotion. Again, I wish Feige could understand that the heart and soul of these films are its characters and characters are not consisted in their entirety by cheesy one-liners. Drama in these films is equally important and it hit hard in some cases in Vol 3.
The one thing I can't understand is why did they have to yell all the time? Initially it was a couple of characters but after a while it was everyone and for no reason in cases. It became kind of distracting and felt that it happened as a cheap way to heighten the drama or comedy in a moment, depending on the scene.
Music was great as always. There were a couple of instances where it felt he was just throwing his favourite hits around, but the opening and ending use of songs was fantastic.
Anyway, overall, though not perfect, I overall had a really good time and my hope for the future is that we see more diversity in tone, like this.
