Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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Eh...I personally don't need any more prequels of anything ever. Are they ever any good? There's no drama or suspense when you already know what's going to happen.

The only prequel I ever really truly enjoyed was "Temple of Doom" and as a kid I didn't even realize it was a prequel at all!
 
Well, sadly, overall... not my favorite Guardians.

It was very dark for a Guardians movie. The humor, especially early on, felt awkward. And the 'team' spent a lot of the time truly screaming at each other, which was very disheartening. It was like being a little kid and watching your parents yell their way toward divorce.

I thought it started really weird and sad with everyone's introduction -- why were all the Guardians so down? Are they no longer taking jobs to save the galaxy? Then suddenly the "story's problem" presents itself and it becomes this urgent rescue mission.

I warmed up to the 2nd half more, as it was mostly non-stop action. But the bad taste from early on was hard to remove.

I understand they were force to follow through with Adam, but it felt that way.

I LOVED the villain. Great character, great actor. He was scary and mad and yet understandable in his twisted way. Loved his 'final face'. I do question that if he was truly obsessed with finding young Skywa-- I mean, you-know-who then why'd it take him so long to find you-know-who? I mean, the Guardians are quite well-known. Anyway, that's a small nit.

I'm not sure I felt satisfied with the end for the Guardians. There were some good scenes and good moments, but ultimately the separation left me sad.

I suppose bitter-sweet is the best way to put this movie. I wish it well, as I love the Guardians, but not the most fun I've had at a movie.
 
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I know its Monday night an all, but this was Westwood Village Theater last night 7pm show.


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:lol Theater is a lot bigger than it looks in the warped camera phone. One of the largest screens (left) on the westside.

That said, the back is really quite far from the screen.

Historical note: I went to the Batman '89 screening at this theater.
 
I know its Monday night an all, but this was Westwood Village Theater last night 7pm show.


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Here's an interesting diversion based on that photo above.

It used to be that Cartel guys, when they were young, were taught to ambush people in their cars. I mean parked and non moving and the person hasn't put the keys into the ignition yet. The tactics being that once you light up a car with automatic weapons from above, that there is literally no place for that person to go. AKA just like Sonny Corleone in the first Godfather film.

However, apparently they are being taught now to wait for their targets to start fiddling with their phones. Because if you walk into most places, say like a random Starbucks, you'll see tons of people either on a laptop or mostly staring into a phone. They aren't paying attention. People already, in the timeline before widespread cellphones and smart phones, were already unreliable witnesses.

Now it's even worse. You would probably walk up and strangle Shaggy there in the furthest back row, and the five people in front wouldn't likely notice. Just keep chirping away or tapping away on those little addiction boxes.

But why not combine the two? Someone gets into their parked car, they start tapping away at their little phone, then you light them up.

Now some people will start to say - That's pretty grim. That's no way to live life.

But as George Carlin once said - You only have to be right once to justify an entire lifetime's worth of pure paranoia. :lol

So I suppose, there's something to be said about not having your phone with you all the time. I get having a burner for when you drive, for emergencies and such. I get why parents want their kids to have a simple disposable flip phone for emergencies. I can see why a father would want his teenager daughter to have a cell phone to call him in case of some life or death crisis. Those kind of things. But I'm happier 99 percent of the time to leave mine at home.

Between online ****, video games, social media and how kids communicate now, can you imagine what a 14 year old today goes through if there is a situation where there are no electronic devices allowed or around?

Wait, what was I supposed to be talking about again. That's right, if you are ever invited to a Korean destination wedding, don't go. Save yourself and find a place to bunker up.
 
Here's an interesting diversion based on that photo above.

It used to be that Cartel guys, when they were young, were taught to ambush people in their cars. I mean parked and non moving and the person hasn't put the keys into the ignition yet. The tactics being that once you light up a car with automatic weapons from above, that there is literally no place for that person to go. AKA just like Sonny Corleone in the first Godfather film.

However, apparently they are being taught now to wait for their targets to start fiddling with their phones. Because if you walk into most places, say like a random Starbucks, you'll see tons of people either on a laptop or mostly staring into a phone. They aren't paying attention. People already, in the timeline before widespread cellphones and smart phones, were already unreliable witnesses.

Now it's even worse. You would probably walk up and strangle Shaggy there in the furthest back row, and the five people in front wouldn't likely notice. Just keep chirping away or tapping away on those little addiction boxes.

But why not combine the two? Someone gets into their parked car, they start tapping away at their little phone, then you light them up.

Now some people will start to say - That's pretty grim. That's no way to live life.

But as George Carlin once said - You only have to be right once to justify an entire lifetime's worth of pure paranoia. :lol

So I suppose, there's something to be said about not having your phone with you all the time. I get having a burner for when you drive, for emergencies and such. I get why parents want their kids to have a simple disposable flip phone for emergencies. I can see why a father would want his teenager daughter to have a cell phone to call him in case of some life or death crisis. Those kind of things. But I'm happier 99 percent of the time to leave mine at home.

Between online ****, video games, social media and how kids communicate now, can you imagine what a 14 year old today goes through if there is a situation where there are no electronic devices allowed or around?

Wait, what was I supposed to be talking about again. That's right, if you are ever invited to a Korean destination wedding, don't go. Save yourself and find a place to bunker up.
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