Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (4 Stars)

I finally got round to buying "Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3" on Blu-ray, after almost two years. I've been waiting for the price to drop, but it didn't, so I weakened and paid 9.99 Euros for it. Usually I don't like to pay more than eight Euros for a film. "Wakanda Forever" is even more expensive, currently 12.50 Euros. It wasn't even reduced in Amazon's Black Friday sale. I'll be patient.

I'll repeat what I wrote in my last review. It's a good science fiction film, but it's a poor Marvel adaptation. Whoever the five characters in the picture may be, they're not the same people that we know in the comics. Maybe Groot comes close, but not the others.

The portrayal of Warlock makes me sad. In the comics he was a noble warrior, the only person that Thanos feared, but he's just a clumsy idiot in the film. Mantis is even worse. In the comics she's deeply spiritual, despite having worked as a prostitute in Vietnam. In the films she's stupid. Not naively stupid, just stupid.

I have a suggestion. Let's reboot the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Let's start again from the beginning. New actors, and let's have stories that closely follow what was written in the comics, especially those written by Stan Lee and Roy Thomas. And let's get the costumes right. How many films did we need before Wolverine finally put on his yellow spandex? I just counted. It took him ten films. In "Deadpool & Wolverine" he finally looks right.

I need to give this film yet another chance. The critics call it one of the better Marvel films. Maybe they're right. I need to make an effort to forget the comics when I watch it next time.

Success Rate:  + 1.4

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