Finally got round to seeing Guardians 3… What a waste of 2 1/2 hours that was. I enjoyed the first 2, but 3 was just terrible. The “story” is awful. Numerous, cheesy, cliché bits thrown together here and there. Nothing interesting or very cohesive. Nothing ever had a sense of consequence.
Even the soundtrack couldn’t quite save it (though was easily the best part).
“Written and Directed by James Gunn”.
Good luck DC, you’re gonna need it.
Only thing I thought was a painful cliche in the movie was the “no, I won’t kill the villain (after mowing down all of his minions like they were nothing) because I’m the good guy!” trope.
I don’t think they actually spared the high inquisitor, or whatever his name was. He was left behind on an exploding ship. Basically, Rocket just didn’t feel the need to personally execute violence on him.
Adam Warlock, however, was spared - and that made sense to me, since he was a puppet being closely controlled by the masterminds and generally didn’t have the worldly intelligence to break free.