Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is the latest in the Marvel Studios franchise and beneath the pop songs and colorful visuals, a real darkness lies.
At the beginning of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” the latest (and last) space opera from writer/director James Gunn, the familiar Marvel Studios logo plays over images from the previous films. But there should be another logo preceding the latest galactic as well — only this one should be for PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — as “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is perhaps the most pro-animal rights movie in recent memory. And it stresses its point in potentially upsetting ways. It’s so militantly pro-animal rights that it makes “Avatar: The Way of Water” seem like a quaint afternoon special by comparison. To be clear, this is not a bad thing – the brutality of “Guardians of the Galaxy” is exactly the point.
Warning: This post contains major spoilers from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
One of the most touching moments from the first “Guardians of the Galaxy,” released nearly a decade ago, is when Peter Quill aka Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and the rest of the gang are getting dressed in a floating space prison. He looks over and spies Rocket (performed by Sean Gunn and voiced by Bradley Cooper), whose back is pockmarked and scarred with electronic equipment and the clear abuses of medical experimentation. It was a tender little moment, one amplified by the fact that, by the end of the movie, you grew to really care about the little critter and all that he’d been through.
But what had he been through?
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