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That might be one reason why Gunn has since decamped from Marvel to help trigger the rival DC universe.

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So his third entry in this particular sub-franchise,Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

3, will likely be the last.

To save their friend, the other Guardians, led by Peter Quill, a.k.a.

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The big-picture elements ofGuardians 3work beautifully, but so do the specifics.

There, they fight sentries whose uniforms make them look like giant pastries.

), plays like yet another obsequious and overpacked recent superhero product.

But Gunn has the correct attitude with which to tell these stories.

At the same time, those flashbacks ground the whiz-bang stuff emotionally.

1 for people who make movies like this is probably to convey your own unfettered enthusiasm to the audience.

(Otherwise, whats the point?

Well, money, I guess, but still.)

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