Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 Is A Return To Pre-Endgame MCU - And That"s A Problem For Phase 5

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
After several recent MCU projects have come under scrutiny, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 proves Marvel Studios is finally coming back to form, though this creates a problem for the upcoming Phase 5 and beyond. Released on May 5, 2023, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 acted as the conclusion to the story of the original Guardians team and was director James Gunn's final project with Marvel Studios before leaving to helm DC Studios' new shared universe. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is Marvel Studios' biggest critical success story in a while, following a divisive Phase 4 and uncertain start to Phase 5 with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
While 2014's and 2017's Guardians of the Galaxy films saw the team fight to save the galaxy, Vol. 3 was a more personal story as the team sought to save one of their own, Bradley Cooper's Rocket. Cooper was joined by returning cast members Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Maria Bakalova, and Zoe Saldaña as the 2014 variant of Gamora for one final adventure. With new powerhouse characters such as Chukwudi Iwuji's High Evolutionary and Will Poulter's Adam Warlock debuting, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was a spectacle for the MCU's Phase 5, which poses a peculiar problem for the MCU's future.


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