This is a small thing but in Vol. 2, Drax talks about how he hated to dance. But what does he do here? It’s such a nice, subtle way of letting us know he’s changed.
weird thing is it started with Peter's solitary "idiot" dance and it ended with what he left to everybody else, that is a dance involving all the others
It’s cathartic how Vol. 2 ended with Rocket silently crying over the death of a friend and Vol. 3 ended with him loudly crying out in joy about finding a new purpose in life
And Nebula she went from the first movie she would’ve killed them all without hesitation to the finale, her crying when she heard rockets voice that got me that really hit me in the feels
@@gordonwalden5961not gonna a lie. I hadn’t ever seen any of the Guardians movies but seeing that was awesome. I knew that was way out of her comfort zone.
Drax - Forgoing his ways of violence and rage to becoming a father again Mantis - Finally taking the opportunity to discover something for herself after only being a helper to others Gamora - Free of Thanos and finds people who care for and support her Nebula - One of the most damaged characters in history able to find peace and give people like her what she never had Peter - Is able to move on from what he lost and attempting to make the remaining time with his family worth it Rocket - Someone who was only created as a tool so that "greater" beings could be made afterwards is now the leader of the guardians. Couldn't have thought of a better ending.
Kraglin- showed to be worthy of the mantle of his, now dead, leader and use those skills for a better good And Groot- He’d the ability to show that he managed to evolve through the roots from his "father" and stop being just a simple comic relief to become a loving being and that he can pronounce other words apart from those already established (in it her words, he left his average zone to continue evolving)
This ending does a great job wrapping up everyone's arcs, but man, Nebula and Drax REALLY hit me hard here. We see Nebula really smiling for the first time. We see Drax finally dance, but that's really just an external way to show that he's a dad again. The two characters I didn't think were gonna steal this movie, in fact, did.
I have related to Drax so much through this series. It feels dopey, and I can recognize that; but it really does hit me hard. I lost my family, not in the deadly fashion Drax did, and not by any choice or actions on my part; regardless, I went from years and years of being a part of a "we" to only being "me." Without going into uneeded details, the immediate aftermath of that essentially cast me from my home and sent me across the country. I found myself 900 miles from everything I'd ever known and loved, and, for the first time in my life, completely alone. That first Christmas in that state led me to a Marvel movie binge where I revisited the first 2 guardian movies. I had seen them both in theaters, and thoroughly enjoyed them; but, in this situation, I saw the writing, and particularly Drax, in a while new light. Fast forward a few years and I had clawed myself back to a place where I was able to at least move back home and be back around a few people who is loved and cared for. But I was not the same. The loss of my family, my kids, compounded by the distance and isolation of the pandemic, where even the small reprieve of a couple nights out to socialize was stripped away. That all eventually caught up to me, and I found myself unrecognizable. I had become a detroyer: of myself. To just get back home, and then see the 3rd and final act of this amazing arc: it hit me like a ton of bricks. I related so strongly with that character, but could never fully pin down why. I knew it wasn't just the superficial connection of family loss. Sure, that was a part of it, but there was still something else under the surface that I just couldn't quite grasp. Then, when Nebula told Drax that she saw who he was. That he was never meant to be this thing he'd become, that he was never meant to be a destroyer: but meant to be a father...I lost it. That was it, that internal war I had connected to all this time but simply couldn't convey. I was never meant to be this sad, cynical, negative, angry shell of a man I'd become. I was meant to be a father. And that was taken from me. I couldn't believe the emotial nuance i was seeing come to fruition in front of me. I wish seeing that display of beautifully vulnerability was the launching pad to my comeback; unfortunately, real life isn't like the movies. I'm still waiting for the re-emergence of the chance to be who I was meant to be and overcome that which circumstance was allowed to define. But one thing is for sure, I'll never forget seeing such a genuine, insightful, and caring portrayal of something only truly be relatable by so few.
This scene will hit me hard forever. About a month after my best friend and I saw this movie, he passed away. He was a father of two, and I always joked around calling him Drax, and he always compared me to Star Lord and our other friend to Rocket. Rip Leo, just like Drax, you were a good friend and a great father.
I lost my best friend 3 weeks ago, and I flew out to a different state for his services. I watched this movie on the airplane on my way there, and i was crying the whole time. I connected to it so much while I was grieving. I get it 100 percent.
To both of yall, the good wishes of a stranger on the internet might not be much to ease the pain... you're both going to live the rest of your lives without em. And it sucks. I can't relate to the best friend part, but I've seen a few people buried, especially too young. You both have my sincerest condolences. Please, take care of yourselves. Eat a meal that you love, express yourselves creatively or through the work that you do, love those that you still got with ya. Remember your friends and keep their memories with you for the rest of your days.
To see, Peter walking all alone is very an Emotional moment. He finally goes back to Earth and see the last family he saw at a young age, After his Mom passed away for a long....His Grandpa again both embrace each other, Got me crying.
Quill’s ending in this reminded me of the ending of RAMBO (2008). Another satisfying character arc send off where John Rambo returned home after 4 movies of him being on a long road, ironically even this briefly stars John’s actor Stallone
It really hit me. Too often side characters like a grandfather left behind are just to propel the main character's story forward. The director attacked that notion head on and had Peter realize he wasn't the only one that lost his mother that day, and not the only person in his family's story.
Can we take a moment to appreciate Groot sharing a dance with Rocket who isn't just his adoptive dad but also his dad's best friend? That to me is the absolute sweetest part of this entire scene. 🥹
@@hyperion7806 this Groot is the offspring of the original Groot from the first Guardians Of The Galaxy movie. Clearly Rocket and that Groot were very good friends.
@@hyperion7806 nope. It's a different Groot. James Gunn even confirmed that when Groot was dusting away in Infinity War, he referred to Rocket as "Dad..."
One thing I appreciate about the final film of the series is that it didn't focus on mending Peter and Gamora's relationship. Instead, it aimed at resolving some deeper issues for the characters. It focused on familial love rather than romantic love and an overarching theme of finding a home or finding yourself. That's why each character conclusion is so satisfying. They each come to their own realizations and face the challenges that they've probably been avoiding their whole lives.
I agree. And I would add it shows that not everything is fixable. You just do the best with what you have been given. No one's situation was fixed, they just accepted their new realities. Most of us thought Petter and Gamora would rekindle their love but this was a Gamora that never knew Peter and so Peter had to accept his new reality
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 kind of like branching off a new timeline. You go back and fix something but you're on a new timeline so you have a whole new reality.
A freaking Raccoon, Tree man, and Aliens dancing to Florence and the Machines somehow makes me so grateful for my family and makes me want to be a better dad at the same time.
not ashamed to admit this ending makes me cry my god damn heart out every time i see it. easily the best thing the MCU ever did, maybe one of the best trilogies in movie history?
@@ba3y look i’m not going to pretend that it’s hard for a movie to make my cry but at the same time I have my standards, and the ending of this movie just gets me. and it is one of the most tonally and quality consistent trilogies out there. i like good movies what can i say
You know, I think this really shows how much Guardians stands out in maturity from the rest of the MCU. While the rest of this project is trying to lurch endlessly onwards, Guardians knows that something can never truly be great until it’s over. An ending is just as important as a beginning. And I can’t think of a better ending to this series than this. I think I’m done with superheroes now.
Well said. They were the story the entire time. Not The Avengers. That entire arc is now complete because of this movie. I don't know if they'll ever captivate us again on this level going forward. This movie ends the original MCU as we know it. Only now do we have everyone's story to build upon. This ending makes me tear up every single time. MCU will never be the same.
@@alexandernillo6371Yeah, this is why I'm willing to hear Gunn out for Superman Legacy despite Henry Cavill's departure. It sucks that he's gone, but James Gunn proved with both the Guardians trilogy and The Suicide Squad that he knows damn well what he's doing.
For as many beautiful moments as there are in these closing minutes, it's the look on Peter's grandfather's face when he recognizes him that gets me the most. This elderly man, who lost his daughter to illness, and within minutes lost his grandson to the unknown, spending so many decades wondering what happened. Pete's tiny, "hi grandpa" still chokes me up.
It gets me too. I'm 38 now with kids growing up, and I'm starting to learn I'm not the main character of the world, and having this movie acknowledge the grandfather that was left behind after losing his daughter and grandson really gutted me. Too often the elderly or parents/grandparents of main characters are only there to be a side character of MC's story, but they're a whole person with hopes and dreams and loss and pain of their own story. This was beautiful.
This scene was already phenomenal, but learning that James Gunn himself was the one performing Groot’s dancing alongside his brother (Sean was the physical reference for Rocket) makes this scene even better.
Guardians 1 ended with the guardians flying off to do something both good and bad, Guardians 2 ended as Rocket began to cry at Yondu's funeral, the Holiday Special ended with Peter hugging Mantis as he finds out she is actually his sister, and Guardians 3 ends with Rocket screaming for joy as he's finally happy with who and what he is with his family.
It really hits home learning that the director agreed to do the first movie when he realized that Rockett was the character he was most drawn to, and would ultimately be the main character ❤
My friend said drax is just an idiot. He is but this what makes him drax! I love how this movie shows his kind and protective side! Especially this scene!
@@MrTroyman8 you weren't dw. I was just saying the Galaxy wasn't safe at all, but then again, they don't know what it's coming so your comment is still valid
@@thejayjay4835 Hopefully they can do Kang justice because Ant-Man certainly didn’t. He has a lot of potential. For now the High Evolutionary is my favorite Marvel villain. Because I wanted to see him suffer.
I really love those screams at the end, it’s like their letting out shouts that are a combination of anger, frustration, happiness, and excitement over what tomorrow is gonna bring
When the first film came out, I was in high school about to enter the 11th grade When the second film came out, I was in college When this movie came out, I was a grown up in a working job This trilogy (combined with their arcs in Infinity War/Endgame felt like my time becoming a grown up)
GOTG Vol. 1: I was in the summer before my second college year. GOTG Vol. 2: I was in another college, yet later saw part of it away from home with a friend of mine last year. GOTG Vol. 3: I was away from home before my working job.
When the first movie came out, I was about to enter high school and it got me into loving film When the second film came out I was a junior in high school When Infinity War came out, I had just graduated High school And when Vol 3 came out I was working my first job. This franchise was my teen/Young adult years
This ending😢😢😢😢...mannn to see Rocket Raccoon dancing...Gamora accepting compassion..that moment between Mantis and Drax before she sets off on her own journey...Adam taking it in and truly understanding the moment and finding his purpose...Quill taking a chance and learning how to swim......and MY GOD Nebula laughing and dancing and letting her emotion overtake her and finally relaxing and letting down her guard.....Drax finally dancing and that freedom Rocket finally expresses in that howl..........…If you've followed these characters and movies(not just their films but all of them) you just understand that THIS is and was the story all along. To display joy after all Rocket and Nebula have been through touches us in ways we didn’t think possible. And btw that score was the perfect song selection to encapsulate how ALL of us were feeling watching the masterful storytelling in this scene. Bravo and well done James Gunn..well done. I honestly never have to watch anything else they release in the MCU.
Also, the song "Dog Days Are Over" is a song about childhood or a journey ending, but it celebrates the journey and know that another will soon come. The Guardians we know are gone but now a new chapter has arrived.
One of the most Beautiful Endings i have seen reminds me of Return of the Jedi from 1983 it brings full closure to Rocket he is easily one of the Best MCU Characters hands down
So many reasons to love this ending. Florence + the Machines. 1:01 Rockets funny little dance 1:30 Drax tearful seeing Mantis leaving 1:51 Gamora being embraced by her new family 2:04 Nebula finally being happy 2:59 Peters Grandad recognising him after all those years like he’s been waiting for him. 3:33 Drax being a Dad again James Gunn, thank you for this amazing trilogy.
Considering how dark and disturbing this movie is at times, this was loiterally the best way to end it AND the trilogy possible. This is also the best movie scene of 2023, and one of the best comic book movie scenes of all time.
I liked this ending because it’s sad but not in a way that’s downer because of a major character death or what not. This movie was about new beginnings finding your own wings and starting a new path. Rocket literally refused death because he knew he had a purpose to bring the team together to face his past. Star lord was able to move on from gamora’s death and realize he needs to self reflect on himself. Drax learned that he doesn’t have to be a destroyer and it’s okay to let some of your fun dad side out. So on and so forth. The song “dog days are over.” Is about leaving your old home behind and being sad about it but generous of where life takes you and that fits this ending perfectly. Just seeing the characters who are now broken up and no longer the guardians once knew still celebrate being alive and new opportunities and being in the moment dancing is a perfect end to the trilogy. Guardians 3 was such a great ending and honestly I’m fine if this is the end of these characters. It was a perfect one
What If The New Allies Of Avengers Search For Dead Founding Members Of The Avengers Are Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Steve Rogers/Captain America, Tony Stark/Iron Man, The Vision, Loki, Hemdell, Yondu Utonda, Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, Gamora & Aunt May Parker (Marisa Tomei) In Avengers 5: The Kang Dynasty & Avengers 6: The Secret Wars In The Future Of MCU Forever?😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I love guardians of the galaxy! They were not your typical comic book heroes like Captain America or Iron Man. They were different and that’s what I loved about them so much. There were a lot of scenes in this movie that made bawl like a baby. This ending was so beautiful I couldn’t stop smiling and crying tears of joy. It was hard for me to say goodbye, but I know I will probably see these guys soon. Thank you James Gunn for making the Guardians!
Seeing in the theater was honestly surreal as hell. It's probably the only time I've actually fully cheered in a cinema, and I wasn't the only one. It was a full celebration, everyone was laughing and dancing, some got out of their seats to relish in the good feeling. The good feeling. That's what this movie gave to me, and that's why I'll always be indebted to it and James Gunn.
Excellent ending, loved Guardians of the Galaxy 3, we got to say goodbye to all these amazing characters we had been watching for a decade, it wrapped up thier arcs perfectly, Drax and Mantis waving goodbye gets me emotional each time. Beautiful ending sequence, the choice of using the “Dog days are Over” song was great, such a feel good ending ❤
2:58 there are very few times where I’ll cry during a movie, tv series, game, or anime, but this along with Yandu’s Sacrifice from volume 2 makes me cry every time I see them.
The old Gamora would’ve loved dancing there with her family. This feels like their proper goodbye to her. Hopefully the new one will be happy with whatever path is for her, but at least she knows she has people who’s got her back.
genuinely might be the best ending to an mcu film... ever ? it capped off the guardians films in a truly wonderful (and in character with the previous films, _of course_ the trilogy well-known for incredible soundtracks and a dance-off in the middle of the final battle of the first film would end with some type of dance party) way, all of them alive, maybe not happy, but on their way there, concluded character arcs, but also left room for others to continue growing. and to echo the sentiment of another commenter, but is something i've felt since my own first viewing, it's just really cathartic. a really cathartic ending to a good movie and a wonderful trilogy
The only movie that could made me burst into tears from screams of joy. All the farewells and welcomes was what we needed from a series so focused finding your place in the world and self love. ❤
Man this scene really does make me tear up no matter how many times I watch it. The GOTG were one of my first introductions to comics as a kid and I still remember how excited 14 year old me was when the first movie came out. James Gunn really managed to take a group of characters hardly anyone had ever heard of and turned them into the MCU's best characters. Will always love this trilogy.
This is literally me and my best friends, we just graduated high school this year and now we’re going are separate ways 😢 I’m so glad this movie came out on are last year it felt like it was meant for us thank you so much James Gunn for this beautiful movie
I will confess this scene made me cry. You can feel so much from this alone, and how much of an impact it has. It just shows how far they've come, and how they affected each other. It's beautiful.❤
I'll admit I bawled watching Peter's grandpa hug him seeing this in the theater. He thought his grandfather was either dead or wouldn't want him anymore and to see him react like that to Peter being alive all these years is pure James Gunn knowing how to kick audiences in the gut emotionally. He does this repeatedly with great writing and characters yet people are seriously doubting his ability to tackle Superman? I think Gunn may be the only person to give us an actual Superman story anymore.
@@darthdracul8372 Technically, Gamora DID come back. (even though the Gamora we saw in this film was a time double that ended up in the present due to the events of Endgame, but nevertheless, it's the same character, but from a different timeline.)
Everytime I see this it just fills me with such wholesome warmth. I mean all the kids being free, Gamora back with the Ravagers, Groot & Rocket dancing with the kids, & Quill finally reuniting with his grandpa. Plus the song is just the cherry on top
I watched this whole scene again and I cried just like in the cinema. This movie was so beautiful. The best Marvel did in recent years (together with X-Men 97).
The film didn’t end the Guardians.
It CELEBRATED the Guardians.
This is a small thing but in Vol. 2, Drax talks about how he hated to dance. But what does he do here? It’s such a nice, subtle way of letting us know he’s changed.
Celebrated a beautiful ending🎉🎉😂😂😢😢
@@MrTroyman8 dads always do things they don't like to make children happy
@@mrtoast244 That could be why he danced, yes.
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The ending is beautifully done. It bid goodbye to these characters we've watched for the last 9 years in a way that's not killing them off.
Ik man, I felt reluctant to see this movie after hearing the death rumors. This is now my personal favorite movie
So long…partner
@@nitinpotineniI felt the same way but after watching it and how it was all done, I now feel like it was the best of the trilogy.
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Why is this a goodbye? Are Marvel not developing these characters’ story anymore?
It all began with a dance and it ends with a dance.
The dance off?
@@kito1sannope
The intro star lord
Yes!!!🎶🎵🎧🎸🙏🏽😊🎶🎵🎧🎸👏🏽🤵🏽🌴🎩🌃🎥🎬🎞️🪐🌟🚀🌎🌍🌏🏴☠️⚓️😁😆🥳🔥🎆🎇✨
WHAT ARE THEY.. DOING!?!
weird thing is it started with Peter's solitary "idiot" dance and it ended with what he left to everybody else, that is a dance involving all the others
The first one ended with happiness
The second one ended with sadness
The third one ended with happiness and sadness
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
Damn straight
The happiest sadness
The happiness hit us like trains on a track
It’s cathartic how Vol. 2 ended with Rocket silently crying over the death of a friend and Vol. 3 ended with him loudly crying out in joy about finding a new purpose in life
And Nebula she went from the first movie she would’ve killed them all without hesitation to the finale, her crying when she heard rockets voice that got me that really hit me in the feels
just before we cut to black he's the freest we've ever seen him since we met him in 2014, could not have ended it better
@@cwp4evaMan to see Nebula be comfortable enough to let out that small innocent laugh was just so special.
@@cwp4evashe defended rocket the entire movie. After all it was only those 2 that survived Thanos snap..
@@gordonwalden5961not gonna a lie. I hadn’t ever seen any of the Guardians movies but seeing that was awesome. I knew that was way out of her comfort zone.
Thank you James Gunn for giving us, not a team, but a family.
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This is how family movie should be, not a superhero driving race car.
The best family of Marvel.
Without offense the fantastic 4
Man I love these characters, James Gunn has never disappointed me
Yes!!! Thank you indeed‼️🙏🏽😊🎶🎵🎧👏🏽🤵🏽🎩🌴🌃🎥🎬🎞️🪐🌟🚀🏴☠️⚓️😁😆🥳🔥🎆🎇✨
Drax - Forgoing his ways of violence and rage to becoming a father again
Mantis - Finally taking the opportunity to discover something for herself after only being a helper to others
Gamora - Free of Thanos and finds people who care for and support her
Nebula - One of the most damaged characters in history able to find peace and give people like her what she never had
Peter - Is able to move on from what he lost and attempting to make the remaining time with his family worth it
Rocket - Someone who was only created as a tool so that "greater" beings could be made afterwards is now the leader of the guardians.
Couldn't have thought of a better ending.
Kraglin- showed to be worthy of the mantle of his, now dead, leader and use those skills for a better good
And Groot- He’d the ability to show that he managed to evolve through the roots from his "father" and stop being just a simple comic relief to become a loving being and that he can pronounce other words apart from those already established (in it her words, he left his average zone to continue evolving)
Me: What About The Avengers?
@@sr.alanegra5409 I am groot would’ve also been an acceptable answer.
@@sr.alanegra5409 groots English part is meant to represent the audience finally being able to understand him, the same way the guardians do.
RIP OG Gamora🫡😭
This ending does a great job wrapping up everyone's arcs, but man, Nebula and Drax REALLY hit me hard here. We see Nebula really smiling for the first time. We see Drax finally dance, but that's really just an external way to show that he's a dad again. The two characters I didn't think were gonna steal this movie, in fact, did.
So sad, knowing the background of drax and what happened to his family
Well at least drax gets to be a father again.
Nebula best character growth.
@@ihatepeopleyes9492 I’m with you there. It’s nice to see Nebula finally find some happiness.
I have related to Drax so much through this series. It feels dopey, and I can recognize that; but it really does hit me hard.
I lost my family, not in the deadly fashion Drax did, and not by any choice or actions on my part; regardless, I went from years and years of being a part of a "we" to only being "me."
Without going into uneeded details, the immediate aftermath of that essentially cast me from my home and sent me across the country. I found myself 900 miles from everything I'd ever known and loved, and, for the first time in my life, completely alone.
That first Christmas in that state led me to a Marvel movie binge where I revisited the first 2 guardian movies. I had seen them both in theaters, and thoroughly enjoyed them; but, in this situation, I saw the writing, and particularly Drax, in a while new light.
Fast forward a few years and I had clawed myself back to a place where I was able to at least move back home and be back around a few people who is loved and cared for. But I was not the same.
The loss of my family, my kids, compounded by the distance and isolation of the pandemic, where even the small reprieve of a couple nights out to socialize was stripped away. That all eventually caught up to me, and I found myself unrecognizable. I had become a detroyer: of myself.
To just get back home, and then see the 3rd and final act of this amazing arc: it hit me like a ton of bricks. I related so strongly with that character, but could never fully pin down why. I knew it wasn't just the superficial connection of family loss. Sure, that was a part of it, but there was still something else under the surface that I just couldn't quite grasp. Then, when Nebula told Drax that she saw who he was. That he was never meant to be this thing he'd become, that he was never meant to be a destroyer: but meant to be a father...I lost it. That was it, that internal war I had connected to all this time but simply couldn't convey. I was never meant to be this sad, cynical, negative, angry shell of a man I'd become. I was meant to be a father. And that was taken from me. I couldn't believe the emotial nuance i was seeing come to fruition in front of me.
I wish seeing that display of beautifully vulnerability was the launching pad to my comeback; unfortunately, real life isn't like the movies. I'm still waiting for the re-emergence of the chance to be who I was meant to be and overcome that which circumstance was allowed to define.
But one thing is for sure, I'll never forget seeing such a genuine, insightful, and caring portrayal of something only truly be relatable by so few.
It's a meme how many movies end with a dance parry, but this one was well deserved
This scene will hit me hard forever. About a month after my best friend and I saw this movie, he passed away. He was a father of two, and I always joked around calling him Drax, and he always compared me to Star Lord and our other friend to Rocket. Rip Leo, just like Drax, you were a good friend and a great father.
I lost my best friend 3 weeks ago, and I flew out to a different state for his services. I watched this movie on the airplane on my way there, and i was crying the whole time. I connected to it so much while I was grieving. I get it 100 percent.
To both of yall, the good wishes of a stranger on the internet might not be much to ease the pain... you're both going to live the rest of your lives without em. And it sucks. I can't relate to the best friend part, but I've seen a few people buried, especially too young. You both have my sincerest condolences. Please, take care of yourselves. Eat a meal that you love, express yourselves creatively or through the work that you do, love those that you still got with ya. Remember your friends and keep their memories with you for the rest of your days.
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Rest in peace to your friend 😢💔💔
That is such a sweet memory. My condolences
To see, Peter walking all alone is very an Emotional moment. He finally goes back to Earth and see the last family he saw at a young age, After his Mom passed away for a long....His Grandpa again both embrace each other, Got me crying.
My favorite part is that his grandfather knew it was him, didn’t even have to ask.
Quill’s ending in this reminded me of the ending of RAMBO (2008). Another satisfying character arc send off where John Rambo returned home after 4 movies of him being on a long road, ironically even this briefly stars John’s actor Stallone
It really hit me. Too often side characters like a grandfather left behind are just to propel the main character's story forward. The director attacked that notion head on and had Peter realize he wasn't the only one that lost his mother that day, and not the only person in his family's story.
It definitely got me crying. Lost my grandfather in 2017 and I’d do anything just to hug him again
@@jessenunez7205 Same here. I to lost my grandfather back in 2021. we had a plain to see him. but he did't make it, He pass away in his sleep.
Can we take a moment to appreciate Groot sharing a dance with Rocket who isn't just his adoptive dad but also his dad's best friend? That to me is the absolute sweetest part of this entire scene. 🥹
Gunn even confirmed that when teen groot blipped he turned to rocket and said "dad"
Wdym his dad's best friend? I'm confused
@@hyperion7806 this Groot is the offspring of the original Groot from the first Guardians Of The Galaxy movie. Clearly Rocket and that Groot were very good friends.
@@DeadmanInc336 ohhh, I’ve never thought about it like that. I’ve always thought of Groot as the same character through all the movies
@@hyperion7806 nope. It's a different Groot. James Gunn even confirmed that when Groot was dusting away in Infinity War, he referred to Rocket as "Dad..."
That freaking CGI Raccoon finally being happy and howling with joy makes my cry
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One thing I appreciate about the final film of the series is that it didn't focus on mending Peter and Gamora's relationship. Instead, it aimed at resolving some deeper issues for the characters. It focused on familial love rather than romantic love and an overarching theme of finding a home or finding yourself. That's why each character conclusion is so satisfying. They each come to their own realizations and face the challenges that they've probably been avoiding their whole lives.
I agree. And I would add it shows that not everything is fixable. You just do the best with what you have been given. No one's situation was fixed, they just accepted their new realities. Most of us thought Petter and Gamora would rekindle their love but this was a Gamora that never knew Peter and so Peter had to accept his new reality
It's so clear Gunn grew as a filmmaker going from an immature view of the characters to an adult's more complex weary acceptance.
@@tommycoe2333 Good point, well said. I would argue that most of stuff in life is not fixable and we have to find our way to live with that.
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 kind of like branching off a new timeline. You go back and fix something but you're on a new timeline so you have a whole new reality.
A freaking Raccoon, Tree man, and Aliens dancing to Florence and the Machines somehow makes me so grateful for my family and makes me want to be a better dad at the same time.
That howl Rocket does is so satisfying. Dude is finally free.
Greatest way to end this trilogy, the song choice, the dancing, the wild howling, the reintroduction of old family. Gets me every time.
Florences voice was perfecttttt!!! This ending might've sold me on James gunn
Couldn't disagree more.
not ashamed to admit this ending makes me cry my god damn heart out every time i see it. easily the best thing the MCU ever did, maybe one of the best trilogies in movie history?
it was good but don’t get too carried away now
i start sobbing every single time
This is one of the only two movies that has ever made me cry the other one was infinity war
@@ba3y look i’m not going to pretend that it’s hard for a movie to make my cry but at the same time I have my standards, and the ending of this movie just gets me. and it is one of the most tonally and quality consistent trilogies out there. i like good movies what can i say
100% agree
You know, I think this really shows how much Guardians stands out in maturity from the rest of the MCU. While the rest of this project is trying to lurch endlessly onwards, Guardians knows that something can never truly be great until it’s over. An ending is just as important as a beginning. And I can’t think of a better ending to this series than this. I think I’m done with superheroes now.
Well said. They were the story the entire time. Not The Avengers. That entire arc is now complete because of this movie. I don't know if they'll ever captivate us again on this level going forward. This movie ends the original MCU as we know it. Only now do we have everyone's story to build upon. This ending makes me tear up every single time. MCU will never be the same.
The dog days are over but this isn't
Makes me very excited on what gun can do with the DCU
And it didn't just give us an ending. It gave us the happiest ending imaginable.
@@alexandernillo6371Yeah, this is why I'm willing to hear Gunn out for Superman Legacy despite Henry Cavill's departure. It sucks that he's gone, but James Gunn proved with both the Guardians trilogy and The Suicide Squad that he knows damn well what he's doing.
For as many beautiful moments as there are in these closing minutes, it's the look on Peter's grandfather's face when he recognizes him that gets me the most. This elderly man, who lost his daughter to illness, and within minutes lost his grandson to the unknown, spending so many decades wondering what happened. Pete's tiny, "hi grandpa" still chokes me up.
It gets me too. I'm 38 now with kids growing up, and I'm starting to learn I'm not the main character of the world, and having this movie acknowledge the grandfather that was left behind after losing his daughter and grandson really gutted me. Too often the elderly or parents/grandparents of main characters are only there to be a side character of MC's story, but they're a whole person with hopes and dreams and loss and pain of their own story. This was beautiful.
This scene was already phenomenal, but learning that James Gunn himself was the one performing Groot’s dancing alongside his brother (Sean was the physical reference for Rocket) makes this scene even better.
I'm sad to see them split up, but the pure joy in this scene was the perfect send off. Drax finally dancing was just so great.
Guardians 1 ended with the guardians flying off to do something both good and bad, Guardians 2 ended as Rocket began to cry at Yondu's funeral, the Holiday Special ended with Peter hugging Mantis as he finds out she is actually his sister, and Guardians 3 ends with Rocket screaming for joy as he's finally happy with who and what he is with his family.
It really hits home learning that the director agreed to do the first movie when he realized that Rockett was the character he was most drawn to, and would ultimately be the main character ❤
Endgame had the best (comeback) fight, but Guardians 3 had the best ending
This was great but Endgame had the best credits
So good.
Im a grown, 35 year old man. When Florence hit in this scene I had a couple tears come down. Enjoy your youth, boys.
Same age here man time does fly
3:36 love that now drax can be a dad again
My friend said drax is just an idiot. He is but this what makes him drax! I love how this movie shows his kind and protective side! Especially this scene!
That’s an awful lot of kids. Is he really going to raise all of them by himself?
@@jaylenhioe2868he is a dad.
@@G0o0se I know, but with over a hundred children. That’s a rough responsibility.
@@jaylenhioe2868 remember, he is a dad.
I can never hold back tears everytime I see Drax and Mantis wave goodbye. Love these characters so much
For some reason, it is always seeing Drax dance
Ending on a dance party for this series was the right choice and wraps up Gunn's beautiful world. Thank you Guardians for the good times.
This was the TRUE endgame to the MCU
The fact that Rocket adopted the baby raccoons is soooo pure!! 😢❤❤
Also I'm LIVING for Drax adopting those little kids.
Very wholesome.
This is one of the most satisfying and emotionally gripping endings of the MCU
By the end it felt like they saved the universe from all evil forever.
Dr Doom, Kang and Galactus would like to say hi
@@thejayjay4835 I know, that’s why I said it feels like they did. (Note: I’m not trying to be condescending.)
@@MrTroyman8 you weren't dw. I was just saying the Galaxy wasn't safe at all, but then again, they don't know what it's coming so your comment is still valid
@@thejayjay4835 Hopefully they can do Kang justice because Ant-Man certainly didn’t. He has a lot of potential.
For now the High Evolutionary is my favorite Marvel villain. Because I wanted to see him suffer.
I really love those screams at the end, it’s like their letting out shouts that are a combination of anger, frustration, happiness, and excitement over what tomorrow is gonna bring
I think they're all cries of joy and happiness. Just like the song says: "The dog days are all gone..."
This ending makes you both happy and sad at the same time. Wholesome.
It's a cute goodbye
When the first film came out, I was in high school about to enter the 11th grade
When the second film came out, I was in college
When this movie came out, I was a grown up in a working job
This trilogy (combined with their arcs in Infinity War/Endgame felt like my time becoming a grown up)
GOTG Vol. 1: I was in the summer before my second college year.
GOTG Vol. 2: I was in another college, yet later saw part of it away from home with a friend of mine last year.
GOTG Vol. 3: I was away from home before my working job.
When the first movie came out, I was about to enter high school and it got me into loving film
When the second film came out I was a junior in high school
When Infinity War came out, I had just graduated High school
And when Vol 3 came out I was working my first job. This franchise was my teen/Young adult years
well i just got into 10th grade so yeah
@@marciafemista Awesome!
This ending😢😢😢😢...mannn to see Rocket Raccoon dancing...Gamora accepting compassion..that moment between Mantis and Drax before she sets off on her own journey...Adam taking it in and truly understanding the moment and finding his purpose...Quill taking a chance and learning how to swim......and MY GOD Nebula laughing and dancing and letting her emotion overtake her and finally relaxing and letting down her guard.....Drax finally dancing and that freedom Rocket finally expresses in that howl..........…If you've followed these characters and movies(not just their films but all of them) you just understand that THIS is and was the story all along. To display joy after all Rocket and Nebula have been through touches us in ways we didn’t think possible. And btw that score was the perfect song selection to encapsulate how ALL of us were feeling watching the masterful storytelling in this scene. Bravo and well done James Gunn..well done. I honestly never have to watch anything else they release in the MCU.
Also, the song "Dog Days Are Over" is a song about childhood or a journey ending, but it celebrates the journey and know that another will soon come. The Guardians we know are gone but now a new chapter has arrived.
But look at all those star children. Is everyone on knowhere going to raise them?
@InevitableOption-ic2vx that’s what I’m saying
lmao u already know Marvel gonna recast them and make more guardians movies
Nebula’s storyline is perfect 😭😭💙
One of the most Beautiful Endings i have seen reminds me of Return of the Jedi from 1983 it brings full closure to Rocket he is easily one of the Best MCU Characters hands down
One of the best endings in Marvel Studios.
So many reasons to love this ending.
Florence + the Machines.
1:01 Rockets funny little dance
1:30 Drax tearful seeing Mantis leaving
1:51 Gamora being embraced by her new family
2:04 Nebula finally being happy
2:59 Peters Grandad recognising him after all those years like he’s been waiting for him.
3:33 Drax being a Dad again
James Gunn, thank you for this amazing trilogy.
Nice ending, but not a big fan of No-melody music type
@@TheTruem4nwow, this song has the ultimate melody though.
@@TheTruem4nthe song symbolizes that the hard (aka. Dog) days are behind them now.
Considering how dark and disturbing this movie is at times, this was loiterally the best way to end it AND the trilogy possible. This is also the best movie scene of 2023, and one of the best comic book movie scenes of all time.
_I went back and got this for you, Pete_
--Star-Lord's letter to Rocket with his Zune.
I liked this ending because it’s sad but not in a way that’s downer because of a major character death or what not. This movie was about new beginnings finding your own wings and starting a new path. Rocket literally refused death because he knew he had a purpose to bring the team together to face his past. Star lord was able to move on from gamora’s death and realize he needs to self reflect on himself. Drax learned that he doesn’t have to be a destroyer and it’s okay to let some of your fun dad side out. So on and so forth. The song “dog days are over.” Is about leaving your old home behind and being sad about it but generous of where life takes you and that fits this ending perfectly. Just seeing the characters who are now broken up and no longer the guardians once knew still celebrate being alive and new opportunities and being in the moment dancing is a perfect end to the trilogy. Guardians 3 was such a great ending and honestly I’m fine if this is the end of these characters. It was a perfect one
Im gonna miss them 💔
So say we all
@peakpsycho100 touche
I think Star Lord will be back to help against Kang
What If The New Allies Of Avengers Search For Dead Founding Members Of The Avengers Are Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Steve Rogers/Captain America, Tony Stark/Iron Man, The Vision, Loki, Hemdell, Yondu Utonda, Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, Gamora & Aunt May Parker (Marisa Tomei) In Avengers 5: The Kang Dynasty & Avengers 6: The Secret Wars In The Future Of MCU Forever?😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
But there’s a new team now.
Guardians of the Galaxy will always be a beautiful movie and will always be a nostalgic movie
I love guardians of the galaxy! They were not your typical comic book heroes like Captain America or Iron Man. They were different and that’s what I loved about them so much. There were a lot of scenes in this movie that made bawl like a baby. This ending was so beautiful I couldn’t stop smiling and crying tears of joy. It was hard for me to say goodbye, but I know I will probably see these guys soon. Thank you James Gunn for making the Guardians!
Seeing in the theater was honestly surreal as hell. It's probably the only time I've actually fully cheered in a cinema, and I wasn't the only one. It was a full celebration, everyone was laughing and dancing, some got out of their seats to relish in the good feeling.
The good feeling. That's what this movie gave to me, and that's why I'll always be indebted to it and James Gunn.
Excellent ending, loved Guardians of the Galaxy 3, we got to say goodbye to all these amazing characters we had been watching for a decade, it wrapped up thier arcs perfectly, Drax and Mantis waving goodbye gets me emotional each time. Beautiful ending sequence, the choice of using the “Dog days are Over” song was great, such a feel good ending ❤
1:13 that scene hit me really hard when drax said goodbye to mantis like I cried bad 😢
2:58 there are very few times where I’ll cry during a movie, tv series, game, or anime, but this along with Yandu’s Sacrifice from volume 2 makes me cry every time I see them.
And they've overcome their individual and collective traumas, conquered their nightmares and lived happily ever after. The End..
Perfect.
I’ve come to the conclusion that this is a better ending than Endgame.
The old Gamora would’ve loved dancing there with her family. This feels like their proper goodbye to her. Hopefully the new one will be happy with whatever path is for her, but at least she knows she has people who’s got her back.
I was in a restaurant yesterday and this song started playing. I suddenly started crying remembering this scene 💔
I can't help but cry every time, it just breaks me.
genuinely might be the best ending to an mcu film... ever ? it capped off the guardians films in a truly wonderful (and in character with the previous films, _of course_ the trilogy well-known for incredible soundtracks and a dance-off in the middle of the final battle of the first film would end with some type of dance party) way, all of them alive, maybe not happy, but on their way there, concluded character arcs, but also left room for others to continue growing. and to echo the sentiment of another commenter, but is something i've felt since my own first viewing, it's just really cathartic. a really cathartic ending to a good movie and a wonderful trilogy
The only movie that could made me burst into tears from screams of joy. All the farewells and welcomes was what we needed from a series so focused finding your place in the world and self love. ❤
A perfect ending to a movie trilogy that truly did not need the MCU to survive. It was a masterpiece of its own. Thank you, Mr. James Gunn.
Man this scene really does make me tear up no matter how many times I watch it. The GOTG were one of my first introductions to comics as a kid and I still remember how excited 14 year old me was when the first movie came out. James Gunn really managed to take a group of characters hardly anyone had ever heard of and turned them into the MCU's best characters. Will always love this trilogy.
We'll miss them
This is literally me and my best friends, we just graduated high school this year and now we’re going are separate ways 😢 I’m so glad this movie came out on are last year it felt like it was meant for us thank you so much James Gunn for this beautiful movie
For me this is my favourite Marvel movie ending.
I love how Rocket piped the song all over Knowhere..
Still get goosebumps when Peter and his grandfather hug
3:42 I never seen Nebula this happy before and it’s nice that she’s happy, good for her☺️
I was happy to see drax dance. It means he finally let go of the pain of losing his family.
I teared at this ending when I saw this in Theatres
When Peter hug his grandfather it got me, more than anything else😢
Congratulations to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 for winning this year's 2024 Saturn Awards for Best Comic Book Superhero movie
Me: What About The Avengers?
This song of Florence and the machine made the final scene what it was
The best one yet, definitely the best soundtrack
One year later. One of my top 5 fav Marvel films. God I love this movie.
No Way Home and Vol. 3 are the best post endgame movies!
This is the most sad ending, but wonderful ending. 😢
I will confess this scene made me cry. You can feel so much from this alone, and how much of an impact it has. It just shows how far they've come, and how they affected each other. It's beautiful.❤
This scene of Peter meeting his grandfather in Portuguese burns people's hearts, the voice actor's voice when doing the scene is very beautiful
I remember watching Vol 1 with my wife, sadly she passed away afterwards. This scene will always remind me of her. Thank you🙏🏾
I will never forget the first time I saw this film in the cinema, it was one of the best days of my life, what a feeling
Peter meeting his grandpa (after he thought his family had left him) is an amazing and emotional scene.
perfect send off to our favorite team
This movie is better then Across the Spiderverse and No Way Home
Yeah those two spider man movies maybe my favorite movies. But this my new favorite.
Have to disagree on the latter.
@Undiscovered667Across is only the first half of the 2nd spider verse film. We shall see what the other half Beyond is like
Across the spider verse is significantly better by a wide margin this movie is still good tho.
No Way Home is overrated
The character work in this film was sublime my favourite throughout the mcu, thank you james gunn for both the tears and the joy
Guardians was the absolute best of the MCU. Period.
It's so simple, but that scene of Pete and his grandpa reuniting gets me to cry every time
I think this is now my new favorite movie ending
my bro and I were trying to hide our tears.... what an experience this was
Oh James Gunn.....you made us magic, thank you 🙌🙌🙌
I'll admit I bawled watching Peter's grandpa hug him seeing this in the theater. He thought his grandfather was either dead or wouldn't want him anymore and to see him react like that to Peter being alive all these years is pure James Gunn knowing how to kick audiences in the gut emotionally. He does this repeatedly with great writing and characters yet people are seriously doubting his ability to tackle Superman? I think Gunn may be the only person to give us an actual Superman story anymore.
Its been 1 year and this movie still hits hard 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Endgame was the climax to the MCU as we knew and loved it. This was the epilogue.
Facts.
Opinions.
I for one can't wait to see Deadpool 3, Doctor Strange 3, and Shang-Chi 2.
As much as I want gamora back but the story development is too good I must accept it
Yeah she looks so happy now
It may not be pleasant, but it’s better than nothing
@@darthdracul8372 Technically, Gamora DID come back. (even though the Gamora we saw in this film was a time double that ended up in the present due to the events of Endgame, but nevertheless, it's the same character, but from a different timeline.)
Mannnn why I feel this was a goodbye to MCU that we were accustomed to….. Thank you Mr Gunn…
A perfect song to a perfect ending
9 years have gone , thank you ❤
Mantis and Drax scene got me a lot crying omg 😭…..
Guardians 1 was the last movie I ever watched with my grandpa. He’d never seen it but he loved rocket. Going on 5 years, fly high grandpa.
Everytime I see this it just fills me with such wholesome warmth. I mean all the kids being free, Gamora back with the Ravagers, Groot & Rocket dancing with the kids, & Quill finally reuniting with his grandpa. Plus the song is just the cherry on top
I’m so glad they didn’t all get killed off like we were expecting.
Still cry whenever I watch this. Thank you James Gunn.
I watched this whole scene again and I cried just like in the cinema. This movie was so beautiful. The best Marvel did in recent years (together with X-Men 97).
And Loki
This wasn't a film, it was a Victory lap.
Goodbye 😢 👋🥺 guardians of the galaxy 2014 2023
Me: Bring Back The Original Avengers.