After finishing this film, I couldn't shake the idea that there was a better film in there. I'm not 100% sure, having seen it so recently, what would be needed to bring out that better film, but I suspect it may have to do with the choice not only to NOT center Michael jordan, but to have him as an incidental fringe character in the film altogether. It's an interesting choice to include his mother and her perspective, but it still feels like this is a story about the wrong people. Not that all of these people shouldn't have been included in this story, but that the exclusion of Jordan and his perspective leaves a little bit of a hole. All of that said, it was an enjoyable enough watch and if you live through this period of time or have a passion for the shoes now, you'll probably find it interesting. Viola Davis is of course, amazing.
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Great film, if viewed as the conclusion to a trilogy
2 June 2023
There's a lot of greatness in this film, but a lot of that greatness will be unavailable to those who are not intimately familiar with the first two films, for sure, and potentially other aspects of the MCU. It is a very long film as films in this franchise go, and while James Gunn says there isn't an ounce of fat on the film, I'm not sure that's true. But as a fan of the franchise, end of the characters, and going in with the knowledge that this is the closing chapter of the trilogy I'm completely fine with it. It's very clear he wanted to give each major character their own closure and big moments and I think he succeeded. I think the film is best enjoyed as the conclusion to a trilogy, which happily is how most people view it.
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