This was an entertaining special about the Guardians that you might appreciate more and have more fun with it if you're from the USA and celebrate Christmas, but still can be enjoyed by people from other countries that don't celebrate and only watch for these characters goofing around.
It has some decent action in the middle and some gags, especially at the end by Cosmo, which reminded me of gags in Peacemaker.
The writing is also decent enough, it's written by James Gunn after all. And you could say Mantis is the protagonist in this one and for a good reason too. Drax is also in this one more and is as funny as ever.
It's not all goofing around and corny Christmas stuff, it actually has a big reveal about the group and I'm surprised they did it in this special instead of the third feature film.
The reveal itself I think is not bad and makes the group dynamic more interesting, and even though I wanted them to focus on it more, it's obvious they're gonna do that in the third movie and it's gonna make what's gonna happen in the third movie more impactful and maybe more heartbreaking considering it's gonna be the last Guardians movie and some of these characters are probably gonna die or get separated.
All in all, I thought this was a nice little break from the serious and more somber tone and stories of Wakanda Forever and Andor (Wakanda wasn't that somber but compared to this, it was more serious obviously), and I thought there wasn't really one of those moments in this one where you would go "well that's not how one would react or do in this situation" and every reaction, especially from Bevin Bacon, was logical and realistic. I don't know why I decided to highlight this particular aspect, but I guess I'm just trying to say the writing was decent and not rushed and unrealistic. The singing and musical aspect of it was too much and too long for my taste, but I guess this is the holiday special and I'm not supposed to expect an actual plot and Avengers level story. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it for what it was and it was nice to see the group after Endgame, at least under James Gunn's writing and direction.
It has some decent action in the middle and some gags, especially at the end by Cosmo, which reminded me of gags in Peacemaker.
The writing is also decent enough, it's written by James Gunn after all. And you could say Mantis is the protagonist in this one and for a good reason too. Drax is also in this one more and is as funny as ever.
It's not all goofing around and corny Christmas stuff, it actually has a big reveal about the group and I'm surprised they did it in this special instead of the third feature film.
The reveal itself I think is not bad and makes the group dynamic more interesting, and even though I wanted them to focus on it more, it's obvious they're gonna do that in the third movie and it's gonna make what's gonna happen in the third movie more impactful and maybe more heartbreaking considering it's gonna be the last Guardians movie and some of these characters are probably gonna die or get separated.
All in all, I thought this was a nice little break from the serious and more somber tone and stories of Wakanda Forever and Andor (Wakanda wasn't that somber but compared to this, it was more serious obviously), and I thought there wasn't really one of those moments in this one where you would go "well that's not how one would react or do in this situation" and every reaction, especially from Bevin Bacon, was logical and realistic. I don't know why I decided to highlight this particular aspect, but I guess I'm just trying to say the writing was decent and not rushed and unrealistic. The singing and musical aspect of it was too much and too long for my taste, but I guess this is the holiday special and I'm not supposed to expect an actual plot and Avengers level story. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it for what it was and it was nice to see the group after Endgame, at least under James Gunn's writing and direction.