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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Unpopular opinion: Umm I didn't love it
I'm a Guardians fan and MCU nerd and I didn't love this one. I'll watch it 85 more times I'm sure but it missed the mark with me on first watch. It's more violent and dark than the previous ones but I felt sucker punched for emotional gotchas, not substance. It felt rushed and strained credulity (even for a movie set in space with gadgets and creatures aplenty) somehow. Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind or sad that this is the final installment, plus the theater was crappy with poor sound. Hopefully upon rewatch I'll get on board.
It was good to see the crew again and close the loop on some storylines. I definitely LOLed enough to embarrass my kids and the soundtrack was outstanding. It wasn't bad but it was a little bit of a letdown...
Great White Open Ocean (2022)
Beautifully unexpected
This has some of the dramatic commercial cliff-hangers and repetitive narration but is overall an excellent account of shark-diving experts doing their thing. Shows the passion and respect scientists have for sharks when in the field (or the ocean). Beautiful and positive depiction of white sharks too!