New Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer Teases a Great Lesson on Utopianism

“He didn’t want to make things perfect,” says Rocket. “He just hated things the way they are.”

I’m a huge fan of the Marvel movies, and the Guardians of the Galaxy films represent the best of the franchise. If I’m ranking Marvel movies—which I’ll need to do in a future article—I have Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 somewhere in the top 5, with Guardians 2 on the higher end of the list. 

The Guardian movies are great flicks, and they’re especially great family flicks. I don’t just mean they’re good to watch with your family—though they are. I mean they hold crucial lessons about the importance of family. In fact, they make a pretty strong case that there is nothing more important than family. 

The family comes through loud and clear in the new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which hits theaters on May 5. The trailer actually gave me goosebumps, especially when Starload says this line. “We were also searching for a family—until we found each other.”

A second message teased in the trailer also stood out to me: the menace of utopianism, and those who would fill graveyards to build their paradise. The film’s villain, a man named The High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji), appears to be something of a social engineer. 

“My sacred mission is to create the perfect society,” The High Evolutionary says in voice over.

 Our little furry hero Rocket (Bradley Cooper), however, apparently has a history with our villain, and he sees what really drove The High Evolutionary.