1 Disturbing Scene In James Gunn’s Latest Marvel Movie Caught Fans Off-guard

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is known for pushing its limits from time to time. Being under the Disney umbrella can be quite complicated for this purpose; however, they managed to find loopholes to help them get by. Some experiments in storytelling and thematics haven’t really worked for the franchise in recent years. However, their biggest risk in age classification turned out to be excellent.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 was a masterpiece. The film established who the main character of the series was and did it in such an impactful way that one couldn’t help but leave the theaters in tears.

However, it is important to remember that the film took a lot of risks. While some were safer, others pushed the limits a little too much.

James Gunn made a bold decision

When James Gunn did Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3, he almost had an experience of it. He wanted to see what boundaries he could cross by making a PG-13 film. He wanted to add darker themes, perfectly timed jokes and graphic violence. However, he did not want the film’s classification to change completely.

This is where some flaws were discovered. Thanks to these, he was able to add an F-bomb to the film and what can be called one of the most disturbing scenes in the main Marvel cinematic universe. This execution was carried out by the film’s villain, The High Evolutionary.

The character had his face ripped off, causing him to wear a piece of skin over his pre-existing face to appear as before. However, at one point in the story, the face drops and fans get a glimpse of what they were actually watching the whole time.

Underneath the mask was a man with one normal eye, the other being bloodshot and naked. He had neither lips nor teeth clearly visible; his nose was gone and his skin looked more like bloody muscle.

Fans marvel at the choice

Looking back on the film, many fans wonder how Marvel was able to get the scene and character designs in the film from Chris Pratt. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 approved to be PG-13. Some talked about how truly terrifying the skin was, mentioning that they had nightmares after seeing the film. Others leaned toward anger and were extremely upset when the scene happened in front of their children.

It is not surprising that the parents were upset by the scene, but it is important to remember how everything that has already happened through the Cinema Association. They are responsible for deciding the age rating of films and greenlit some very interesting character designs that were much more gruesome.

I can’t believe this was in a PG-13 movie https://t.co/cA6oVkTLHl

– MyTimeToShineHello (@MyTimeToShineH) June 20, 2024

Yeah man, I’ll be honest. Bringing my kid to this…made me a little upset.

– fuzzy_gamera (@Fuzzy_Gamera) June 20, 2024

I mean… it’s relative to that. It’s not a big deal to change the note pic.twitter.com/poSe8O70Vv

–Josh Staszczyk (@joshstasz) June 20, 2024

It looks like a real nightmare, to be honest 😭

— ૮₍˶ᵔᵕᵔ˶₎ა (@theiconicashley) June 21, 2024

It’s cool when movies actually use their PG-13 instead of pulling all the stops

– Always tired (@Nevermore_414) June 20, 2024

Starting with an example in the MCU, Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avengeralmost looked like the High Evolutionary, without the blood and charred skin. At the same time, Two-Face in Christopher Nolan’s film Batman the trilogy looked much worse than Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3and it was approved by fans with flying colors.

It’s safe to say that times and perspectives are changing when it comes to censorship laws and what is allowed to be in PG-13 films.