The Worst Infinity Saga movie--history will prove me right

Rating: 3/10 (19 April 2020)

Yes, even worse than Thor: The Dark World.
I know that plenty of people like this movie now, but I cannot see this movie aging well at all. I can't imagine it becoming a superhero classic like several of the other MCU movies are destined to be.
The main problem with Guardians 2 is that it takes everything good about the first film and cranks it up to an intolerable level. While the first Guardians film was probably one of my favorite MCU films, Guardians 2 takes everything that was so excellent about the first movie and somehow makes it bad. A lot of the vintage music choices didn't really seem to fit the film, or at least they were not nearly as iconic and recognizable as the songs in the first film. Really, the only scene I especially liked was the opening with "Mr. Blue Sky". The goofiness and camp was far too strong with this one. Everything from the freakishly bright and lurid colors to Starlord becoming a giant Pac-Man was just ridiculous. There was not a single genuine emotional moment (other than Yondu's death) that wasn't undercut by a poorly written, unfunny joke. Major character traits and arcs (most unfortunately, Drax's) were sacrificed for the purposes of comedy. And to top it all off, it was so painfully predictable that there was hardly any excitement or tension at all. If you didn't see that Ego was going to be evil a mile away, you probably have never seen a superhero movie before.
It had its moments; it wasn't bad through and through, but it was so disappointing compared to the first film that I can't help but loathe it.