A bit of an obvious multicoloured trudge through the galaxy this time around

Rating: 5/10 (2 May 2017)

The nice touches, camp golden Sovereign race who were exccellent on screen, (not so witty) wittybanter as the first film and lack of any real dynamic plot development let this film down from being a rollocking roller-coaster ride to a stately but colourful fairground carousel of a film.
Pretty looking , pleasant , enjoyable, predictable in its own way- but not ever THAT exciting.
It felt like a rainbow coloured candy store overload of sets and CGI effects. They just didn't make up for this obvious and dumbed down story.
Mantis's character also seemed like a plot device just to allow the guardians to make Ego fall asleep at the showdown!
She was lovely, sweet, funny but not really any reason for her to be in it as such -v little backstory....
But the story line of sitting on one planet, hanging around trying to work out who your real family are:- For me that didn't really suit the dynamic of the Guardians themselves.
The plot line was a little obvious and instead of the heroic, resourcefulness of the team in the first film that added to the tension of the situation, there is little interesting interaction in the sequel aside from the arguments and the jokes that went with them .
Do'nt get me wrong -they are some great things about this film but for me it lost itself in the eye popping but empty visuals that take over a lot of the scenes.
The guardians need to find their own purpose again and some inspiration in the next offering...
Still an enjoyable romp and some truly emotional and clever , spectacular moments and good banter..... chugging along on quite a slow, static storyline that didn't let the cast shine as much as the original.