Not as good as the first, but still awesome

Rating: 10/10 (27 May 2017)

Watching this movie, I felt it was great to have these wonderful characters again and it was even better than I thought it would be! It's probably because it's a movie that just keeps getting better and better. It was weird because I'm so familiar with Marvel Comics given that I've read a lot of the Marvel Encyclopedia. I still find all these new characters I hadn't heard of! The best part is probably always getting introduced to characters that are all relevant to the story with distinct personalities.
It seems like it's become standard to mock the Transformers movies when looking at great action films. Okay, they're making like a dozen of those so it's justified. It was not just a rehash of the original film, but instead a great look at the true origin of the main character. I was somewhat familiar with Ego, but I can't really tell if this is a faithful representation of the character from the comics. The best scene is probably the one with the arrow just hacking through all these guys. The film just looks gorgeous.
It's incredible how we manage to just feast our eyes on these beautiful colors. Everything is so wonderfully detailed and it never comes off as gaudy. The characters are probably even funnier this time around. There's too many memorable lines to count. I love the conversation about how Groot hates hats and how Manti is still beautiful on the inside. One laugh out loud moment was when Gamora said she could just kill him if he (Ego) was evil. Turns out, they do! ****