They've done it again!

Rating: 8/10 (31 March 2020)

Marvel has made a superhero movie how it should be made! This movie again is fresh, funny and interesting the whole time. This is so much better than some of the earlier movies that come before it. And as far as sequels go, this does a great job of not sucking like most other sequels.
The opening scene is so smart and unique, with focus being on baby Groot (who is such a great character, loved by many I'm sure) whilst the characters battle in the background. It was funny and it gets the main idea of what superhero movies need to be about, the characters! Not action. Action should always be secondary or in the background and the character development always needs to be central. The superhero movies that have all action have never been rated very highly.
From here the movie goes from strength to strength with the cast being the real powerhouse. Every character is likeable, Drax for me especially I found hilarious! His laugh and dry honest comments were always appreciated.
One issue I did have with the movie was the spaceship scene, flying through the comets, seemed like an exact copy of a scene out of the original Star Wars triology. Plus it then got quite far fetched when Gomorrah caught a flying Draw in the spaceship and then proceeded to hold onto a piece of the ship whilst holding Drax for a ridiculous amount of time. This was too far fetched and needed to be rewritten.
Peter Quill and his father was an interesting story, and had some good twists and jokes throughout. The development of what it means to be a father vs a Dad was also playd out well throughout the second half of the movie.
Rocket also gets some important screen time to rise up as a hero alongside Yondu. Both of these characters get redemption in the end and Yondu's sacrifice was emotional and made sense.
The only other problem I had with the movie was the fact that they threw people out into space to die and they were dead with a matter of seconds, however when Peter Quill is thrown out into space in the previous movie he gets at least 20 seconds of life before being taken into a ship and still survives. This doesn't line up, but could be excused for Peter's god like abilities.
Overall this was another great edition to the Marvel Universe and ultimately if it wasn't for these strong contributions, I would ultimately not care about Marvel at all. These characters play a siginficant part in making Marvel what it is today. Well worth a watch!