Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Exceeds already high expectations

Rating: 9/10 (25 March 2018)

Despite being a huge comic book nerd I was not familiar with the Guardians before the first movie came out. I did some googling and upon learning about this sci-fi superhero team consisting of a talking raccoon and tree man I was hardly impressed.
I finally got round to watching the first film and was blown away. It had a remarkable charm that even the other Marvel titles didn't have. It was filled with great humour, memorable moments and fit into the Marvel Universe long running story perfectly.
Because of this I pumped by expectations up high for the sequel to a degree where it was almost guaranteed to fail yet somehow, someway it didn't.
Not only did it meet my expectations but it exceeded them, GotG2 is amazing.
Full of the same five star humour, being a visual treat and once again with an excellent soundtrack the film gripped me from the outset and delivered that charm all over again.
This time including several industry veterans including Kurt Russell (Who has been on great form since his return) and Sylvester Stallone they fit in well and don't detract from the franchise as I feared they might.
With cameo appearances along the way from the likes of Farscape (1999) lead Ben Browder to industry legend Seth Green as Howard the Duck this is a fun rollercoaster ride than left me positively gagging for more.
This is one of those films I feel like I could rant about (In a positive way) for a while and so I'm going to resist the urge and merely say that Guardians 2 is a contender for the best Marvel movie, contested only by the first Avengers film.
Masterpiece.
The Good:
Cast are great again
Charm returns
Excellent nostalgic soundtrack
Looks amazing
The Bad:
Only one movie with Baby Groot? Noooo!
They seem to have dropped Drax's taking everything literal jokes away
Michael Rosenbaum was wasted
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Batista should have skipped over wrestling and just been an actor