Why Volume 2 is a perfect sequel.

Rating: 10/10 (8 September 2018)

When the first Guardians came out it was a massive hit. Expanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe further. Making some obscure characters into pop culture legends. With great actors, soundtrack and a wonderful sense of humour. So three years later, they returned.
Volume 2 takes place a few months after Volume 1, and tells the story of Starlord's father. Let's start with the best feature of the film, soundtrack. Now in most films the script gets written, shooting, then the music super visors select music in it. But instead, Gunn made a list out of what songs to put in the film, and based it around it. Similar to what Edgar Wright did for Baby Driver. And the song selection was brilliant. From Mr Blue Sky while a battle of chaos is going on, to Cat Stevens' Farther And Son during Yondu's funeral. The songs are a great through to previous artist, who might have fallen into obscurity without Volume 2.
Another is how smart this film is. Let's take the songs for example. Come A Little Bit Closer- the song Yondu and Rocket are killing to on the ship- is about man who falls in love with a woman, who's in a relationship with man who's going to kick the mans butt. And that implies to this scene too. Yondu killing his crew for betraying him. These songs have meaning if you look a bit closer.
James Gunn wanted the film to look different than the first film. And if I had- and by had i mean of course i have to- say what that was is rainbow. There's a lot of rainbows in this film. A rainbow breathing squid thing to Yondu being insinuated in rainbow flames. This film feels like reading a 60's comic. Bright and colourful weird piece of media.
And the acting... Where do I begin? Everyone is so talented and portray their characters excellently. You can feel like these people have been around each other for a long time.
This all makes up my favourite MCU film. And one that should be a classic.