Everyone Needs Family

Rating: 7/10 (13 December 2017)

GotG Vol. 2 is one of those rare sequels that was better than the original. Maybe it's just that the characters have grown on me more or the fact it was a better story but I found myself far more interested this time around. I'm still not running out to purchase GotG comic books but this movie is a nice addition to the ever-growing MCU. There were more laugh-out-loud moments as well as more heart-touching moments. I think a couple of the heart-touching moments were a bit out of place if not just a little too trite; still they were tolerable.
The pervasive message was that everyone needs family whether that family be an adopted family or blood family. Of the handful of very apparent presentations of this message I'd say one or two of them were done well--meaning it aided the story instead of looking as if it was shoe horned in there.
By and large I can't complain much about this film. The two hours were well spent.