"He killed my mom and broke my Walkman!" More terrific out of this world action that has more action more laughs and more heart, I enjoyed myself a lot thank you very much!

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2017)

Urgh, such genuine nasty dislike for such a harmless cool kickass little Outerspace thrill ride.. Well screw you, because I f*ckin' genuinely loved it! I for one found it to be about as good as the first movie, maybe not as As novel and fresh naturally, but certainly an awesome and satisfying movie experience in its own right and a well done return to this particular universe and these characters. I greatly appreciated its more touching moments and the way that it wrapped up the story on a surprisingly sombre note. It took a wee bit to really get going but once it got to the part of the story that was at the beautiful ornate palace on the weird planet that turned out to be Peter Quil's father I was hooked and having a blast with it. It definitely wasn't lacking in the funny department, I kept laughing out loud, a lot of those quips really just kept landing for me. There were just a few times though where the ceaseless comedic bantering was beginning to hurt the pacing a little and took away from the gravity of the dramatic moments and thrilling scenes a bit..but still among other things I'd call it a hilarious movie, it's just a little Drax heavy! If you ask me it was mainly the talking tree and the raccoon that really made everyone love the original movie, but in this one those two definitely seemed a little downplayed in comparison, with the focus being mostly on Peter and the seemingly benevolent father that had found him at last... Something I loved was how effectively it fleshed out characters that you might not have expected like Yondu and definitely Nebula, she felt way more like a real character this time than the practically bit part she was before. And also Gamora had some growth through Nebula as the two gradually settled their differences through fighting and fiery explosions and general peril and realised who their true enemy was, and I really found it a touching little moment when Gamora finally embraced Nebula as a sister and she slowly holds her back for a second before storming off to wage crazy blue cyberbabe war against Thanos alone! I loved every single back and forth between the blunt and thoughtless as hell Drax, and the sweet delicate Mantis, the ditsy alien girl with empathetic powers. David Bautista and Pom Klementieff's polar opposite characters played off each other perfectly and their funny and cute interactions were a real highlight for me. When Kurt Russell as "Ego" first appeared I was a bit miffed and taken aback, as I was well aware of what Ego is in the comics and this was just a man, and frankly I demanded to see a damn living planet with a face! But it was very cool how they approached the more immense and awesome stuff and gradually built up to that as Mr casual easygoing Ego started to become a little scary as his coldhearted reasons for locating Peter were revealed and he casually let go that he made Peter's mother terminally ill on purpose for his own selfish needs. After that little revelation Ego became nothing but another all-powerful roaring menace to be overcome, and any possibility of anything meaningful between him and Peter was pretty much tossed right out the window, but thankfully the father and son element of the story was addressed another way. It sure was cool though to see Star Lord briefly wield the cosmic power of a..Star Lord!! It was so well written and played out the way that what at first appeared to be the ideal father that Peter thought he'd finally got turned out to be his worst nightmare and the gruff rogue who gave him a harsh upbringing and taught him what he needed to know to survive was the closest thing to a father he'd ever had and he only ever realised it right at the end as Yondu heroically sacrificed himself by giving his oxygen suit. And what an odd unlikely image to end a superhero movie on with Rocket shedding a tear, very far removed indeed from the typical triumphant sunset fist-pump type note that usually ties up these kinds of pictures. It certainly worked though and was very fitting. I felt this was a very good sequel all around and was totally more of the same goodness if you got a kick out of the original's style and wit, it was great to see more of this colourful far out world and it felt the same, only a little bigger in scope and it branched out in interesting directions and expanded its characters and even introduced a few new ones. I was amazed thrilled and definitely entertained by it, it made me laugh a lot , and I just had a fun time watching it, it's one if the best comic book flicks that I've personally seen yet, and I had no hesitation in giving it a well-deserved 8 superpower-generated giant flying rock Pacmans out of 10! We want more!!!