Straight to Star Trek V status

Rating: 5/10 (15 May 2017)

I've seen the original movie probably 5 times and really like it. This one has little to do with the first, which is good. However, unlike other franchises where the second movie improves, this goes straight to Star Trek V status IMHO. There are way too many jokes. This may as well be labeled comedy-SciFi. Everyone likes comedies, but the jokes are repetitive and I was wondering when a fart joke was going to show up. The plot/logic is just "poke you in the ribs" annoying. The first scene with the fight. Why? It's almost as if they had a purpose built arena to fight the bad guy with the batteries (which no one explains) there for the taking. The people who hire the Guardians clearly have defensive capabilities and somehow have knowledge of this bad guy coming and don't use them...even though throughout the movie, they are more than willing to.
Ego..Death Star..'nuf said
Lots of questions like why didn't Ego just take Starlord at anytime before his mother died. Ego clearly indicates that Starlord is very important to his plans.
And then there's Yondu's arrow. This is clearly 100x more powerful than the entire Guardians' arsenal. Him and Peter's ascent into space was exactly like Peter's and Gamora's in the first movie, yet....
Why does Ego have to sleep?
The whole time, during any shoot out, you'll be wondering when it will end because no one can hit anyone else. If they do get hit and crash. No big deal, they'll just bounce right back and repair it.
Little Groot is suppose to be cute and they over do that too...but that will get the kids into the movie.
Anyway, If you've seen Star Trek V, then you'll get the references when you watch this movie.