I liked it, and am proud to have liked it...

Rating: 8/10 (4 September 2017)

One reviewer said they went 180 degrees on this one, and I agree...
While the first installment was literally a big screen comic book, with lots of action and very little story line, Volume 2 showed Guardians with a soul, plain and simple. There was still a fair amount of over the top action, but now we also see the characters for who they are as well, frail humans and aliens (and Racoon and Baby Tree), with fears and real feelings. So, I really do understand all the negative comments...I wouldn't expect die hard comic book fans to feel any other way. But I fall into another category, one that expects a movie to first and foremost entertain me with a story...which this one does...
Sure, it is much slower moving than the original, and that is certainly a shock. But it redeems itself by showing the characters to be something more than comic book heroes...and for that consideration I gave it a solid 8...so there !!