Character driven and fresh

Rating: 8/10 (29 April 2017)

It is one of the better Marvel movies, certainly the most emotional. It's a breath of fresh air for it to not have anything to do with Infinity Stones, Thanos, or Hydra. It's just about chilling with the Guardians and going with them on their adventures.
It didn't feel like the jokes were overdone like people said. And the criticism that the villain was weak was unwarranted because The Sovereign were not supposed to be all that powerful, they were supposed to comedic. The real villain was Ego.
Story-wise, it was the best of the Marvel movies. It really WAS about "The Guardians Of The Galaxy". Volume 1 is about what they are, Volume 2 is about WHO they are. And I might even say it has the best camera work of the Marvel movies.
It is a very character driven movie. An analogy I can think of is that is you like the last 2 Hunger Games movies better than the previous ones, then you'll like Volume 2.