I will see you in the stars

Rating: 9/10 (2 August 2017)

The Guardians are back in a brand new movie that is almost as good as the first movie. The characters we know are still the ones we love plus ones that we look more into or are new that earn our smiles.
Starting with the Guardians, they work pretty well together, even though they still bicker and fight, they still know they need each other, as Drax said, they're family. This movie introduced a new Guardian, Mantis, who is a great addition that brings cute innocence, amusing powers and a great bond with the rest of the team, especially Drax. We also expanded on a few other characters that debuted in the first movie. We looked more into Nebula and how her childhood was under Thanos. It's very disheartening and I can understand her cold demeanor and sort of hatred towards Gamora. Gamora saying that she just wanted to survive, with Nebula countering by saying that she wanted a sister was well done and sort of heartbreaking. I really want her to join with the Guardians and I also sort of want her to be the one to deliver the killing blow to Thanos. Another character we focused on is Yondu, who has great scenes with both Rocket and Quill, as we come to realize why he kept Quill as he loved him like a son. His (SPOILERS) tragic death at the end of the movie, just after being announced a Guardian, was beautiful as he tells Quill that he was his real father, not the person he found. Kraglin also had more to do in this movie as he was more than just Yondu's right hand. It looks like he might be joining the Guardians or lead another faction of the Ravagers, so could be fun.
The villain in this movie proves to be one of the greater villains in the MCU as Ego, Quill's dad, played by the outstanding Kurt Russell. He delivers on every level with humor, evil plan, emotional scenes, abilities and strong defeat.
The action and effects of this movie is awesome too. Couple of examples of this are Yondu, Rocket, Kraglin and Baby Groot's escape from the Ravager ship with incredible background music and awesome shots of Yondu's arrow in action. For visual effects, Ego's planet looks completely surreal and gorgeous.
The soundtrack is just as great as the first film. It also helps people bond like Yondu and Rocket, and Ego and Quill.
The humor in this movie was actually sort of hit and miss in this movie, which is disappointing, given that it was so strong in the first film. For example, in my opinion, the "Taserface" joke was dragged out for such a long time and just lost all juice. Another joke that didn't really deliver was Nebula eating an unripened fruit. It was mentioned so many times before the scene came along that when it did happen, it was just easily expected.
Still though, this movie is awesome and a complete joy to watch. And did I mention how absolutely adorable Baby Groot is?
+ Guardians return, with great new ones, including those already introduced in the first movie + Tremendous Villain + Balanced humorous, action and emotional scenes + Soundtrack + Baby Groot! - Humor missed a bit too much
Final Score: 9.1/10