Standard Issue Superhero Movie

Rating: 5/10 (20 May 2017)

Spoilers probably.
Weak plot, dialog and character interaction. Useless expendable villains. No lasting risk to the characters; no emotional investment in the story. Pushes the absent father/super awesome replacement daddy thing too hard and too far. Contrived tears on screen and in the theater. I'd rather be mortal than a godlike omnipotent force humans ftw trope. Product placement made me gag. Too many pop culture references. Possibly more than Deadpool, if that's possible which it may not be but probably is in this case. Career bad guy immortalized as a good guy for doing one good thing. Metaphor for death bed conversion? Not sure but it was lame. If your sister is a homicidal maniac that tries to kill you it's perfectly okay to forgive her when the plot requires it. OverDaxilized Drax. Nothing is subtle in this film. Everything is delivered with a sledgehammer. "oooohhh" "aaaaahhhh" "oooowwww" from the audience every time Groot lite did anything remotely cute. (barfs in popcorn box)
Overall? Meh. Not bad, not great. There are worse ways to waste $20. GotG2 is just another by the numbers superhero flick. It's fine if you like CGI out the wazoo.
The only character that really captured my attention was Nebula. She was fairly well developed. We understand the origin of her rage, what she felt she lost because of her circumstances and what she plans to do about it. The spin off/sequel set up is heavy handed but the actress played her very well with the exception of one dialog snippet which wasn't well executed.
Just another day at the office for everyone else.
+1 star for the legendary Hasselhoff.
Verdict: wait for the DVD/bluray.