Ugh!!! AWFUL!!!

Rating: 1/10 (23 February 2020)

Writer: "Hey, I have a lot of jokes, but don't know what to do with all of them." Producer: "Let's write all the jokes down and turn them into a movie." Writer: "Great, but what's the plot?" Producer: "Who cares, just add loads of CGI to the jokes; it'll work."
This was seemingly the mentality behind 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'. My word, what an awful movie!! The humor was so effective and funny in the first film, but here it is overbearing and so slapstick that only Americans will find it funny. This film is so thickly layered with humor and CGI that there was not an inch of seriousness or reality to the entire film. The feuding sisters, Gamora and Nebula, were so incredibly annoying and laughable that it was cringe worthy. I mean, honestly...!!
'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' proves one should never add too many ingredients to a recipe that works well. This was just overdone on every level. The action scenes were cartoonish, the visual effects looks like it was done in a hurry, the use of CGI is so heavy, at times I thought I was watching an animated film or a computer game. A LOT of time was spent on unnecessary silly moments, so much so that I often reached for the remote control to skip past these awful scenes.
There's also so much inconsistency in the film and the premise is preposterous, to say the least. There was nothing interesting about any of the characters. And why were there scenes when Drax all of a sudden had piercing blue eyes, while most of the times they were yellow-ish. They were never blue in the first film. Speaking of Drax, he was the only character I liked in the film, and only Dave Bautista made the film worth watching. I didn't consider Peter Quill a hero in this film, Rocket was more annoying than funny, and Halle Berry lookalike Gamora with her avocado facial mud mask was same old, same old. At least Baby Groot was adorable.
As much as I enjoyed the first film, I absolutely loathed this one. Nothing here felt or looked real. I couldn't wait for this to end!
Would I watch it again? No! No-no-no-no ugh, no!