Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Even More Guarding and Galaxy-ing

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2017)

I recently watched this movie and I must say that I really enjoyed it. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a comic book movie, so if you're not into that, this movie probably isn't for you. However, if you want to see a movie but you don't know what you want to watch, I'd recommend this one. It's a movie that I think anyone can enjoy. Especially normies.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, as the name suggests, takes place in space and on various alien planets. The movie takes place in the present day, however nothing is the same. They have space battles and alien life forms and stuff, so it never really feels like present day. The story is that the Guardians, specifically Rocket Raccoon, stole some valuable batteries from the Sovereign, so they are after the Guardians. Along the way, they find a man who claims to be Star-Lord's father named Ego the Living Planet. Yes, he's literally an entire planet. Anyways, they enter Ego, (that sounds inappropriate, but he is the planet, so what else can I say?) and *POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT* find out he's a bad guy so the Guardians must rescue Star-Lord and destroy Ego before he destroys the galaxy. I thought Dave Bautista as Drax almost stole the whole show. They gave Drax a lot more lines in this movie. He also laughed in excess in this movie. I thought all of the cast did well, nobody was really lacking. Although Sylvester Stallone's Starhawk, the leader of the Ravagers, was kind of a pointless cameo so I hope they didn't shell out too much cash to get him.
What I liked about this movie was the humor was mostly good, the CGI was spectacular, and the characters were enjoyable. Everyone got at least a minute in the spotlight, and it was enjoyable throughout for that reason. The only character I thoroughly disliked was Baby Groot. Some of his bits were funny, but it was obvious he is just a marketing ploy dragged in for the women and children moviegoers, and it made his character not enjoyable for me. Another thing I disliked about the movie was the length. It felt like I was sitting through two movies. I have never had to leave the theater to use the restroom as far as I can remember, but during this movie I left twice. Still, I enjoyed the film and had fun watching it. I was really impressed by the scene where they were going through the asteroid field with the Sovereign chasing them right after they stole the batteries. The CGI in that scene was well done, and I liked the little bits of humor sprinkled in, like the Sovereign were piloting their ships like they were playing a video game.
This film is a film for everybody, really. Unless space movies aren't your thing, or team movies aren't your thing, I think you'll enjoy the movie should you decide to go see it. Even if you do hate the genres this film is classified as, I still think you might enjoy it. It's well made, has a fantastic cast, and a good sense of humor. It's rated PG- 13, so you can take your kids to see it, but be careful, as this movie does have some inappropriate-for-kids segments in it. Overall, I think the movie was well worth the ticket price. If I was a regular moviegoer, I'd probably watch this one multiple times. If I had to give it a rating out of 5, I'd give it a solid 4.5 out of 5. Not a perfect movie, Baby Groot was a low point and kind of dragged the movie down, but other than that it's a great film that I enjoyed very much.