For sure. I loved the whole concept of prefacing Quill's father so much and the payoff being so satisfying (playing catch, being taught about the universal stuff). But there was also something off about him, even in the first scene something was a little weird. Just beautifully done.

After Doctor Strange's creative climax, watching two Celestials just have a dumb fist fight was a huge letdown.

I don't think anyone over the age of 16 would have fallen for the ploy that Ego was beneficent, and I don't think we were supposed to. But that's the point, about halfway through, where this subversion of tropes begins to end: everything starts embracing the tropes. Gamora/Nebula fight it out and become sisters; Rocket and Yondu argue and both accept they've buried emotional feelings under a facade of masculinity; Peter accepts his new family...okay, but we've seen all of that. Where's the turn? Oh, that's really as deep as we're going...didn't the movie just tell me these tropes are supposed to be a setup for actual character development? It feels like the writers set up a big ball of loose ends that they intended to leave frayed for comedic purposes -- why would we need it to end perfectly? -- but were compelled to do otherwise by Marvel standards.

And wow, that climax. With Peter having even a marginal grasp of being part-Celestial, I was expecting so much more than a glorified fistfight and a bomb killing one of the most powerful beings in the universe. Don't get me wrong, I think Ego was a fantastic villain for the MCU, and there were points in the fight that they tried going back to subversion (Rocket asking for tape and teaming up with Yondu, namely) but compared to recent Marvel works it's below par. Also, remember that I did really like the movie, and I think it's one of the best in the MCU. I tend to concentrate on the negatives during discourse, because nobody really needs to be told what the film did right. The problems weren't systemic, but the third act could have been much better.

- Baby Groot dance scene in the beginning went on far longer than it should have. Seeing this at the very beginning worried me to how the rest of the movie would turn out but thankfully Groot wasn't annoying or had anything similar to this anywhere else in the movie.

- The Gold people were useless and all of their scenes were dumb and really lame. them having a fleet that is piloted like a video game I thought was a cool concept but when you start to hear the arcadey sound effects it was just stupid.

- I really enjoyed how everyone in the squad all had their shining moments as well and none of them felt out of place.I think the best one was the encounter when Nebula finds Gamora on Ego's planet and they talk about their past for a little bit after they fight, good character development right there. Made you feel kinda bad for Nebula too for what Thanos has put her through. Drax and Rocket had great moments too, and Drax's dialogue throughout the whole movie was hilarious.

- Kurt Russell and Chris Pratt's chemistry in this movie was perfect. Kurt Russel really sold the dad role in this too cause he's just awesome.

- Last but not least, Yondu for me stole the whole f'n show. I wasn't expecting him to die because he was so cool and had badass moments.