I'm in the minority i guess since I liked this one better than the first.
I'll give the 1st a rewatch but it never clicked with me and i thougt it was just ok and never got the hype over it.
Not saying the sequel is all time great but i'll take it over the 1st one.
Exactly how I feel.

you got me . I'll be honest I'm more interested in Vol 3 Thor and another cap movie than infinity wars . Maybe cause I saw the team up in CW? I'm gonna watch of course but teen groot >>> thanos as a villain . could watch the guardians every year .. they got the same cast chemistry like FF series so they can elevate any story through sheer force of chemistry
that cannot be understated 
. Fun, sometimes witty, sometimes touching, and you can tell James Gunn really has fun with being able to use this particular faction of the Marvel Universe as his own personal sandbox 
most of the movie