With
the first LEGO movie out of the way it's time to do a review of sequel. I wasn't
be able to watch this film on the first day as we intended to. which was
February 14. I watched this film on the last day with the last screening time with
my sister in a theater with only the two of us.
That
was like very late at night compared to when I usually watch these movies. Just
me and my sister in the theater that I can probably lay down and occupy five
seats if I wanted to. It felt like a private screening and the two of us are
the only ones in the theater. Kind of fun...and creepy...and really, really cold.
The
Lego Movie 2: the Second Part takes place five years after the events of the
first film and Emetts world of LEGO is now being invaded by Duplo Dolls making
for a sort of Mad Max inspired set up as Duplo seem to have this affinity to
wreck things than build them as most Lego's do. Even going to some extent to
kidnap some of Emetts friends forcing him to go on this rescue mission of
sorts.
The
plot was far better than the first in some ways but tend to be all over the
place by the end of the film as some plot holes aren't fully explained mostly
the things involving a certain Dangervest Lego person. If the first film took a
page from Toy Story this one took more than a few pages as there are
similarities to this and that film in more ways than one.
The
visuals are still good although the Duplo dolls aren't as appealing to me as
the minifigs do but Ill throw that off as Im not being the target market for
these things. The mini dolls looks nice and I kind of wished we got more of the
hero side of both minifig and Lego. I mean would it kill the film if we saw a Harley
Quinn minifig and mini doll kicking butt together for a few minutes. They are
technically still both DC properties right?
With
Disney now owning Starwars we didn't get much Starwars cameo in this film which
is sad since most of the scenes do happen in this space interplanetary Lego
setting. Wildstyle does make a nice nod to a certain Rey with her goggles as we
see in the trailers. Also the human scenes in the film are much better acted
and done. They don't feel wooden anymore.
Sadly
a lot of the jokes didn't land and that banana joke was two joke too many. Also
I feel the songs are far longer than it should be. This movie has an item that
is specifically named "A Convenient plot device" even if that is a joke
that's just lazy writing I think. And yet surprisingly I laughed at that scene more
than I should.
So
is this a bad film? No. is it better than the first? Not really. This movie has
stuff that wasn't present in the first like a more deeper emotional story yet
it lacks all the fun and excitement the first movie had since most of the best
characters didn't have enough time to shine. Personally I'd love to see more of
bad cop for starters.
This
movie take stabs at Starwars, DC, Marvel and even other movies more than the
first film whenever it can without crossing the line. It did took me a while to
get that the Raptor trainer and galaxy defending occupation backstory is a stab
at Chris Pratt being in Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World. Also if I
start looking for Sweet Mayhem mini doll at toy stores later I can always blame
this film on it.
Overall
the Lego Movie 2: The Second Part has its good and bad parts. Surprisingly the
good parts are enough for me to ignore a lot of the bad ones. This movie has more
feels and has a better plot twist than the first one although it went all over
the place near the end of the third act. Still if you enjoy the first Lego film
you will definitely enjoy this one.
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