- Jan 6, 2015
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Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2018)
The first was awesome (pun intended) and I really wondered how they'd pull together a second one. Rather than stick to the same lego world this one sought to break through to a somewhat alternate reality where some of their characters had gone, and our hero sought to save them. For adults, we could see the alternate reality and how it was coming into play, but it wasn't overbearing. The move overall struck me as trying to play itself out as a kids film, and at the same time as an adult level film (there were A LOT of references to catch if you were looking), but it felt like it tried too hard to operate on two levels at once rather than focus and deliver a solid overall film. There were a lot of moments where old tropes where revived from the first film, which was enjoyable and at the same time helping you transition to the current film with the old connection to the characters. All in all, it felt like something was missing while they were trying to provide twice what you expected. Good film for kids and adults of all ages. If the first was a 9, this falls to 8 or 8.5, so still worth watching.
The first was awesome (pun intended) and I really wondered how they'd pull together a second one. Rather than stick to the same lego world this one sought to break through to a somewhat alternate reality where some of their characters had gone, and our hero sought to save them. For adults, we could see the alternate reality and how it was coming into play, but it wasn't overbearing. The move overall struck me as trying to play itself out as a kids film, and at the same time as an adult level film (there were A LOT of references to catch if you were looking), but it felt like it tried too hard to operate on two levels at once rather than focus and deliver a solid overall film. There were a lot of moments where old tropes where revived from the first film, which was enjoyable and at the same time helping you transition to the current film with the old connection to the characters. All in all, it felt like something was missing while they were trying to provide twice what you expected. Good film for kids and adults of all ages. If the first was a 9, this falls to 8 or 8.5, so still worth watching.