The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Almost everything is awesome about this sequel. Whether you will like this film or not, depends on what kind of movie you are looking for. If you are expecting this one to be just as story driven as the first one, you will be disappointed. But if you're looking for a movie to laugh at, and have meta-references (both at the expense of the movie and the actors in the movie, like in "Teen Titans Go" last year) than you will thoroughly enjoy this film. Not all of the jokes worked, but the ones that did, really landed. The film also had some catchy musical numbers that I was humming the rest of the day. One problem with the film was the inconsistency of the world's rules. It's established early on that this is all happening in the minds of two children, but later in the film, the Lego figures are shown to be sentient. I haven't seen a movie so inconsistent with its rules since 2017's "Boss Baby." I was worried from the trailer that this was going to be SJW male shaming ("So you fought and did all the cool stuff, but the hapless male was still the leader?"), but except for that one line (which I rolled my eyes way back into my head at) it wasn't. If anything, it's calling out Hollywood on the unrealistic body portrayals of action stars in films (i.e. Chris Pratt's other roles, but it's all in good fun), which is somewhat ironic since all Legos have the same body type. But the film did say how movies telling young males the "ideal, cool" way to be is just as harmful as when it happens to young females. Even though the story isn't as strong this time around, it's still hilarious and is definitely worth seeing, if only for the jokes and meta-references. 

Grade: B.    8/10     4/5 stars