It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
“How do you continue a great movie?” was the question me and a friend of mine posed while walking after school finished (although we were talking about Interstellar that moment…).
But that was the question I always had whenever I thought about The LEGO Movie 2:The Second Part.
Because,now that you made a unique movie that is a giant ad for LEGO at the same time,you surely want to churn out a franchise out of it. And,after the likes of Batman and Ninjago,I could say I was on board with the LEGO Franchise (Almost). And now that we have a follow-up to one of the greatest Animated Movies of All-Time,the question will finally be answered.
And yes. Hell yeah,it's really good (nowhere near the first one's qualities),although there’s something that’ll keep bugging me whenever I’ll think of this movie. I just can't stop thinking about what happened in the writing room. Not about who has the upper hand on Creative Freedom,but on the enjoyment factor. This is a script that,while it takes the audience with big respect,is surrounded by a Virus,of an .exe quality. Something I’d like to call the “MikMitchell.exe” virus. Picture it this way. Phil Lord and Chris Miller are having a blast writing the script that is fun,exciting,full of plot twists and heartwarming to an extent,but then,when Mike Mitchell (sadly,the director of this movie) comes in and checks the script,he becomes the evil and serious professor that says “NO! THIS PART SUCKS” or “Just put in a musical number here so the kids will still be awake”,”I don’t want a cohesive story,you dumb imbeciles. When I say ‘Throw in a fart joke or a vomit joke’ are you simpletons?!?” (There’s a world that made me think of Suburbicon,but a Musical that would literally make Mike Mitchell happy). Think of it as a Creative Civil War. A great and intelligent script that is still surrounded by sheer stupidity. Emmet is trying to make the world awesome again,Lucy and the rest want their world to be dark and bleak in this Mad Max-styled city called Apocalypseburg,Queen Whatevra Wa’Nabi (a character that shifts to whatever form or figure she wants) wants to get married with Batman,all of it sprinkled with a message about playing differently with your kids,boys or girls,it doesn’t matter. And then,throw in a vomiting star,or a character that says the A word at the end of the movie because remember,it’s directed by the same guy who directed Trolls (and the upcoming TROLLS WORLD TOUR. AREN’T YOU EXCITED?!?) . Big potential realized for half of the movie. Man,do I want to punch Mitchell in the face just for that…
That’s not to say it’s a mixed bag. The Animation is,once again,great,and I love everytime Queen Whatevra Wa’Nabi moves. Mark Mothersbaugh’s score got a big improvement from the first movie,with the themes now being fully orchestral rather than a 50/50 between orchestra and techno vibes. The musical bits were great,but unnecessary,And Chris Pratt playing two characters that with different motifs was infinitely better than Steve Carell playing two characters in Despicable Me 3 (God,that was insufferable).
And again,the script was meddling at times,but nothing...too distracting or baffling. And there’s enough material in here that will entertain both kids and adults. Nowhere near as great as the first one,but still fun to watch. If anything,it gave me a big sense of hope after The LEGO Ninjago Movie gave me a sense of death for the Franchise.
