Review of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) by Ozayrica — 08 Feb 2019

I guess it didn't have the surprise factor the first movie did. It is full of clichés which it often sends up but in a similar manner each time and plus, this doesn't exactly excuse this. It was OK until the beginning of the third act in which it tries far too hard to tie the fake world to reality and in the process breaking the illusion and creating a lot of confusing plot holes and breaking the rules of its universe.

There are still a good number of decent jokes but they are all very similar. Also, I love Richard Ayoade but voice acting is not his calling, and the same with Tiffany Haddish, who is for some bizarre reason in literally everything.

Oh, and the songs are pretty rubbish. They tried too hard to make another "Everything is Awesome". Too much of the humour consists of different levels of being meta, also adding to the confusion of the movie.

I was underwhelmed, and the third act was far too drawn out. The vast majority of real life scenes should've been cut entirely, the number in the first movie was great. The cinematography in the live action scenes was pretty pisspoor but probably because it is an animation studio, which is why I think there are too many of these.

It does have redeeming features though and the humour keeps it afloat. I still think this far it has been overrated.