The Lego Movie 2: Movie Review
Oh..my...Gosh. Emmet is back! If you don't know who the hell is Emmet then you need to log on to some online streaming service- Netflix, Amazon Prime or YouTube or whatever to watch 'The Lego Movie' which came out in 2014 and was a block-buster success *wink wink*. This, in case you didn't figure it out, is the sequel. And it's pretty awesome.
The storyline builds from where the first movie ended and as it references to the real-world kids who build with Lego to make the story, the theme moves along with their age. The main master-builder human is now in his early teens and going through his brooding phase while his little sister has now grown up a bit too. As any sibling would tell me or you, there are always fights for the toys.
Emmet (Chris Pratt) and the gang now live in a Mad Max inspired Apocalypseburg where everything is not awesome and everyone is thinking of how tough and bleak life is with the main crew adopting the theme too. Except for him. He's still his usual happy, sweet, caring and optimistic self. But, for his super special buddy Lucy (Elizabeth Banks), isn't grown up enough. However, even in Apocalypseberg, things are going pretty well. Emmet does share a nightmare he had about the end of their world with everything being banished to the Bin of Storahge after the Armamageddon. It doesn't help when their world is visited by a new champion warrior from Planet Duplo (the Lego-verse built by the younger sister) who kidnaps all the toughest members - Batman (Will Arnett), Lucy, Benny the Spaceman (Charlie Day), Metal Beard (Nick Offerman) and Unikitty (Alison Brie). Emmet gets left behind for having no toughness at all. They are all taken through "The Stairgate"(Emmet's Lego-verse is in the basement).
What follows is Emmet's journey to rescue his friends and to prove that he can be grown up and tough. Simultaneously, the gang is taken to meet the leader in the sister's Lego-verse — Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi (Tiffany Haddish) who really seems to be an evil character while claiming to totally not be evil at all and "brainwashes" the crew with happy pop music, glitter and candy. The Queen has her own set of supporting characters too which offer sufficient banter but it is Emmet's adventure buddy - Rex Dangervest (also Chris Pratt) who really appeals to the boys in the audience.
The Lego Movie 2 is peppered with real-world movie references such as Batman movies and the different actors who've played him including the Batman lego movie, Chris Pratt's different roles in his slew of successful franchises and the Marvel Cineverse as well. It is packed with jokes for everyone - adults, teens and young'uns and that's what makes the movie noteworthy. For the underlying moral message, without giving the spoilers, touches upon that stage in life when we realise that everything is not awesome. But it doesn't need to be, not all the time and that "not bad" works pretty well without having to give in to hopelessness or negativity.
Credit to the director Mike Mitchell and the writers Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Matthew Fogal for keeping it true to the spirit of the Lego films and a well-appreciated balance of drama and comedy.
Overall, I had a good time and laughed a lot throughout The Lego Movie 2. I'd rate it a solid 8 out of 10 ice cream cones. Also, do stay for the credits and enjoy the lyrics and many of the original songs in this film are written by the legend Jon Lajoie (who wrote Everyday Normal Guy). Thanks for checking out my review, hope you enjoyed reading it and feel free to subscribe to The Sane Lunatic to get updated about my latest content. Cheers!
Side note:- For theater references, if you're thinking of watching this movie at the Carnival Cineplex in the Great India Place mall Noida, do not bother with the refreshments as they are not worth the price or tasty. Also, the staff is mainly impolite or quite honestly not literate enough to operate the cash register. Just go, watch and eat outside.
The storyline builds from where the first movie ended and as it references to the real-world kids who build with Lego to make the story, the theme moves along with their age. The main master-builder human is now in his early teens and going through his brooding phase while his little sister has now grown up a bit too. As any sibling would tell me or you, there are always fights for the toys.
Emmet (Chris Pratt) and the gang now live in a Mad Max inspired Apocalypseburg where everything is not awesome and everyone is thinking of how tough and bleak life is with the main crew adopting the theme too. Except for him. He's still his usual happy, sweet, caring and optimistic self. But, for his super special buddy Lucy (Elizabeth Banks), isn't grown up enough. However, even in Apocalypseberg, things are going pretty well. Emmet does share a nightmare he had about the end of their world with everything being banished to the Bin of Storahge after the Armamageddon. It doesn't help when their world is visited by a new champion warrior from Planet Duplo (the Lego-verse built by the younger sister) who kidnaps all the toughest members - Batman (Will Arnett), Lucy, Benny the Spaceman (Charlie Day), Metal Beard (Nick Offerman) and Unikitty (Alison Brie). Emmet gets left behind for having no toughness at all. They are all taken through "The Stairgate"(Emmet's Lego-verse is in the basement).
What follows is Emmet's journey to rescue his friends and to prove that he can be grown up and tough. Simultaneously, the gang is taken to meet the leader in the sister's Lego-verse — Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi (Tiffany Haddish) who really seems to be an evil character while claiming to totally not be evil at all and "brainwashes" the crew with happy pop music, glitter and candy. The Queen has her own set of supporting characters too which offer sufficient banter but it is Emmet's adventure buddy - Rex Dangervest (also Chris Pratt) who really appeals to the boys in the audience.
The Lego Movie 2 is peppered with real-world movie references such as Batman movies and the different actors who've played him including the Batman lego movie, Chris Pratt's different roles in his slew of successful franchises and the Marvel Cineverse as well. It is packed with jokes for everyone - adults, teens and young'uns and that's what makes the movie noteworthy. For the underlying moral message, without giving the spoilers, touches upon that stage in life when we realise that everything is not awesome. But it doesn't need to be, not all the time and that "not bad" works pretty well without having to give in to hopelessness or negativity.
Credit to the director Mike Mitchell and the writers Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Matthew Fogal for keeping it true to the spirit of the Lego films and a well-appreciated balance of drama and comedy.
Overall, I had a good time and laughed a lot throughout The Lego Movie 2. I'd rate it a solid 8 out of 10 ice cream cones. Also, do stay for the credits and enjoy the lyrics and many of the original songs in this film are written by the legend Jon Lajoie (who wrote Everyday Normal Guy). Thanks for checking out my review, hope you enjoyed reading it and feel free to subscribe to The Sane Lunatic to get updated about my latest content. Cheers!
Side note:- For theater references, if you're thinking of watching this movie at the Carnival Cineplex in the Great India Place mall Noida, do not bother with the refreshments as they are not worth the price or tasty. Also, the staff is mainly impolite or quite honestly not literate enough to operate the cash register. Just go, watch and eat outside.
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