The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

[Blitzkrieg]

 

[Abudefduf]

I'm starting to get excited for this. Hopefully there are no human characters this time around...

 

[samsnee]

I’m curious if it detours into the real world again. Feel like you can only really pull that trick once and have it work.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

'The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part': Film Review

Even if you were to factor in the uphill challenge of replicating that giddy blast of inventiveness that was the 2014 original — and, to a somewhat diminished extent, the 2017 Lego Batman spinoff — The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part can’t help but feel like a flimsy, unlicensed knockoff.

Replaying many of the visual gags that worked so amusingly before, the latest edition proves every bit as repetitive and uninspired as its glib title, bringing little that’s fresh or funny to the interlocking brick table despite boasting a script penned by originators Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

Film Review: ‘The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part’

Still, the message part of “The Second Part” comes off somewhat affected, most likely because the team is more focused on trying to be funny. When it comes to finding this movie’s emotional center, the creators quite literally try to reverse-engineer its heart from a handful of multicolored bricks. That gag works, but the rest feels like a calculated move to teach audiences new ways to appreciate the product in what amounts to a really entertaining feature-length commercial.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I'm starting to get excited for this. Hopefully there are no human characters this time around...

I’m curious if it detours into the real world again. Feel like you can only really pull that trick once and have it work.

I only glanced at a few tweets from folks who were at the screening today and yes, they have said that there are human characters in this. I mean the story is about two siblings fighting over toys so the animated stuff would hafta segue into the real world to make sense.

 

[smallville fan]

What's the likely Rotten Tomatoes outcome?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

What's the likely Rotten Tomatoes outcome?

I'm seeing lots of 'not as good as the original but it's still a fun movie' reactions so reviewers are very likely to give the movie a thumbs up based on that.

Right nao it's at 91% after 23 reviews. I think the percentage score will drop down to the 80s (might even go down to high 70s) but the movie will remain certified fresh.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[The Shape]

Dillon Francis making a song for a Lego movie. Didn't see that coming.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[jnmx2000]

I’m curious if it detours into the real world again. Feel like you can only really pull that trick once and have it work.

If you really want to know without being to spoilery

Spoiler: spoiler

There's quite a few references and shots of the kids playing with legos as stuff is happening, they lean into the meta that it's kids playing with toys quite a bit in this one

still, to me I liked this more than the first one but I wasn't that high on the first one but this one I was sold on from the time the movie started.

 

[terry78]

probably hitting this today.

 

[Kane52630]

I loved it. It's almost as good as the first one.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Looked at the early BO estimates for the weekend and this is off to a very poor start. It missed tracking by a lot and it's also coming in way behind the original and it's also far behind Lego Batman's OW.

WB are great at marketing their stuff but they've failed this franchise. The spin-offs diluted the appeal for a direct sequel and this one should have come out a year ago, maybe even earlier to strike the iron while it was still hot. Sad to see a promising franchise go down like this.

 

[Abudefduf]

Unpopular opinion (maybe) but the humans are what ruined this franchise. It's hard while watching these movies to forget that everything that is happening isn't real and it's just a kid playing. The twist may have made the first movie better, but it also seems to have killed most people's interest in its sequels.

 

[TheVileOne]

The humans ruin this film for me as well. Nowhere near as good as the original. Not as funny as LEGO Batman movie.

Not sure we needed to wait five years for this.

 

[TheVileOne]

Unpopular opinion (maybe) but the humans are what ruined this franchise. It's hard while watching these movies to forget that everything that is happening isn't real and it's just a kid playing. The twist may have made the first movie better, but it also seems to have killed most people's interest in its sequels.

The human stuff was my least favorite part about the first movie and just grinded everything to a halt.

I think the idea is that it's kids at play and their imaginations unfolding is well stated enough without the live action segments.

 

[Dave McFly]

That damn song is stuck inside my head, thanks Warner Brothers!

 

[Mysteryman]

So the problem with the film is that it has too many actual people?

 

[a user]

Not as good as the first one nor The Lego Batman Movie, but I still loved it. I hope it does well, and I sure don't want The Lego Batman Movie 2 to be cancelled.

 

[aliakrep]

The LEGO® Movie 2 - 18 TV Spots

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[Abudefduf]

So the problem with the film is that it has too many actual people?

I mean... it's a valid criticism. It's the LEGO movie, after all.

 

[samsnee]

Tiffany Hadish is wearing thin on me. She’s the same act in every movie.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Tiffany Hadish is wearing thin on me. She’s the same act in every movie.

You ain't the only one samsnee. She is pretty much the female equivalent of Kevin Hart now, because she plays the same obnoxious, loud character in every movie. When I saw her pop in the trailers for this I automatically checked out of this movie completely. Granted I wasn't the biggest fan of this franchise to begin with.

 

[TheVileOne]

So the problem with the film is that it has too many actual people?

It's not the only problem. I found the message to be really puerile and preachy.

Weekend Box Office Results for February 8-10, 2019 - Box Office Mojo

$34 million. Half the opening of the original. This is embarrassing. Why did they wait five years to make this movie? They should've done this BEFORE Batman and Ninjago.