An action-adventurous animation movie that continues the story of the first part. The events of this movie occur after five years of peaceful life inside the town. The people find out that they are about to face a deadly threat, Lego Duplo, the invaders that come from the outer space to destroy everything. The heroes have to cooperate together to save the city.
The absurd, existential, creative edge that really defined the first film has been replaced by something a little more ordinary, and far more predictable.
Emmet's journey in the sequel almost mirrors the first film. Almost as if the film had been assembled based on a handy instructional guide, instead of the explosive creativity I'd come to expect.
It's childhood versus adolescence and the chasm created despite having just a couple years of separation colored by the addition of a conditioned gender divide between them.
And while it takes a few beats to rediscover the manic rhythm of the original, about half an hour in, every piece more or less clicks, and I will not apologize for that sentence.
By this point... I think I've had enough of The Lego Movies. These things can only go so far and I think they may have exceeded their natural life span.
