Is everything Awesome five years after the invasion of the Duplo on Taco Tuesday, well now we find out, in the long awaited sequel to the 2014 animated delight
Since we last saw our heroes, Bricksburg has now become Apocalpseberg a Mad Max desert land, as the citezens and master builders prepare for the next attack by destructive Duplo creatures. While Wildstyle (Elizabeth Banks) and the group toughen themselves for combat, the only optimistic master builder left is Emmet (Chris Pratt) who hopes to live a more peaceful life, but is however haunted by a dreaded premonition. When the mysterious General Mayhem (Stephanie Beatriz) arrives to kidnap Emmet's friends and take them to the Systar system, Emmet is determined to toughen up and rescue his friends, with the help of Rex Dangervest (also voiced by Pratt) to show him the ropes.
For a beloved fan of the first LEGO Movie, I was apprehensive whether the sequel would be able pull of the same grandeur that the first film did so well. It's with great joy that I can say that The LEGO Movie 2 surpasses all expectations, and becomes another unexpected treat for the family. It's been a really long time since I found myself smiling so much in the cinema, and for a long rainy week this really is the best cure out there at the moment.
For the most part of the LEGO Movie 2, you are taken across galaxies and wonderous worlds, ad sure it may be quite confusing, but the beauty is that you just go with it. The LEGO Movie 2 does takes us on another poignant story happening in the real world, and manages to implement another moving truth on growing up, and rivalry. Although not necessarily as strong as the first film it's again surprising for the turns that the film takes. At times it feels quite complicated and messy but really it's on relatively stable route, and I think there is real genius to admired in the story.
It's really all made up in the voice cast, with some even more exceptional new voices, featuring a hilarious voice appearance by Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade. Seeing our beloved master builders of Will Arnett's self-obsessed Batman getting caught in a strange engagement and Alison Brie's Princess Unikitty whose's stuck in a constant rage return is just a pleasure. But as soon as Vandervest enters the screen, Pratt's energetic adventurer chews up all the dialogue in hilarious fashion.
One of the amusing or annoying aspects of the film, for you to decide is the more eccentric soundtrack. "Oh no, are we in a musical?" Wildstyle utters. Of course if you thought Everything is Awesome was an annoyingly catchy song, well prepare yourselves for an entire sequence of the characters singing a song exclaiming "This song's gonna get stuck inside your head". But in a childish glee, this reduced me to tears.
It's very rare for me to laugh out loud in the cinema but the LEGO Movie 2's laugh score is so high you barley have any breathing space. Jokes about Bruce Willies, Vampire trousers, CPDs (Convenient Plot Devises) the pop culture references that never stop coming.
One of the better strengths of the film is that there is more lasting time to enjoy the colourful bricked universe of the Lego world, instead of the fast paced brick smashing action cut with the attitude of Michael Bay film.
With constant laughs and beautiful visuals coming all back, the LEGO Movie 2 is an exuberant party not to be missed. Although on wilder grounds than before, you can't help but be overcome by the sheer enjoyment had. This movie is gonna get stuck inside you head.
Since we last saw our heroes, Bricksburg has now become Apocalpseberg a Mad Max desert land, as the citezens and master builders prepare for the next attack by destructive Duplo creatures. While Wildstyle (Elizabeth Banks) and the group toughen themselves for combat, the only optimistic master builder left is Emmet (Chris Pratt) who hopes to live a more peaceful life, but is however haunted by a dreaded premonition. When the mysterious General Mayhem (Stephanie Beatriz) arrives to kidnap Emmet's friends and take them to the Systar system, Emmet is determined to toughen up and rescue his friends, with the help of Rex Dangervest (also voiced by Pratt) to show him the ropes.
For a beloved fan of the first LEGO Movie, I was apprehensive whether the sequel would be able pull of the same grandeur that the first film did so well. It's with great joy that I can say that The LEGO Movie 2 surpasses all expectations, and becomes another unexpected treat for the family. It's been a really long time since I found myself smiling so much in the cinema, and for a long rainy week this really is the best cure out there at the moment.
For the most part of the LEGO Movie 2, you are taken across galaxies and wonderous worlds, ad sure it may be quite confusing, but the beauty is that you just go with it. The LEGO Movie 2 does takes us on another poignant story happening in the real world, and manages to implement another moving truth on growing up, and rivalry. Although not necessarily as strong as the first film it's again surprising for the turns that the film takes. At times it feels quite complicated and messy but really it's on relatively stable route, and I think there is real genius to admired in the story.
It's really all made up in the voice cast, with some even more exceptional new voices, featuring a hilarious voice appearance by Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade. Seeing our beloved master builders of Will Arnett's self-obsessed Batman getting caught in a strange engagement and Alison Brie's Princess Unikitty whose's stuck in a constant rage return is just a pleasure. But as soon as Vandervest enters the screen, Pratt's energetic adventurer chews up all the dialogue in hilarious fashion.
One of the amusing or annoying aspects of the film, for you to decide is the more eccentric soundtrack. "Oh no, are we in a musical?" Wildstyle utters. Of course if you thought Everything is Awesome was an annoyingly catchy song, well prepare yourselves for an entire sequence of the characters singing a song exclaiming "This song's gonna get stuck inside your head". But in a childish glee, this reduced me to tears.
It's very rare for me to laugh out loud in the cinema but the LEGO Movie 2's laugh score is so high you barley have any breathing space. Jokes about Bruce Willies, Vampire trousers, CPDs (Convenient Plot Devises) the pop culture references that never stop coming.
One of the better strengths of the film is that there is more lasting time to enjoy the colourful bricked universe of the Lego world, instead of the fast paced brick smashing action cut with the attitude of Michael Bay film.
With constant laughs and beautiful visuals coming all back, the LEGO Movie 2 is an exuberant party not to be missed. Although on wilder grounds than before, you can't help but be overcome by the sheer enjoyment had. This movie is gonna get stuck inside you head.