Why The Lego Movie 2 Wasn't Awesome

[@InvaderZim897]

The idea that people were getting tired of the Lego movie’s visual style is quite frustrating when most animated films were sticking to the same CG style at that time anyway.

[@assassin8636]

Well people will have to get used to it

[@barmanitan]

I think it's less people getting tired of it and more it not being groundbreaking in the way the 1st movie was. I think you can say the same thing about Toy Story, part of what made it incredible was that no one had done it before

[@InvaderZim897]

@@barmanitan That's true, but cinema animation has just been saturated with CG in general. Sure, Spiderverse breathed some new life into it but personally I'm more than ready for traditional animation to make a comeback. It's been seen as "obsolete" for too long. I don't even need it to replace CG but if we need animated movies to have more unique styles it would be great if we could get rid of these arbitrary limits.

[@InvaderZim897]

@ichaseiyoutube It would be nice if we could stop acting like hand drawn animation is outdated; it has a lot more potential for stylistic differences. I don’t think anyone ever got tired of it until CG happened and it became like a shiny new toy. Edit: Just realized I already said that in my previous reply but screw it, I can’t say it enough.

[@Onewiththestud]

The new one looks aweful compared to this style

[@ikemeitz5287]

The Lego Batman movie was pretty dang good though!

[@Telepathic_Snail_Overlords]

Best Lego and Batman movie. My daughter and I could not stop laughing.

[@kevin10001]

Even though they used a Kerry Kelly’s robin likeness for dick Greyson cause the hair style color and glasses said it’s not dick Greyson I have no problem with them using her I would have just like it to actually be her not just putting dick Greyson’s name on her Lego likeness

[@brandonscott5544]

THE LEGO MOVIE 2 FLOP,

[@Will_Parker]

Even the Ninjago movie was decent. Lego movie 2 wasn't bad, just not as good as the first imo.

[@corganreeves4297]

Lego Batman is my favorite Batman Movie. It’s actually so funny

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

I was just disappointed with Rex Dangervest and how he was a typical twist villain. Being an alternate future version of Emmet wasn't a bad idea, but the way it was executed was just underwhelming. The fact that both Rex and Emmet were voiced by Chris Pratt made the twist SUPER obvious.

[@conradojavier7547]

Then Lightyear took that Idea, & make the Man behind Emperor Zurg into Oldman Buzz.

[@francunsulo9756]

@@ranoutofgoodusernames8394 dude, that was just a star wars reference, wasn't supposed to be serious

[@ranoutofgoodusernames8394]

@@francunsulo9756 Seriously? I never knew that..... good to know

[@SuperMoviemaster21]

I wouldn’t say that. I always thought it was just a fun double role as a support and direct reference to Chris Pratts overall Hollywood career! :-)

[@francunsulo9756]

@@ranoutofgoodusernames8394 sarcasm? I really can't tell

[@JiffyScooters]

Never saw The Second Part but The Lego Batman movie was so good and it is very sad we’ll never see the sequel. The writers said it was called Lego Superfriends and the focal point of it was Batman and Superman’s relationship with some crazy cameo only Lego can do, so I assume it was Marvel characters but that is only my assumption.

[@woolfmcwolf]

Why didn't they make a sequel? I loved Lego Batman!

[@800Ms-k6n]

@@woolfmcwolf Because Ninjago and Lego Movie 2 flopped at the box office, Warner Bros sold the rights to Universal Pictures for a 5 year deal meaning it ends basically any plans for Lego Batman sequels because as you know Batman is DC, Warner Bros owns DC which means Universal can't continue it

[@woolfmcwolf]

@@800Ms-k6n TIL, thank you Mr. Scorsese

[@Ozzbim]

@@woolfmcwolf they sold the rights to universal, so we might get a third movie

[@KnightEclipser]

@@OzzbimA third movie is, in fact, in development.

[@thesheto8962]

The movie was fine but compared to the first it massively underwhelmed

[@800Ms-k6n]

And it was quite surprising that it was a bit underwhelming knowing that Lord and Miller wrote the screenplay. It had few rewrites from other writers before the studio settle with Lord and Miller's final script which I expected it to be more than this 😢

[@legometaworld2728]

@ScorseseMart1n The script was less than I expect out of Lord and Miller, I agree, but they also wrote Extreme Movie and the story of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, both of which were worse than The LEGO Movie 2, so I guess it’s best to just acknowledge that everyone can mess up but some can also make absolutely amazing films like Lord and Miller have done in other cases.

[@xcyan_lilyx5788]

I can’t remember what happened in the 2nd movie no matter how hard I try

[@800Ms-k6n]

@@xcyan_lilyx5788 I only remember that song titled "Catchy Song" which is definetely as good as "Everything Is Awesome". I mean, it managed to live up to it's title, it was a catchy song lol

[@simplegeometry9475]

I hated catchy song with a passion. Everything is awesome was my favourite song at the time.

[@zeck7775]

I personally think the biggest problem was the plot. In the first movie, you had a clear end goal: Stop Lord Business. This was achieved in a great way in that Emmet makes Lord Business understand that individuality is important, and that everyone should have a chance to make something different from everyone else. The sequal felt lacking in these aspects. The clear end goal (for the beginning) was to stop Queen Whatevra Wannabi. But then the whole brainwashing thing happened, and then suddenly you have this mess where Emmet's actions are different from everyone else's. At the end of the movie we find that Queen Whatevra Wannabi was never the villain. But this fact feels... annoying. The whole movie was spent dramatizing a big battle or something between just Emmet and the Queen. And while that battle still happened between Emmet and Rex, it had close to no buildup, and just felt... anticlimactic.

[@firewarrior8298]

In all honesty, I think that queen whatevr’wanabi should’ve remained as an antagonist alongside Rex, as it would show that BOTH siblings are at fault for their rivalry

[@zeck7775]

@@firewarrior8298 Agreed.

[@adamH.1]

Also the supposedly redeemed President business just fled and went golfing during the apocalypse

[@tree427]

It was a horrible plot twist

[@GuyWithNoNickName]

That’s not really the point of the movie tho. The point (like with first film) wasn’t actually the Lego aspect of the film at all. It was the real world conflict. It came out as a surprise for the climax in the first film, but then once the twist came, it gave the whole film a new meaning. About a creative Son feeling limited by his all-business father, until at the end those walls break down, and the Dad allows his Son to be himself and embrace his imagination, not worrying about perfection, but creativity. Lego Movie 2’s conflict isn’t about Emmet Vs an “evil” Queen. It’s about 2 siblings. A young boy, dealing with growing up and what that means. He doesn’t want to allow vulnerability or colorful stuff into his world, because that’s not “tough” and “manly”, which is characterized in Rex (the version of himself that he thinks he needs to grow up to be) And his conflict with his “annoying” younger sister. To the point where their mother makes them put their toys away because they can’t play nice. To him, his sister’s the bad guy, because she’s causing trouble for his world. But his little sister just wants to play with his big brother, she didn’t want to cause conflict, but the boy didn’t want to allow his sister’s creativity into his world, cause that’s not manly. The Queen originally came from the boy as a gift to the girl, in the beginning of the film. The boy states it can be “whatever you want it to be”, then as he got a bit older, he lost sight of that. The Queen entering his world was the sister trying to remind the boy of what he gave HER. In the end, he realizes that he CAN have vulnerability, he can have other people in his life. Once that happens, that part of himself he thinks he needs to be (Rex) disappears. And his Lego world is no longer dark and brooding and “manly”, like in the beginning, but it’s a mix of his and his sister’s world, and he opens up to the colorful and fun things. The Queen was never the Villain because she represented his sister, who the brother found out was never the villain, and instead it was Rex, who represented the mind state he thought he needed to have. The whole movie is an illustration. If you just view it as an animated adventure movie, maybe it may not seem as exciting or fresh as the first film, which had more of an actual straightforward Lego adventure. Lego 2 was written as more of an allegory.

[@Will_Parker]

I watched both lego movies with my mom in theaters (I was already an adult at the time, we both just thought they looked funny) as well as the lego Batman movie at home. We both loved all 3 and would quote them all the time. She passed away a month ago and now they mean even more to me than ever, flaws and all.

[@Astro_Rohan]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Rip😢

[@legometaworld2728]

I’m sorry for your loss, Rest in Peace

[@6ix_4our]

Sorry for your loss 😔

[@danieldesilva9482]

I'm so sorry for your loss, RIP, and condolences to you

[@dankmoonman6298]

They’re all awesome man, I’m glad you guys got to enjoy them together

[@TheFlashStickman]

Sure the sequel is a bit underwhelming compared to the original, but I don't think by any means it's a bad film. It's still better than many animated family films.

[@800Ms-k6n]

Yeah, at best it's not a bad movie. It's not as bad as The Emoji Movie which if the Lego movies were handled in the wrong way, it could've ended up being The Emoji Movie

[@joevictor53]

I don't think anyone was saying it was a bad film. It just didn't have that same special feeling that the first one did.

[@lonesurvivor8828]

The moral of the story is, movie publishers are stupid, they give people money and freedom to make a passion project hoping it will break even. The movie is released and they discover they have a metaphorical gold mine on their hands. So they limit creative freedom, and all the life/gold quickly drains away, so the sell it to someone else.

[@XDzkivardi]

I think also has to do with the fact that there wasn't much publicity about the film, I mean I didn't find out about this film until years later and I loved the first film and was hoping for a sequel. I finished watching the second full movie exactly two days ago, and I actually loved it more than I expected, because of all those comments that it wasn't as good as the first, of course it's not as good as the first but still exceeded my expectations. I still have a small hope that there will be a third movie in the future, although it is not very likely.

[@800Ms-k6n]

@@hooleepuk4219 Why does it get so much hate? Because it exists

[@FishoD]

It's interresting how some audiences want to see something new (Lego movies got stale), but other audiences want the exact same thing over and over (Fast nad Furious).

[@tymonsulimastalman1727]

Fast nad Furious are a stupid and shallow action series, mainly for viewers who like such films. They know what they will watch. Their taste. There are also people who want to see different approaches, or at least something more than "it's the same movie as before, just about something different." And there are also those who want their intelligence to be respected.

[@yfrit_gg]

​@@tymonsulimastalman1727You pretty much nailed it. There are franchises I enjoy because they are safe, easy fun, something to watch when I'm emotionally overwhelmed and don't want to be processing too much, and then there are franchises which I like because they surprise and inspire me, and leave a lasting impact. The LEGO movies, unfortunately, fall under the latter because they lack the spectacle that would keep me engaged in stupid fun franchises, which isn't a big deal because they make up for it with the story. But then, if they can't quite get the story right...

[@scholartheterminator94]

@@tymonsulimastalman1727SHUT UP IDIOT

[@KgEclispe252]

​​@@tymonsulimastalman1727That doesn't excuse horrible writing. I want a fun movie but also enjoy it's characters and stories instead of bringing characters back from the dead

[@tymonsulimastalman1727]

@@KgEclispe252 Of course. I'm not excusing bad movies, I'm just explaining why people might like them. And I don't like the excessive resurrection of characters either. It's worst if they invalidate the emotional weight of an event by doing so, either to save a plot or as part of a fan-service.

[@ProfDragonite]

I feel like it was a natural evolution of the narrative from the first movies; the movement from parent/child to siblings made a lot of sense. It was less about "the sexes" and more about how siblings learn to relate and paky with each other, which is something not really focused on in modern fiction. It simply suffered from the unfortunate reality of diminishing returns.

[@FreshGarbage0]

It suffered from being mediocre and less imaginative than the first movie.

[@KaminoKatie]

It's nothing more than a mountainload of wasted and lost potential

[@SuperMoviemaster21]

Completely agree! :-) I don’t understand why everyone else doesn’t see the value with this, I actually think I like it overall better and things from pacing and a lot of its ideas than the first one

[@mymocs61]

THIS!! like just really think there was no advertising campaign for it

[@SuperMoviemaster21]

@@KaminoKatie how so? Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean that others do or that you’re necessarily right? Even with its overall reception, How do you know that the majority is not mistaken or misguided either?

[@JustTryingToChillOut]

I think the main problem is the fact that the first lego movie along with the batman movie set the bar way too high. These films felt too good to be true, so when the creators tried to recreate the same magic they weren't able to do so.

[@oldfashionedboots2774]

Tbh, I quite enjoyed the the second Lego movie- I thought it was a really cute way of showing how a little girl would play with her legos- from making them sing and dance and having every character be as likable as possible- I’m not sure why you say it lacked imagination, cause it sure was an imaginative movie to me. Sure it wasn’t perfect by any means, nor was it as good as the original… but it’s a movie that deserves more credit then people give it

[@SonicGamerGirl2006]

Agreed. While it didn't have the same charm as the first film, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part was definitely a pretty good movie in its own right. 😊😁

[@skysiren4113]

One of the biggest problems I had with this film is how they handled Rex Dangervest as a character. Not only is the twist with him actually being Emmet from the future so oblivious that you can't help but groan, but he feels like an excuse to have a twist villian just because it was popular at the time (and even then people were getting sick of it) I think instead they should've had it where he was actually trying to prevent Armamageddon after he lost his friends, thinking the reason why he failed was because he wasn't tough enough so he goes back in time to help Emmet be tough, thinking that will stop Armamageddon. However the way he went at it (choosing violence and not listening to others) only causes Armamageddon to happen again. Its only when he and Emmet realise that you don't need to be tough to be strong and its good to understand both sides is when Rex realises his mistakes and helps Emmet to fix them, ultimately sacrificing his existence in the process

[@KaminoKatie]

The movie could've been a lot better if they had made Armamageddon to be an unavoidable event that the citizens of the Lego universe cannot stop or prevent it no matter how hard they tried

[@gtd5626]

​@@KaminoKatie That'd be such a downer ending.

[@KaminoKatie]

@@gtd5626 The way I'd do it is to make that into a timeloop thanks to Rex who was driven mad by trying to prevent Armamageddon only to fail again and again for lord knows how many times he reset the timeline

[@KaminoKatie]

@PrincessKittymeow-mt4yr Yeah

[@Styrophoamicus]

On the one hand, it's sad that Warner Bros scrapped the franchise (especially after hearing what Chris McKay wanted to do for a sequel). On the other hand, I'm glad we got 4 solid good-to-great range movies.

[@800Ms-k6n]

Yeah that's the thing, I'm glad that the Lego movies at best aren't gigantic product placement movies. In every way, the movies could've been garbage like The Lego Movie but all of them turned out to be a solid movie. I didn't like Ninjago all that much but I still didn't mind watching it

[@Dr.Oofers]

@@800Ms-k6n By “could’ve been garbage”, did you mean to put “The Lego Movie”, and not “The Emoji Movie”?

[@800Ms-k6n]

@@Dr.Oofers You think?

[@bradwhite5884]

I want to know what The Lego Movie Part 3 would be about, I hope it would involve the older sibling or cousin to the human story mix, but yeah

[@WahooMarioIsBack]

And then we got a lego biopic that no one wanted after Universal did nothing to their Lego license

[@Fanchus337]

Didn't know there was a second lego movie tbh

[@thatguymatt5816]

Hahaha same 😂

[@nala6846]

me neither! I was like you mean lego batman or... 😂

[@freedompodcast4518]

Me too

[@AWSVids]

I was gonna post the same comment if no one else did. I HAD NO IDEA THIS MOVIE EXSITED!!! This is like a Mandela effect for me right now. I have no idea how this movie could have come and gone without me ever even hearing about it. I'm pretty tuned into movie news and releases and everything. I wasn't particularly distracted in February 2019 as far as I can remember... I just somehow didn't hear anything about this. Did they market it at all?? I also spend a lot of time on youtube and watch coverage of movie news and reviews and everything... don't remember ever seeing anybody talking about Lego Movie 2. I never saw a trailer. Never seen any of the images from this movie that this video showed. Nothing. Seeing this video's thumbnail was the first time I ever heard anything about it. I was sure it had to have been a direct-to-video release or something... but nope. Theater release and everything. How? How did this pass by me and seemingly everybody in my entire circle of movie fan friends and KZbinrs, etc... ? Seriously like a Mandela Effect.

[@FS64_]

I completely blocked the movie from my memory for like the past 3 years

[@Sjono]

I feel that Across the Spider-Verse would suffered a similar fate if there had been a lot of spin-offs before its release

[@supermegahappy2105]

I doubt anyone else noticed but the bricks you used to write "heart humor and imagination" were all not actual "lego" bricks, they were storage cases shaped like bricks you can tell from the outline

[@frogmouth2]

It could also be said that there was a lot of franchise fatigue and the film fell into a lot of traps that sequels often do like splitting up the main cast.

[@TheLEGOZora]

You hit the nail on the head man. The non-LEGO particles were a huge problem for me. The fact it's clearly a rehash too. First video that was honest about it's faults that I've seen.

[@TheLEGOZora]

Thanks I will!@@Thomperfan

[@TheLEGOZora]

Just finished it. Stupendous editing and a great dissection of the flaws in plot. I would add that all the references that were not already LEGO sets were insulting to LEGO fans, like they didn't get the references in the first movie were to LEGO themes that already existed.@@Thomperfan

[@gtd5626]

I kinda like the fact they kept up with the live action. We know from the first movie it takes place in the real world and since it's not a twist anymore they decided to incorporate more of that.

[@ferntheinkling]

yeah there being a lot of non-lego things made it feel more like the older lego stuff to me. like masters of spinjitzu or the lego lord of the rings video game (as examples). I love those things, but there being real stuff there always bothered me. I think even the lego batman movie had real water instead of lego water like the first movie. kinda sad.

[@redtsar]

It was an ok movie, it seemed to me that they were playing it safe instead of trying something different or risky That's the problem with sequels, they ride out the success of the original knowing that the fanbase will come and watch it regardless

[@Saaren77]

For me it was even better than first one and it is in my top 5 favorite animation movies

[@gemma2547]

I was quite surprised when i found out people didn't like the second Lego movie because it was my favourite of the bunch. I actually cried during the scene of the siblings connecting as me and my own sister failed to connect in a similar way. I understand that it isn't the best film out of all the lego movies but it holds a special place in my heart, as while parents come and go you enter this world with your siblings and you and your siblings are often 2 sides of the same coin, simmarly to Rex and Emmet.

[@bluesfier7758]

I would also add that they didn't utilize all the great characters that were more of a focus in the first movie. Unikitty, Benny, Batman, and many others were barely in it. Instead they focused on Rex and he didn't do anything to make the story great. Also this lack of focus on other characters lead to the Lego sets to not sell very well since they all had the same three characters in them.

[@randomclouds4404]

I actually loved The Lego Movie 2 way more than the first one. The message is better in the first but the pacing is a bit too fast-paced for me, the second is more manageable and the sequel's message managed to resonate more with me.

[@maxkingjoe5460]

well two times opposite to me especially they change to ruined characters too much and make zero scenes

[@Damian-cilr2]

For me its the opposite,the first is fast paced but its not too fast where i don't understand wtf's going on,but the second movie's pacing is so slower,i got bored after 10 minutes...

[@BlackShadow01-05]

Yk I think the biggest issue was that it lost the soul the first and Batman even had the LEGO movies I feel should be unexpected in what they do. I didn’t expect the first to be so good and I didn’t expect Batman to be such a great adaptation that understood Batman and his work while also being a celebration of WB

[@knuclear200x]

I couldn't share lego with my sister neither. We'd keep ruining each other's mocs and constantly bogart pieces until one of us grew out of it. The way they resolved it wasn't really any better

[@gtd5626]

I love how throughout the movie the lego characters fight and argue the way the kids would. Metalbeard: "Fire the lazer canon!" Shoots Duplo: "I eat lazers" Metalbeard: "That's impossible!" Batman throws boomerang and it hits duplo Duplo: "You missed me" Batman: "No I did not" General Sweet Mayhem: "You attacked us!" Wyldstyle: "No, you started it!" GeneralSweetMayhem: "No, *you* stared it!" General Sweet Mayhem: "Well I asked you first" Wyldstyle: "Well, I asked you second" General Sweet Mayhem: "Real mature" When shooting Wyldstyle with her sticker gun General Sweet Mayhem: "Well I expected your expecting our expecting. 😂😂😂

[@Makocat]

I liked some moments in it. Some of the musical moments and a couple designs that they turned into actual sets but yeah it's not as good.

[@kUHASZ]

There are 2 simple reasons why I really don't like this movie: 1. it was advertised as a post-apocalyptic movie with really cool atmosphere and sick character designs, that's what 90% of the trailers and posters show, but in the movie they abandoned it all after first 10 minutes. 2. All the side characters got kidnapped and were absent from the adventure, and they were my favorite part of the first movie. I wouldn't say that they were super important there but at least everyone got their moments to shine and they stayed together all the time. Also Lord Business just dipped at the start of the movie and had no purpose in the story.

[@gtd5626]

Lord Business leaving was supposed to represent the Dad staying out of Finn and Biancas fighting.

[@sammartina8574]

Regardless of how most people felt, I fell completely in love with this movie when I saw it in the cinema. It was awesome for me.

[@valdirberbert9361]

Although I love the LEGO Batman Movie I think WB should have put more though into not what but who made the first movie so good, imaginative people like Lord and Miller, you can feel the passion behind each scene of the movie, it had humour that surprised you, a plot that moved fast, jokes that aren't so in your face you wanna die and characters that even tho fall into some stereotypes, aren't two dimensional, I hope we can someday watch Emmet again, because he is not ironically my favorite character of all time

[@matthias720]

In my opinion, the first movie was an 11 out of 10. The second, was a respectable 8 out of 10. Nothing earth shattering, but still fantastic. I own both and watch them at least twice a year. They're fun.

[@lisashaw2263]

I dont understand people saying Queen Whatevra being a twist hero. We all knew she wasnt evil from the start.

[@JamesTDG]

Additionally, they forgot to include builder vision. That was an amazing piece of vfx that was in the first film, but the 2nd one seems to have forgotten that element

[@AchtungEnglander]

Also you said it right from the beginning, 4 films in 5 years. Franchise fatigue is a real thing.

[@scaper8]

I think you're largely on the right track, but I would say real-world events also played a part. There was a _massive_ cold snap ocer much of the United States during opening weekend. I remember I made a point of going because I loved the first and wanted to be there (loved the movie, by the way) and it was near zero on the Fahrenheit scale.

[@KaminoKatie]

The cold snap didn't happen in the rest of the world

[@scaper8]

@KaminoKatie True, yes; but a large U.S. opening is still considered important for a "successful" release. As stated in the video, even as it was, it was quite successful in making a profit. It was just the precession in so far as whether the studio wanted to make more.

[@LuisFlores-ne6nt]

I kinda didn’t like how everyone was treating emmet in the second movie like if they completely forgot he was a master builder

[@WallThrow]

Oh you woke up and chose WAR. It's super rewatchable thanks to the music. The end credits are INSANELY GOOD. My fave end credits of all time thanks to a STELLAR Lonely Island song.

[@Devil-Made]

The problem is that studios are so starved for ideas they try to make anything and everything a franchise. This (usually) goes against what made the original work in the first place: it’s originality. When we have a wonderfully created, brilliantly written piece of nostalgic cinema it’s great and fulfilling. When we have multiple pieces of wonderfully created, brilliantly written pieces of nostalgic cinema it becomes the norm, and therefore mundane. It loses its originality by its very existence. When everything is special, nothing is special.

[@KnightEclipser]

You think sequels are inherently bad as a concept?

[@linatwoones]

Watched it quite a while ago but I remember liking it cause I have an older bro, and the idea of the younger sister just trying to follow and connect with her brother (in this case through Lego) resonates pretty deeply with me. When we were growing older and he was entering teenagehood and getting more distant, there were so many times where I’d thought something so similar to “I just want you to play with me”

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

I didn’t like how they basically made the Lego Batman movie pointless as Batman ends up alone again, without his adopted son or Barbara, and it’s just him and Alfred once again.

[@ferntheinkling]

Right? and he even acknowledges the movie and says he's alone again because "that's what the fans want." As a fan, WHO ARE THESE FANS?!

[@k3vinkTown2765]

the lego movie 2 wasn’t a bad movie, it just didn’t live up to the expectations left behind the first movie. all of that aside, i highly recommend a watch.

[@JRS06]

It was good. I don't think I've watched it as much in comparison to the first Lego Movie, but that was my introduction to Lego in general. The sequel has many great things about it.

[@giodhuha6771]

Watch WB do the same with Barbie and Mattel franchises later.

[@alysssabear]

Oh God please no

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

i did and still do think it got more hate or bad reviews than it deserved, but i also see why its disappointing, and would be curious to see what the original version would've been like, sometimes taking chances are scary and don't pan out, but studio's don't like that, they're too scared

[@pabloherranz1795]

Do you want to see a positive review? If you speak Spanish, I'd recommend the one from the channel Javierinator3000.

[@amethystclouds]

If they had changed the "twist villain" it would have been better. Spiderverse has Miles as Prowler in the sequel but it is believeable. Everything in the movie leads up to it. The way they introduced Rex Dangervest was underwhelming. If it was the main plot point, not the dystopia(real teen behaviour), not the other universe("who expected that"), not the "wedding" (how could batman simply fall), not anything else, just that and that itself then could have made more sense for the movie's plot point. Apart from that I think the movie was great. The incorparation of non-lego materials disappointed me tho.

[@Everrettime]

The only problem I had with the sequel was the lack of screen time for Unikitty, Benny, Metalbeard, and Vitruvius. I love them.

[@RenaissanceGirl]

I honestly thought that Benny at least would have more screentime since the movie was set in freaking space! Of course that didn't happen. And I checked. Benny actually has less time in the sequel than he did in the first movie. Which frustrates me to no end since he's one of my favorite characters.

[@neonice]

Imo the stopmotion style kept being super cool and enjoyable throughout all the movies

[@dreamphoenix000]

Tbh I looooved Lego Batman. I’ll get downvoted to hell but it’s my fav depiction of Bruce on screen.

[@gtd5626]

Imo the 2nd one had more relatable messages and themes. I remember being young and like Bianca wanting to play with my older sibling, but they wouldn't let me because they, like Finn, thought I would ruin everything. Then I got a younger sibling, and I became Finn as they wanted to play with me, and I wouldn't let them because they wouldn't play the way I wanted to. I highly recommend watching the cinemawins video on how great it is.

[@jarooe9658]

Anyone else here remembering how much of a different world 2019 was or is it just me?

[@TheDiamondCore]

Apart from Rex (he really shouldn’t have been a future version of Emmet and his own character entirely) this movie was really good in my opinion, it isn’t as “awesome” as the first by any means, but it still has that same charm that most Lego movies have (except the ninjago movie, that movie can rot into lost media for all I care)

[@phabiorules]

I disagree. I feel like Rex is supposed to represent the brother’s teenage self where his interests become edgier, while Emmet is supposed to represent his inner child. It’s why Emmet stayed the same despite everything else becoming more gritty in the post apocalyptic world. Having them be separate characters could have worked, but it fits better having them be the same character thematically as a major theme is childhood interests vs adolescent interests.

[@KaminoKatie]

@@phabiorules I feel like they should've instead pull a Psychonauts 2 by having Rex's redemption be a metaphor for Finn reconciling with his past and present selves and accepting that they're both equally important to who he is as a person

[@ssemergencyworld7362]

I loved that it was a musical. I still listen to the soundtrack often

[@santiagolopez3909]

Me too. That made it better.

[@Damian-cilr2]

I don't really like musicals Makes me understand more why i don't like this movie.

[@ferntheinkling]

literally!

[@gablit-gt8kk]

Movies must not end on a cliffhanger if the cliffhanger is important to the sequel

[@Ghost_GamerGD]

The first one had so much joy and happiness and the second one littarally destroyed "everything is awsome"

[@saber2802]

I wanna see a medieval epic but lego.

[@frankstone8930]

I still liked the 2nd movie. But really impressive that Warner pulled off train wrecking the Snyder verse AND the Lego verse just at the same time in the same style 😂😂😂

[@skaionex]

I love this movie and think people are just getting intents wrong. People hated the twist villain but it was more about the opposite. How the "evil" group that was built to be suspicious was actually good and wanted genuine peace. The coming of age/playing with siblings story was great and was a good next step. I feel like it just gets hated too much when its just as good as the first. Not everything needs to be super bold and new every single time.

[@Hollowed_Trinity]

im EXTREMELY happy that the lego movie in general is still talked about to this day, its just peak. i recently 100% completed the lego movie videogame

[@jacobquestionmark]

I felt that the lego movie 2 released to late compared to the first movie

[@jessicaliew4735]

I’m also a Vancouver knitter and enjoy how you highlight local yarns and fibre fun in your videos. Like many, I learned to knit from my grandmother. I knit off and on over the years, but found the love again over COVID and haven’t looked back.

[@Electdome2454]

what they should've done [in my opinion and yes, I am 8 months late but who cares] -made the Duplo just be there for the whole movie as like the villain -added a new character that Emmet has to teach, but he's really bad at it -more of its lively feeling that the first movie had

[@3dsfan2002]

Yeah, especially since the aliens were barely the main focus and the friends figures were, who werent even giants to scare off the citizens and Rex should of traveled back to 2014 to stop his friends from starting this mess

[@tommycochran1019]

It basically ruined everything Lego Batman just did and basically force pairing Batman with an insanely annoying character that basically hijacks the whole movie.

[@blue_ig1]

Not gonna lie, I enjoy The Ninjago Movie more than this

[@Saturno-h2m]

im flabbergasted about how so little people understand the real plot of the movie

[@Saturno-h2m]

@ichaseiyoutube i watched thr first movie when i was like 12 and i didnt get it, i watched it recently again high asf and i was mind blown

[@alexoxo1]

I don’t know how to explain it but the Lego movie felt like a movie about legos. Lego movie 2 feels like a movie about emmet and Lucy and Rex and random characters.

[@Legomoviefan2008]

I am a huge Lego movie fan. I watched it everyday from almost an entire month. I was so excited for the sequel. No one would ever realised how disappointed I was when I watched it as an 11 year old. I ended up getting obsessed with Blu and jewel but after that I just feel depressed think about the Lego movie 2.

[@kasztanowiec1782]

0:42 you say its already 10 years, damn i feel old

[@1darksoul786]

The problem was the stupid songs, and that forced romance between Batman and the Lady Brick

[@gtd5626]

The songs were great.

[@Atraira]

i legit had no idea there was a sequel

[@chimbloanimation9242]

Damn executives you should just let the filmmakers make do not interfere

[@IDrawSometimes_]

The lesson in the first movie was essentially "be creative, don't follow the instructions", Yet the second one failed to learn that lesson

[@legometaworld2728]

At the beginning, the text reading “business” on the wall briefly reflects rainbow colors from the Duplo teleportation beam before reverting about a second later. This is a reference to businesses pretending to support the LGBTQIA+ community by changing their logo to rainbow colors during Pride Month, only to revert the logo as soon as the month ends.

[@ShellySwirl]

I loved this movie and the whole sibling relationship thing... But I do agree the first one is WAY better..

[@fandomcentralstation]

Not to mention the fact that it spat in the face of Batman’s character development from The Lego Batman Movie. That’s the part that turned me off to it the most. You write an entire romcom about Batman and Joker, and Batman learning to open up and find a new family, then you immediately reset him to brooding loner and hook him up with someone else? Ew.

[@SBMBMPSPPS69]

One of the things that pissed me off the most with The LEGO Movie 2 and The LEGO NINJAGO Movie, was how much they break the character's models. The first LEGO movie would do it from time to time but it feels like that LM2 and LNM would've benefited more from being animated like the the NINJAGO series or Chima, with how much the later 2 movies lose the charm of "Characters only having the range of LEGO Minifigures."

[@ratsandmice1612]

Wait, people hated this movie?

[@Luc42]

I feel like The LEGO Movie Part II was basically a slightly different (yet not different enough) rehash of the first LEGO Movie

[@Nathidraws]

Now I wanna see what the Lego movie 2 would have been if they didn't change the script

[@Stinkoman87]

Sometimes, you just catch lighting in a bottle, and you create something incredible that you can't really match with follow ups. I would put Ghostbusters and Men in Black in this category, and probably the Lego Movie as well (excluding the Lego Batman movie, because although that doesn't feel as much like a Lego movie to me, it was an incredible batman movie).

[@Pokaroquai]

I didn't know there's a second Lego movie

[@GingyPreston]

At least the everything’s not awesome song was really good

[@EliRetroVHS642]

What I hate most about it is Lucy's character assassination she tries to change Emmet? I thought Lucy learned in the first movie that your talented just the way you are, You know special as you are And Lucy accepted Emmet because of who he was heck even told him her real name and then tries to change him? That was completely out of character for Lucy enough grounds to claim it as non-canon

[@3dsfan2002]

And then there are the citizens and master builders being complete jerks towards Emmett despite him saving the world in the first movie, this whole being tough thing is really stupid because the citizens and the master builders are the real monsters

[@RenaissanceGirl]

You literally put everything I struggled to describe into words! It bothered me a lot. Then the twist with her hair... I don't know... It just didn't feel right to me personally... Not to mention how the rest of his friends acted toward Emmet too. Out of all the main cast, I didn't expect Unikitty and Benny to act that way toward him as well. They have perkiness that practically rivals Emmet's.

[@ferntheinkling]

I agree with this 100%. My biggest gripe against this movie is her characterization. I loved most other aspects of it, but ughhh... why....

[@GoodwillWright]

Honestly, for me, I liked the second movie more. The only thing the first movie had going for me was that it was "novel". But the plot was fairly predictable and I didn't particularly connect with any of the themes. Not saying it's a bad film, but for me, it was just a film. I can't say the 2nd film is much better, if at all in those departments, but I found it more entertaining if nothing else. Had a bit more stuff going on in it. Didn't really care for the twist villain but I did like the bait and switch with that Queen whatever her name was. It's like the Sing movies. I much more enjoyed the second one than the first one. The first one just felt like watching Got Talent or Idol but with animals. At least the 2nd one had some much better set pieces and amazing animation and design to elevate above it. Of course, when I say I liked something more, I'm not saying it is better.

[@theNEWguy102]

For me was the songs, the 1st was something even an adult could enjoy but the 2nd felt like a straight up children's film

[@cordyceps7531]

the second part felt so lacking. Glad no one remembers it

[@MadMax-ii8gq]

Yeah the first was a beautiful creative masterpiece that I still haven't forgotten. The second was pretty forgettable.

[@lalaland2107]

Lego Movie was from 2014?!? I thought it was from 2009 😂

[@amauryantoine418]

6:29 none of these can be considered a good movie

[@nathanstafford8412]

I cannot believe the Lego Movie 2 came out 4 years ago

[@randomencounter9359]

Man. Frozen 2, Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4 being brought up with the words “highest grossing animated films of all time” really shows the dystopian society we live in.

[@themarvelanddcmarshlands]

Not surprising that Warner Bros ended up being the issue

[@thisguy4505]

In the first one we were rooting for the Lego characters and their struggles. In the second one, they were just.. there.. reciting their catch phrases and making puns. The heart was gone.

[@jdogmcfly1712]

Lucy's hair wasn't actually black, and that my friends is the biggest sin this sequal gave us.

[@Su_tarman6-Bio]

The original The Lego®️ Movie was better than The Lego®️ Movie 2:The Second Part.

[@pi-taki8053]

5:00 why does he look like a GTA cutscene?🤨

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Before the LEGO Movie 2 came out I was hyped, and when I did see it I loved it as much as Emmet Brickowski did. Looking back, I’m now starting to doubt if the movie was truly awesome, which is something Rex Dangerfest would felt.

[@iamartist1796]

What are the captions💀

[@fisheyefilms2512]

Have you forgotten? ''Everything is awesome!''

[@stevewhite8178]

I honestly didn’t even know there was a sequel

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

A lego movie without imagination is like earth without the atmosphere. Everything dies on the inside.

[@dimwarlock]

I never connected with the Lego Movie, in my eyes, it became a tale about cosmic horror and lack of freedom when they showed that humans had the last word over the imaginative worlds, which made me depressed over the reality of animation and videogame studios. Lego Batman was it's own world, just animated diferent than any Batman content I've ever wathed, so that's the good one for me.