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The Lego Movie 2

What I liked: The pop culture references were, as always, very funny. I particularly liked how Bruce Willis kept popping up all over the place and the compilation of all known time machines. The hot teen vampires and annoying Pop music were also good additions. The angsty post-apocalyptic world was spot on parody, if a bit much for an hour and a half. The Duplo invasion was cute and I could relate with small enthusiastic well meaning destroyers of beautiful creations. Glitter based brain washing makes a lot of sense. Glitter gets everywhere and never never never can you get rid of it. I liked the credits animation.

What I didn't: I agree with Lucy, "You guys are terrible communicators." There is a whole song about why Batman is not the best. Not cool Lego, not cool. I didn't like how much we got pulled back to the real world. I promise that anyone who has ever encountered Legos knows that they are actually not sentient animated toys. And I promise that with names like SiStar System, Mompocalypse, and Storage, we can definitely figure out what is going on in the real world without having to zip back there for an explanation. I also feel like by making cleaning up toys so ... well apocalyptic... will have the unfortumate side effect of making it even harder to convince small people to pick up their Legos.

Who should watch this? People who don't have small children to tell them long incoherent stories with Legos. People who wish their small children told slightly more coherent Lego stories. People who want to experience less than completely coherent Lego stories without having to pick up Legos.

Would I watch it again? I'd watch some one minute clips on YouTube.
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