Reminds me of a line from C.S. Lewis, which I will paraphrase: "When I am an adult, I will drop childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
Rex references this famous quote from 1 Corinthians 13:11 "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things." by telling Emmet in his villain monologue "It's time to put away childish things." But this verse from the Bible is not nearly as well-known as C.S. Lewis' addition to it, which nicely sums up the theme of the film. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
The one thing I love about this movie, was the return of the cat naming gag. But, the reason I love that when Emmet calls Jeff last, he frowns and glares at that cat. There's a story there. Something happened between Emmet and that one cat in-between movies that caused his feelings towards this cat to go from indifference to dislike of it.
On the latin american version is basically a refrence to Riley's Predictable Nightmare from inside out movie. "Im your worst nightmare" "You're me, when im late to school, forgot my homework and pants?"
I personally really liked rex he was really a perfect example of how it feels when you get to your teenage years for a guy "ya I don't need nobody destruction is awesome!" It was a light hearted edgelord that got a fair amount of laughs from me That said the real life scenes got kinda weird
When I saw this movie, it was on a Friday night in downtown Manhattan, and somewhat unsurprisingly the theater was mostly comprised of people in their 20s and 30s. With everything that's been going on in the world lately that makes it feel like the end times, especially for young people, I can't help but think we were exactly the sort people who needed this movie's message right now.
THANK YOU. I'm so tired of seeing videos that disliked this movie or react to it as 'meh' - mainly because that whole "you're growing up, you can't like this thing you enjoy anymore" was my ENTIRE secondary school experience. So it really spoke to me. The film is Finn's coming of age story, dealing with how he's going to choose to grow up. Rex is the way that it seems you have to grow up; angry, cynical, 'alone', being 'edgy' and hurting others because of it - while seeming on the surface to be the 'right' way and the 'best' way because of how "cool" you look. It's Lucy and Emmett that represent how to grow up maturely, and they have to arrive at that point by their experiences with each other and their experiences with other people. Rolling with the punches when things seem bad, not allowing it to destroy the hope inside you and working with others instead of seeing them as those you have to compete against in the 'real world' to get ahead. So yeah, this film really resonated with me on a personal level.
PredictedCyborg it somewhat reminds me of Toy Story 3 But it explores the topic of the owner growing up much differently I wish edgelords could watch this movie and learn this lesson
I really hope it's not the last Lego movie because of the weaker box office. I love this series but I think we won't see these characters again because their story seems pretty done. I know there's that "billion brick race" in development but we'll see what happens.
The exploration of maturity is critical to the Lego Movie to be sure but I think there are many other themes in this film that both expand upon maturity and sometimes go off in their own direction. I thought I might as well discuss them here if that's alright. First off there is a huge emphasis on family, specifically the relationship between an older and younger sibling. How the older sibling inspires the younger sibling and how the younger sibling is often seen as annoying but all they want to do is play. This is useful in comparing the more "mature" older brother to the younger sister but it also stands well enough alone as an exploration of sibling relationship (with a bit of maternal forces with the mom). There was also a theme of creation/creativity vs destruction. Emmet was the creator but Rex was the destroyer. All Rex did in the movie was break things and he tried to get Emmet to be the same way. The only time Rex did build anything it was the time machine and even he destroyed already existing time machines. Rex lacked creativity. He represents the death of imagination we teenagers sometimes experience. Another theme is the power of friendship. Rex never had his friends so he became hard, cold, and heartless. But Emmet did not because he remembered heard his friends singing. Emmet kept his heart open instead of closing it off, that is what the entire final speech was about. Don't let yourself become so single-minded and closed off to the world. There are amazing and caring people out there who love you who will make you a better person. Let's not forget some themes of feminism vs masculinity. This is not touched on too much but many of the sister's toys were lego dolls and General Mayham had that speech about how Wildstyle was really the hero and Emmet took all the credit. That speech was wrong and it ignored critical details but I think that was the point. It was a commentary on how somethings can be twisted into a case study on gender relations/sexism when it's not really applicable. It's like "girl power" or "boys rule" taking to the extreme. Let's also not forget that the queen was named "what ever I wanna be". Sure she represents imagination but it was also about how girls are always told they can be "what ever they want to be". The Lego Movie 2 was placing a mirror up to society and asking us how we treat little girls and educate them in their formative years. It was reflecting on how be teach them about self worth. Are we teaching them the right was? The is left up to interpretation by the viewers. Finally there was a theme of optimism vs cynicism. So many people thing that optimism and naive and childish. They thing the word is a cruel, hard place and the only way to grow up is to make yourself hard like Rex. But the "Everything is Not Awesome" song reconciles optimism with an unkind world. Sure everything is not awesome, but it can be if we keep trying to make it awesome. Don't let harsh reality blind you to all the amazing things you can and should do. We may never achieve perfect awesomeness, but we do our best to reach that ideal if we keep trying. That is what optimism is all about. And all these themes go hand in hand with each other. It really is about adolescence and what maturity means. Because what make us mature? Is it cruelty? Cynicism? Adult activities like alcohol or relationships? Is it independence or being so grown up we no longer relate to kids anymore? These are the questions I think the Lego Movie 2 answers and sparked in many. And that makes it so ironic yet fitting. Legos are toys typically meant for children yet here they are talking about complete themes. It's a paradox of perceived immaturity vs maturity and I think that was the point. The Lego Movie is showing us that you don't have to be gritty, edgy, angry, or pessimistic to be mature. You just have to be you, be "the Special" and never let go of the awesomeness of your childhood. Be an optimist in a pessimist adult world. Don't let the world change you but rather change the world for the better and make everything awesome. :-)
So about the gender thing (I promise, I am not looking for a fight. It is just always a topic of interest for me)... are you sure the scene from the trailer is not applicable? Because the film was following through with the trope of the incredibly capable and powerful and beautiful secondary female character, who still comes second to the male protagonist who helms the film and quite often has a "chosen one" claim. Of course, one could argue that the protagonist often does not have skills based on experience/training to make him more relatable to the audience and the secondary female character is top notch in skill/looks to make them a desirable love interest and to make our primary character look better. Understandable reasons, but the tropes for both character archetypes are still gendered in cinema. So the argument of the scene is still valid, I'd say. (Then again the LEGO Movie went through with the tropes with the first film because it was looking to comment on these very tropes.) Also I did not understand your point about the message of "you can do anything" being an issue of contention as a lesson? What's wrong with teaching girls that? Idk maybe I am just misunderstanding your meaning.
Oh! And I have not seen the sequel yet. I don't know if this is relevant but just thought I should let you know. Your comment is very interesting, so I could not help remarking about it already lol
spoiler alert there's also the concept of staying open for change. In the first movie, the teenage boy wanted things to change for his own gain, so that he could play with his father. but in the second movie, he is overwhelmed by the change that his sister brings along, kind of wanting the things to stay the way they were at the end of the first movie. That's how the boy (aka rex) became the villain of his own story, how he became what he once was fighting against ... and he needed to learn to accept change, even when it does at first glance not benefit him.
After seeing it twice I’ve found it like it better than the first for the same reason my partner likes Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 more than the first one: the feels are deeper and harder hitting.
Bro same. I was so shook after seeing this movie - it genuinely made me emotional at some parts, far more than the first one did, despite the first being great.
I think the first one's themes work better out of shock with the whole live action thing, but this one is definitely saying more. I still loved both but the first one is definitely better for me
The raptor character exists soley for irony's sake to be everything Chris Pratt while also interacting with Chris Pratt. It is a beautiful piece of strange creativity. Yet, if you're looking at him, without this lens, as a simple character, then yes ur point of view is quite valid
A fantastic review and discussion! You expertly summarized the difficult task this sequel had of measuring up to the first not just in terms of quality but more importantly in terms of novelty. Part of the reason so many loved the first Lego movie is because it surprised them. This initial shock of surpassing exceptions made their initial impressions of the movie better and these impression stuck with them. Consequently, expectations are extremely high for all Lego movie sequels and spin-off so people will judge them more harshly regardless of quality. Based on a few reviews I've seen, this is why people are not praising the Lego Movie 2 (and even the Lego Ninjago Movie) as much regardless of their quality. In these critics' minds the sequels are not as good simply because they have not surpassed their absurdly high exceptions even though the Lego Movie 2 is objectively good.
Obi-Wan Kenobi You’re back! And you’ve grown your vocabulary. Though I just have one question. Are you still going on Minecraft videos and screaming about how it’s dead?
Personally this movie was a bit of an emotional sucker punch for me because I was the older sibling who my younger brother seemed to just "annoy". I understood before I watched the movie there growing up doesn't mean leaving or being cruel to the things or people you love, but it really it me in a certain special place.
I have to agree. It hit me in a place where I didn't expect it to hit me. I was where Finn (the older brother) was back when I was 12 and used to think "hey the world isn't awesome stop acting like it" and even though I do retain some of that mindset it's been changed to "its not awesome but we can try to make it better" a lot like how Finn is in the movie.
It felt like a punch in the gut for me. As much as I loved the movie, the theme of the two siblings really reminded me of some stuff I feel guilty about. I used to be just like Finn in terms of not being inclusive with my little sister when I was playing with my brother. We have a better relationship now that we've both grown a bit, but I still feel very upset because I can't help but think how much closer we could have been if I just included her in the games we played
Even though there's a five year age gap between my brother and I, there were very regular times in our childhoods when I felt that he was just copying me (as all children of course copy their elders, be them parents or siblings). In a way, it felt like my interests were being stolen from me at the time, because anything I became interested in, he was soon also interested in. But my thoughts weren't justified, because it wasn't his intention to "steal" my interests, and everyone can be interested in the same thing if they want to be. What really annoyed me (even leading to latent sadness) was that if felt like my brother wasn't being his own person. Even when I was younger (around 14), I knew that I had made serious, fundamental behavioural mistakes in my life that I prayed that my brother didn't copy. For example, my parents particularly called me out for being selfish more times than I like to think, but the truth is that I was a selfish child. I would invite friends to play at my house, and take it very personally, get really upset and even angry, if they were busy / had other plans, to the point of thinking if was "their fault", leading me to lie to myself that they thought I wasn't worthy of their time. I'm a long-time video gamer, and loved to play games with my friends on their consoles when I went round their houses. However, my dad was a PC user, so I never owned a games console because I'd just have to "replace it when a new model comes out" - this wasn't a doctrine; I could see my dad's point, and a PC could be used for my schoolwork as well as play. So one Christmas, I got my own PC in my bedroom (spoiled much, I know). We all know that a PC is "single-player", so it would often end up that my friends would simply _watch_ me playing a game on my PC. And when my parents asked them if they were getting a turn to play? The friend would say that they were just fine watching. My parents obviously didn't believe my friends, but in my mind, there was nothing wrong because my friend had never _said_ that they would rather not just be watching me play. A similar situation is that I _never_ bought anyone (and I mean *no one* in my family) any Christmas presents. And if I gave a birthday present to a family member, my parents would always pay for the gift. But this wasn't because my parents spoiled me, and I wasn't a spoiled brat who _refused_ to give gifts to the people I cared about. It was because my family never asked for anything. It was because was too immature and selfish to even _consider_ that they might actually want a gift, but had the humility and love not to ask for one. I finally learned the lesson by remembering a very kind man at my local church, who sadly passed away very recently. When I was little (about 4 or 5), he used to give me a sweet when I saw him. I didn't even ask - he would just give me a sweet, no catches. Then one day, polite as could be, I asked him for a sweet. And he refused, _because_ I had asked. It took me 10 more years to understand just _why_ he had refused, even though I had thought I was being polite. The sweets were a gift, and as my mother always told me, saying "I want", doesn't get. Or, to put it in the words of Buddha: "Expect nothing. Appreciate everything." Obviously that presents a viewpoint where I should have been more appreciative that my brother wanted to be with me, his big brother, doing the things I liked just to have fun with me. And now the tables are turned. I'm now 22 while he is 17, and he is far more independent than I am now. I'm not kidding. There are days when I rarely see him, and that's fine, because he wants to be his own man (which is really what I always wanted when we were growing up). But I've lost that time when my brother would give his right arm just to spend time with his older sibling, his "role model", and I'll never get that back.
@@themightypancake5695 don't feel bad. It's a normal thing with siblings when they're at a young age. I should know. My older brother wouldn't let me play some of his video games or play them with him and picked on me and my sister constantly. You don't expect brothers and sisters as little kids holding hands singing "kumbayah" all the time without at least pulling some hairs out.
What upset me most about this moving is everyone seeing emmet as not a hero. He literally sacrificed himself, knowing he wouldn’t survive at the time, to save literally everyone else. There’s nothing more heroic then that. The fact the movie completely forgets that making all the characters still see him as useless is upsetting.
Yea he did But that was 5 Years according to the timeline Everything has changed But not Emmet so everyone sees him as a person who is childish and Hasn’t moves on
John Contreras it was more of when General Mayhem (think that’s her name) said Emmett was anything but a hero and everyone agreed. Even if he didn’t mature with everyone else he was still heroic.
That's exactly the point. People expect the hero to have certain traits and when they don't they are forgotten. He is seen as a hero of the past. But time changes
Also, the exchanges between Wyldstyle and General Mayhem with the “You started it” is so god damn good because it directly represents the siblings blaming each other for, well, starting it.
I really do admire Emmett in this movie. There's something about his positive attitude that's just delightful, and that speech he made to Rex at the end honestly made me tear up a little.
@@ScottaHemi440 And where the figures actually look good. Looking at Minecraft, New Toy Story, Incredibles (bit of a stretch), heck, Disney in general.
_"Things can't be awesome all of the time -- It's an unrealistic expectation -- But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try -- To make everything awesome -- In a less idealistic kind of way."_ I finally got to watch this film, loved it as much as the first. But that line was what really got to me and drove home the story's theme, that line is showing true maturity.
Yeah, she was Lego. Her origin makes that pretty clear. It's kinda like how Adolf Hitler was the Fûhrer of Germany even though he was Austrian. Or how Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was a French général de brigade who became the king of Sweden. Or how the lizard people are the Hiss'Qutari of the United States of America.
@@juicyjuicethejuice4451 Yes that's I said she is wrong in everything right 3/10.Honestly this video is the worst ever why I watching this your. Videos are bad
@@juicyjuicethejuice4451 Yeah, I know right? Bernadotte was one of Napoleon's generals. Napoleon was an ally of Sweden, who sorely needed a new king after their old one died of death. Napoleon suggested a Danish royal, but Sweden had a history of losing vital body parts, most prominently heads, when a Dane is on the throne, and so insisted that Napoleon sent one of his best men. Turns out Bernadotte was a staunch republican and opposed the monarchy. Became the king of Sweden all the same in the hopes of further cementing the relationship between two of the, at the time, most powerful nations. The current king of Sweden, Carl Gustaf the Sixteenth, is a direct descendant of Bernadotte and the longest reigning regent in Swedish history, surpassing even the forty-four years of Magnus the Fourth. Really interesting tale. Truth is stranger than fiction and so on.
Rex? Just there?! The whole movie was pretty much emmet hanging out with him!!! But yeah anyways big fan of the LEGO franchise and still thought it was a pretty good sequel and I enjoyed it and did love the deeper mature themes of the movie of growing up being yourself and siblings really made the movie (wonder why yo didn’t review it earlier since you saw it early)
@@serbianslav5494 wow at least make it so people have to press read more you git. People like you are some of the problems why people don't enjoy movies much anymore. Im glad I've seen it. Keep spoiling you evil being.
Wanna know how good the twist was? I might have been spoiled to who the real villain was before I saw the movie, but they had a SECOND twist about the villain’s TRUE identity that ensured that I’d still get blindsided!
HORRIOR's comment is correct. Plus like its predecessor, The LEGO Movie 2 has a memorable story despite what AniMat said about it. And at least it managed to feel more like a sequel than a spin-off. At least with the other THE LEGO Movie films, they should have the right to get away with being like spin-offs because they *are* spin-offs even though so far, that's half of the franchise. It's just that The LEGO Ninjago Movie could've been executed on its own and as a film based on its LEGO Ninjago source material.
In the theater where I saw The LEGO Movie 2, there are reclining chairs, which you recline by pressing a button. When the LEGO movie ended, I noticed that I had been so thoroughly entertained by the movie that I hadn't pushed that button AT ALL. When I saw Creed and First Man, I was playing with that button CONSTANTLY because those movies were just so boring.
As much as I love "Everything is Awesome" "The Catchy Song" is just so goddamn catchy! It says it in the name! It also proved that as long as you have a catchy tune and repeat the same words over and over again, you pretty much got yourself a hit song.
I feel there’s a part of the movie that’s really underrated and I think it’s the Rex subplot. I feel it gets overlooked so much because people aren’t really into the concept of a fun and innocent character becoming edgy and serious which makes sense but I feel they’re giving the wrong kind of criticism for a theme that really isn’t there, cuz when you think about it, Emmet only changes his name and other things that weren’t initially there beforehand but other than that Emmet’s still the same even as Rex. His whole goal in the movie is to go back in time to save his friends by helping himself overcome an obstacle he himself didn’t overcome previously, in doing so it gives him the chance to go further into saving his friends and saving everyone, and even then his goals are still flawed because he didn’t initially know that General Mayhem’s initial goal at the beginning was for peace so his actions are justified because he had good intentions at heart and wasn’t completely aware of what was going on. He didn’t do anything purposefully bad because he knew anything bad, he did what he did because he only knew a certain piece of the whole puzzle and that’s really not on him to blame. I’d also like to point out that his goals were fueled by feelings of abandonment and loneliness that fueled a form of aggression towards General Mayhem and everything that she was apart of because in learnings his friends weren’t going to come back for him he felt it was Mayhem to blame because he took the most important people in his life away out to the farthest reaches of space that he couldn’t reach and upon passing the asteroid field he only felt more hatred for everything else because he only understood his friends were taken away and he wanted to save them, so he made a plan to destroy the Sistar system so that his friends wouldn’t be taken away and things would still be normal. He was still normal ole Emmet because he was too naive to understand his plans would’ve had even worse consequences, so his goals and motivation was a normal trait Emmet would have and how he didn’t know the truth was all the more like emmet because he acted against something he didn’t know was innocent. TL;DR: I think Rex’s story is a really great part of the story because it showcases Emmet’s determination to save what little he still had and his actions were justified because he didn’t know any better, therefore he’s still Emmet just a bit more aggressive and resentful.
I liked rex alot As a teenage boy the rex and emmet story line relatable People telling you what to like and to "be a man" aka being tough It also fits the brother vs sister theme as rex is lonely and fits into the tough guy persona by shutting off others, just like the brother shut off his sister. Emmet possibly represents the part of the brother that still did want to play with his sister but ultimately didn't because she was "too girly" or "too childish" He was a good character imo
The main message I got from this is that there are moments where you have to be serious and tough in situations but you can still be happy and positive about stuff, sort of like a yin yang type of thing and it's one I love and can relate to.
I mean RUclips announced on Twitter a few months ago, that random RUclipsrs would have their thumbnails replaced with random video screenshots, to test something.
Meegakarla 1512 There really wasn’t much notable to talk about in either chapter. I might be doing a general overview of the whole series though to share my thoughts. Thanks for Watching!
I really liked how they made it seem that the colorful side was the bad guy side but when then they just wanted peace and its kinda Emmetts side that was bad because they were stopping world peace That what I felt happened
I actually think the character of Rex was a lot of fun and added to the feels and drama in the second half of the movie. This sequel was really good, pretty close to the first movie. Especially in a time where I find reboots/remakes more entertaining and sequels very lacking * cough* How To Train Your Dragon 3 * cough *
A quote I like, from C.S. Lewis, that pretty much sums up this movie's message: "Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
Rex actually references this wonderful quote when he tells Emmet "It's time to put away childish things." I finally watched this movie last night and omg I loooove it, I really regret not seeing it in theaters (minus the whole pandemic thing)
My favourite song was Whatevra's song. The "ear worm"-one didn't really win me over completely. Seen plenty of people making the claim that it's a "boys versus girls" movie, but you really inserted a nail in your head when you pointed out that it's more about attitudes. Grim or joyful, and how neither is wholly bad nor wholly good, and how neither is an indicator on how mature you are as a person. All combined with some completely normal sibling rivalry. I personally could have done without the meta-narrative for this one, keeping it as a specific plot point for the first movie. I think the overall message would have carried over just fine all the same.
The song, "Catchy Song", is the defintition of a commercial jingle. They don't say the word Lego but you associate the song with Legos so your more likely to buy some Legos after listening to it
After rewatching this movie. I noticed how it showed the boy not wanting to let his younger sister play with his Lego, thinking she would just destroy everything she touches. Then he goes on to build stuff with her. It made me think about how I normally don't let ajy of my younger family member play with my Lego, thinking they're gonna mess something up or lose some pieces, but maybe in the future. I'll play with them
I saw this film last night and I thought it were really good. Some parts were pretty creative too like the shapeshifting queen and just how well they implemented Duplo into the film. And there were a few twists too
*Half-hundredth commenter* Trolls and The LEGO Movie 2 were made by the same director, so talk about a big step-up for that man as an animated film director!!!
But I will admit, that if there's a Trolls song that can give the The LEGO Movie 2 songs a run for their money, it's What U Workin' With along with most of the original Trolls songs.
Ralph breaks the internet made me lose hope in sequels. Aaand after watching The Lego movie the second part, it's back. Also, the music was abundant and incredible. ^-^
If there is a new movie, i hope that it's a spin off with one of the side characters that didn't play a huge part in the story. (Bad cop, Benny, Metalbeard, etc
the conflict of this movie really stuck with me because i related to the little sister. despite being older, i held on to my love of toys longer than i probably should have while my little sister (of a whole 14 months) matured faster than me. i understood the heartbreak of just wanting someone to share fun with only for them to think you're immature
I agree about learning things to be mature and grow up by most kids today and what I do find it so endearing is where both brother and sister fight their own side of being whatever they want to do just became so aggravated. Then for awhile, two kids decided to clean up the mess and now one older kid discover that he was very harsh of what he wanted to take on his side and learn his past that he remembers giving a baby sister a heart and all of the sudden, he really gives a LEGO heart and they both reunite for making a one chance to be connected and they come back to enjoy playing LEGOs. That part alone was the only I mo impact that it works for just being cruelty of wanting to be grow up and learning ways to change something that they can work and stay together as a real family or something. That's a really good thought message. I actually love watching the sequel that it's more super epic LEGO sequel.
One of the best moments for me was WildStyle (Lucy) freaking about her hair. I laughed way to hard at the image of Lucy with a giant thin sharpie carefully lining out which parts of her bright blue hair to leave while staring in a mirror.
You nailed it at 3:15 - 4:00. I do was very surprised that they did not do better at the box office, and I do actually blamed Ninjago for weakening the strength of The Lego Movie brand.
I think my favorite parts are seeing the connections of the reality influence the decisions and dialogue of the lego world. Like in the beginning when they tried being nice, but the duplos attacked. President Business did the most dad-ish thing. Telling them to get along and just assuming they'd fix it and figure it out on their own. When the sister toy (general mayhem specifically) said they looked up to the brother toys. If I could place the movies in whicever order, it'd probably be batman, lego movie 1 then 2, then ninjago, but that's just me.
These are the adjectives to describe The LEGO Movie films and the Super Mario World duology/ROM hacks besides the names of the levels of the Special World!!!
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I never caught on that the reason why Bricksburg is just dull colors was due to the sister taking the colorful pieces. I thought it was just her taking whatever she could take.
Oh, the good old early morning upload. A blessing for Aussies like me, who have to deal with things being uploaded annoyingly early most of the time, and now get to watch a still-warm-out-of-the-oven video at a reasonable hour.
Just saw this today. It was amazing ^_^ I really loved the music and message was very sweet. I also liked that I couldn't figure out right away if Queen Watevra was evil or just very bad at communication.
Probably my favorite detail in this movie was How Unikitty was red and furious, even when she wasn't acting angry. Her rage form was already a highlight of the previous film, but During the Timeskip, it was neat to see how this kawaii hybrid princess toughen up and stay angry in Apocalypseburg.
I personally loved this movie mostly because of how fun and in some cases completely ridiculous it was , although the themes that you mentioned did hit me a quite a bit, and I'd would gladly watch it again sometime in the future. Also disappointed this didn't make as much money compared to the other films, and I wouldn't mind another Lego related movie,,,, but I don't think a Lego Movie 3 would be right since it seems this story arc is finished. *cough cough Toy Story 4* On a side note, Rex is actually my favorite character cause the I really liked the twist w Rex "manipulating" (for lack of a better word) (good guys becoming evil is my favorite trope) Emmet. Overall, a 9.5/10 edit: and yes, the songs were all incredible
Glad somebody mentioned the weather as factor, the first two weeks the movie was out I couldn't even get out of my house to see it because of constant blizzards
The LEGO movie was one of my favorite children movie and then when I head that they were making a sequel I was very excited that I was going to visit new nostalgia and the LEGO movie 2 is I gotta say is the best LEGO movie ever created, outside of clutch powers though.
1:58 Ahaha that's funny cuz the Rex dangervest plot was my favorite part about the movie lol I really liked the queen design and how she moved and transformed but she had no personality in my opinion;;; From what I can remember, all the scenes with the kidnaped characters were kinda full of nothing and bad jokes to me... idk The group of supporting characters was so great on the first film and on this one they are just kinda there, doing nothing interesting... I almost didn't laugh at all on this movie... :( Many jokes felt super flat to me, which is a shame since the first one made me laugh genuinely so many times throughout the whole movie and that's something I didn't experience for a LOOONG time with an animated movie when I first watched so I fell in love with it... The scenes with emmet and lucy were the only ones that kept me engaged with the story (I wish they made a joke about rex still having a weak spot for her even after becoming edgy, that would've been funny fjshdjfksh)
This movie reminds me of my feelings on the two guardians of the galaxy films. Film one is satisfying because it’s more fun and funny. Film two is satisfying because it’s more thematically complex.
Finish the lyrics (and yes I am trying to start a chain comment): Hello friends, my name is Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi Don't worry, I'm totally not one of those EVIL queens
Having a older brother who never let me play with him or play with his toys ((Legos and video games)) this one hit hard, but we never worked around it. So this movie hits me harder than the first one.
I thought it was okay, not nearly as funny but good in other ways. I felt the weakest part of it though was the father. The first movie basically ended with the father and son basically rebuilding their relationship and seemingly getting closer. Yet the dad is treated as a gag in how much he's not around and not doing anything. I can only guess it was because Will Ferrel was either busy, asking for too much money or something to limit his screen time to a few audio clips. But it hurt the narrative imo. Jumping into a 5 year time skip and the brother and sister fighting seemed odd. The actual movie was still fairly good, even if a lot of the characters are barely given any screen time. Just the transition from where the old movie left off and the new one seemed disjointed.
Reminds me of a line from C.S. Lewis, which I will paraphrase: "When I am an adult, I will drop childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
I'm pretty sure Rex was quoting Lewis in the movie. And he intentionally left out the "including" part.
ReasyRandom since he left out the second part, he was technically quoting the Bible.
Rex references this famous quote from 1 Corinthians 13:11
"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things." by telling Emmet in his villain monologue "It's time to put away childish things."
But this verse from the Bible is not nearly as well-known as C.S. Lewis' addition to it, which nicely sums up the theme of the film.
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
The one thing I love about this movie, was the return of the cat naming gag. But, the reason I love that when Emmet calls Jeff last, he frowns and glares at that cat. There's a story there. Something happened between Emmet and that one cat in-between movies that caused his feelings towards this cat to go from indifference to dislike of it.
Snivy Servine Plus, all the other cats get post-apocalyptic punchy names, yet Jeff is still just Jeff.
Snivy Servine it’s cuz the cats name is Jeff
I'll be awaiting the lego movie part 1/2: emmet vs jeff.
but it was better in the first for me
@@kingpablothe1stoverlordoft871 *yes*
"Who Are You?"
"I'm Your Worst Nightmare!"
"You're me, when I'm late to school and I forgot my homework and my pants are made of pudding."
A normal Guy
That’s probably Bianca’s worst nightmare
What no
XD
On the latin american version is basically a refrence to Riley's Predictable Nightmare from inside out movie.
"Im your worst nightmare"
"You're me, when im late to school, forgot my homework and pants?"
The single best thing about the movie:
*”DON’T TOUCH ME WHEN I’M SPACESHIPPING”*
XD
Svetlin Paunov I was more going to say “This is just an expression of the death of imagination in the subconscious of an adolescent.”
Yeah, that also works but I thought I might wanna use something funnier and more positive lol!
"Spaceshipping" should be the official term of shipping Benny and Mayhem.
*INDEED*
*OWW*
'Loving spaceships is my one defining trait!' XD
It's funny but also kinda sad :(
Benny doesn't need to be fleshed out. He's good the way he is.
Benny is the best one dimensional character!
Some characters just need to be one-dimensional to fully enjoy them
Arrash Nick Mazdai come on do not fall for this! Wyldstyle! Havent u heard? Theres no reason at all to be suspicious of heeeerrrrr!!!!!
I personally really liked rex he was really a perfect example of how it feels when you get to your teenage years for a guy "ya I don't need nobody destruction is awesome!" It was a light hearted edgelord that got a fair amount of laughs from me
That said the real life scenes got kinda weird
The real-life scenes are the reason why I refuse to buy sets with Rex in them...
HE’S BACK TO THE FUTURING
@@reasyrandom what do you mean by that?
@@PsychoGunzerker He's literally shown moving on his own.
If he can rebuild his own identity, just imagine what else he could do...
@@reasyrandom He's not Chucky. He was also forgiven at the end. Did you forgive Woody for scarring Sid for life in Toy Story?
"This song's gonna get stuck inside your this song's gonna get stuck inside your this song's gonna get stuck inside your HEEEAAADDD"
It's so catchy, catchy, It's such a catchy song!
Gonna make you happy, happy, don't try to fight it, sing along!
I think that song beats out Spongebob's Musical Doodle
MY BODY IS WORMING!!! I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I COULD DO THAT!!!!!
No u.
kings reverse card
The LEGO movie 2 had one of the weirdest twists of all time
I loved it though. Connected some dots I didn't think they'd connect
@@Grammarhead same
Cool Cole 75 so true it had me lost
I was just, Man.
I'm still confused about it. Was that real or not?
I was more worried that Rex was gonna be competition for Wyldstyle’s affection and I was like DEAR GOSH NO! But it didn’t turn out that way thank God
When I saw this movie, it was on a Friday night in downtown Manhattan, and somewhat unsurprisingly the theater was mostly comprised of people in their 20s and 30s. With everything that's been going on in the world lately that makes it feel like the end times, especially for young people, I can't help but think we were exactly the sort people who needed this movie's message right now.
In my theater, there were mostly kids.
They always laughed when Barnarnar slipped on his own suit.
Not that I'm complaining...
@@reasyrandom
Huh I was in a theatre full of kids and they didn't laugh. At anything. I was the only person laughing. It was disappointing.
@@reasyrandom (not the film I still loved the film)
THANK YOU.
I'm so tired of seeing videos that disliked this movie or react to it as 'meh' - mainly because that whole "you're growing up, you can't like this thing you enjoy anymore" was my ENTIRE secondary school experience. So it really spoke to me. The film is Finn's coming of age story, dealing with how he's going to choose to grow up.
Rex is the way that it seems you have to grow up; angry, cynical, 'alone', being 'edgy' and hurting others because of it - while seeming on the surface to be the 'right' way and the 'best' way because of how "cool" you look. It's Lucy and Emmett that represent how to grow up maturely, and they have to arrive at that point by their experiences with each other and their experiences with other people. Rolling with the punches when things seem bad, not allowing it to destroy the hope inside you and working with others instead of seeing them as those you have to compete against in the 'real world' to get ahead.
So yeah, this film really resonated with me on a personal level.
Your explanation of Finn's choice about how to grow up and why he should grow up with the former decision is F A B U L O U S.
PredictedCyborg same
PredictedCyborg it somewhat reminds me of Toy Story 3
But it explores the topic of the owner growing up much differently
I wish edgelords could watch this movie and learn this lesson
I really hope it's not the last Lego movie because of the weaker box office. I love this series but I think we won't see these characters again because their story seems pretty done. I know there's that "billion brick race" in development but we'll see what happens.
According to that leak that revealed The Funko Movie, we're suppose to get two more Lego movies. That race movie, and a second Lego Batman movie
This is the second movie whose box office has been ruined by Alita: Battle Angel, the first being How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
Well what do you think they could do with a 3rd movie
We'll probably get another Lego Batman and a 3rd Lego Movie
And If batman can get a movie, unikitty can, right?
The exploration of maturity is critical to the Lego Movie to be sure but I think there are many other themes in this film that both expand upon maturity and sometimes go off in their own direction. I thought I might as well discuss them here if that's alright.
First off there is a huge emphasis on family, specifically the relationship between an older and younger sibling. How the older sibling inspires the younger sibling and how the younger sibling is often seen as annoying but all they want to do is play. This is useful in comparing the more "mature" older brother to the younger sister but it also stands well enough alone as an exploration of sibling relationship (with a bit of maternal forces with the mom).
There was also a theme of creation/creativity vs destruction. Emmet was the creator but Rex was the destroyer. All Rex did in the movie was break things and he tried to get Emmet to be the same way. The only time Rex did build anything it was the time machine and even he destroyed already existing time machines. Rex lacked creativity. He represents the death of imagination we teenagers sometimes experience.
Another theme is the power of friendship. Rex never had his friends so he became hard, cold, and heartless. But Emmet did not because he remembered heard his friends singing. Emmet kept his heart open instead of closing it off, that is what the entire final speech was about. Don't let yourself become so single-minded and closed off to the world. There are amazing and caring people out there who love you who will make you a better person.
Let's not forget some themes of feminism vs masculinity. This is not touched on too much but many of the sister's toys were lego dolls and General Mayham had that speech about how Wildstyle was really the hero and Emmet took all the credit. That speech was wrong and it ignored critical details but I think that was the point. It was a commentary on how somethings can be twisted into a case study on gender relations/sexism when it's not really applicable. It's like "girl power" or "boys rule" taking to the extreme. Let's also not forget that the queen was named "what ever I wanna be". Sure she represents imagination but it was also about how girls are always told they can be "what ever they want to be". The Lego Movie 2 was placing a mirror up to society and asking us how we treat little girls and educate them in their formative years. It was reflecting on how be teach them about self worth. Are we teaching them the right was? The is left up to interpretation by the viewers.
Finally there was a theme of optimism vs cynicism. So many people thing that optimism and naive and childish. They thing the word is a cruel, hard place and the only way to grow up is to make yourself hard like Rex. But the "Everything is Not Awesome" song reconciles optimism with an unkind world. Sure everything is not awesome, but it can be if we keep trying to make it awesome. Don't let harsh reality blind you to all the amazing things you can and should do. We may never achieve perfect awesomeness, but we do our best to reach that ideal if we keep trying. That is what optimism is all about.
And all these themes go hand in hand with each other. It really is about adolescence and what maturity means. Because what make us mature? Is it cruelty? Cynicism? Adult activities like alcohol or relationships? Is it independence or being so grown up we no longer relate to kids anymore?
These are the questions I think the Lego Movie 2 answers and sparked in many. And that makes it so ironic yet fitting. Legos are toys typically meant for children yet here they are talking about complete themes. It's a paradox of perceived immaturity vs maturity and I think that was the point. The Lego Movie is showing us that you don't have to be gritty, edgy, angry, or pessimistic to be mature. You just have to be you, be "the Special" and never let go of the awesomeness of your childhood. Be an optimist in a pessimist adult world. Don't let the world change you but rather change the world for the better and make everything awesome. :-)
So about the gender thing (I promise, I am not looking for a fight. It is just always a topic of interest for me)... are you sure the scene from the trailer is not applicable? Because the film was following through with the trope of the incredibly capable and powerful and beautiful secondary female character, who still comes second to the male protagonist who helms the film and quite often has a "chosen one" claim. Of course, one could argue that the protagonist often does not have skills based on experience/training to make him more relatable to the audience and the secondary female character is top notch in skill/looks to make them a desirable love interest and to make our primary character look better. Understandable reasons, but the tropes for both character archetypes are still gendered in cinema. So the argument of the scene is still valid, I'd say. (Then again the LEGO Movie went through with the tropes with the first film because it was looking to comment on these very tropes.)
Also I did not understand your point about the message of "you can do anything" being an issue of contention as a lesson? What's wrong with teaching girls that? Idk maybe I am just misunderstanding your meaning.
Oh! And I have not seen the sequel yet. I don't know if this is relevant but just thought I should let you know. Your comment is very interesting, so I could not help remarking about it already lol
spoiler alert
there's also the concept of staying open for change. In the first movie, the teenage boy wanted things to change for his own gain, so that he could play with his father. but in the second movie, he is overwhelmed by the change that his sister brings along, kind of wanting the things to stay the way they were at the end of the first movie. That's how the boy (aka rex) became the villain of his own story, how he became what he once was fighting against ... and he needed to learn to accept change, even when it does at first glance not benefit him.
That was perhaps the most detailed comment I've ever seen.
oh my
mah boi obi wan on the highest ground for this comment
Celly uploads her Lego Movie 2 review at midnight! Who wants an animated movie review at 3 in the morning?
“Oh boy, 3 AM!!!”
It’s high noon here lol
Well, you must be somewhere on the other side of the planet!!!
Wrong channel, you want Mr Enter's
Daniel Ippolito spongebob reference for the win!
as usual, I disagree with celly, but I still watch her stuff because she puts effort into it.
After seeing it twice I’ve found it like it better than the first for the same reason my partner likes Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 more than the first one: the feels are deeper and harder hitting.
Bro same. I was so shook after seeing this movie - it genuinely made me emotional at some parts, far more than the first one did, despite the first being great.
And the references aren’t as annoying
I think the first one's themes work better out of shock with the whole live action thing, but this one is definitely saying more. I still loved both but the first one is definitely better for me
@@simonj3413 "I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!"
@ReasyRandom lol
0:11 Expertly Constructed? _I see what you did there..._
Lol
Lmao
Lol because they construct every thing
The raptor character exists soley for irony's sake to be everything Chris Pratt while also interacting with Chris Pratt. It is a beautiful piece of strange creativity. Yet, if you're looking at him, without this lens, as a simple character, then yes ur point of view is quite valid
I thought he existed only as a parody/clever reference, so the twist came COMPLETELY out of nowhere for me. I loved it.
A fantastic review and discussion! You expertly summarized the difficult task this sequel had of measuring up to the first not just in terms of quality but more importantly in terms of novelty. Part of the reason so many loved the first Lego movie is because it surprised them. This initial shock of surpassing exceptions made their initial impressions of the movie better and these impression stuck with them.
Consequently, expectations are extremely high for all Lego movie sequels and spin-off so people will judge them more harshly regardless of quality. Based on a few reviews I've seen, this is why people are not praising the Lego Movie 2 (and even the Lego Ninjago Movie) as much regardless of their quality. In these critics' minds the sequels are not as good simply because they have not surpassed their absurdly high exceptions even though the Lego Movie 2 is objectively good.
Profound analysis, bro! 😉💪
General kenobi?
@@mac81811 Hello There!
Obi-Wan Kenobi
You’re back! And you’ve grown your vocabulary. Though I just have one question. Are you still going on Minecraft videos and screaming about how it’s dead?
@@connor-smith your name is connor smith. Talk about generic. Maybe your parents should improve the vocabulary.
“This is really about the dying imagination of an adolescent.”
I took my little brother to this movie and this line is the best.
Here before Cellspex changes the thumbnail from superman to whatever it becomes
Personally this movie was a bit of an emotional sucker punch for me because I was the older sibling who my younger brother seemed to just "annoy".
I understood before I watched the movie there growing up doesn't mean leaving or being cruel to the things or people you love, but it really it me in a certain special place.
I have to agree. It hit me in a place where I didn't expect it to hit me. I was where Finn (the older brother) was back when I was 12 and used to think "hey the world isn't awesome stop acting like it" and even though I do retain some of that mindset it's been changed to "its not awesome but we can try to make it better" a lot like how Finn is in the movie.
It felt like a punch in the gut for me. As much as I loved the movie, the theme of the two siblings really reminded me of some stuff I feel guilty about. I used to be just like Finn in terms of not being inclusive with my little sister when I was playing with my brother. We have a better relationship now that we've both grown a bit, but I still feel very upset because I can't help but think how much closer we could have been if I just included her in the games we played
Zee the Zebra
It was an emotional sucker punch for me too cause of Emmet’s “open your heart” speech at the end.
Even though there's a five year age gap between my brother and I, there were very regular times in our childhoods when I felt that he was just copying me (as all children of course copy their elders, be them parents or siblings). In a way, it felt like my interests were being stolen from me at the time, because anything I became interested in, he was soon also interested in. But my thoughts weren't justified, because it wasn't his intention to "steal" my interests, and everyone can be interested in the same thing if they want to be.
What really annoyed me (even leading to latent sadness) was that if felt like my brother wasn't being his own person. Even when I was younger (around 14), I knew that I had made serious, fundamental behavioural mistakes in my life that I prayed that my brother didn't copy.
For example, my parents particularly called me out for being selfish more times than I like to think, but the truth is that I was a selfish child. I would invite friends to play at my house, and take it very personally, get really upset and even angry, if they were busy / had other plans, to the point of thinking if was "their fault", leading me to lie to myself that they thought I wasn't worthy of their time.
I'm a long-time video gamer, and loved to play games with my friends on their consoles when I went round their houses. However, my dad was a PC user, so I never owned a games console because I'd just have to "replace it when a new model comes out" - this wasn't a doctrine; I could see my dad's point, and a PC could be used for my schoolwork as well as play.
So one Christmas, I got my own PC in my bedroom (spoiled much, I know). We all know that a PC is "single-player", so it would often end up that my friends would simply _watch_ me playing a game on my PC. And when my parents asked them if they were getting a turn to play? The friend would say that they were just fine watching. My parents obviously didn't believe my friends, but in my mind, there was nothing wrong because my friend had never _said_ that they would rather not just be watching me play.
A similar situation is that I _never_ bought anyone (and I mean *no one* in my family) any Christmas presents. And if I gave a birthday present to a family member, my parents would always pay for the gift.
But this wasn't because my parents spoiled me, and I wasn't a spoiled brat who _refused_ to give gifts to the people I cared about.
It was because my family never asked for anything.
It was because was too immature and selfish to even _consider_ that they might actually want a gift, but had the humility and love not to ask for one.
I finally learned the lesson by remembering a very kind man at my local church, who sadly passed away very recently. When I was little (about 4 or 5), he used to give me a sweet when I saw him. I didn't even ask - he would just give me a sweet, no catches. Then one day, polite as could be, I asked him for a sweet.
And he refused, _because_ I had asked.
It took me 10 more years to understand just _why_ he had refused, even though I had thought I was being polite. The sweets were a gift, and as my mother always told me, saying "I want", doesn't get. Or, to put it in the words of Buddha: "Expect nothing. Appreciate everything."
Obviously that presents a viewpoint where I should have been more appreciative that my brother wanted to be with me, his big brother, doing the things I liked just to have fun with me. And now the tables are turned.
I'm now 22 while he is 17, and he is far more independent than I am now. I'm not kidding. There are days when I rarely see him, and that's fine, because he wants to be his own man (which is really what I always wanted when we were growing up). But I've lost that time when my brother would give his right arm just to spend time with his older sibling, his "role model", and I'll never get that back.
@@themightypancake5695 don't feel bad. It's a normal thing with siblings when they're at a young age. I should know. My older brother wouldn't let me play some of his video games or play them with him and picked on me and my sister constantly. You don't expect brothers and sisters as little kids holding hands singing "kumbayah" all the time without at least pulling some hairs out.
What upset me most about this moving is everyone seeing emmet as not a hero. He literally sacrificed himself, knowing he wouldn’t survive at the time, to save literally everyone else. There’s nothing more heroic then that. The fact the movie completely forgets that making all the characters still see him as useless is upsetting.
Yea he did But that was 5 Years according to the timeline Everything has changed But not Emmet so everyone sees him as a person who is childish and Hasn’t moves on
John Contreras it was more of when General Mayhem (think that’s her name) said Emmett was anything but a hero and everyone agreed. Even if he didn’t mature with everyone else he was still heroic.
That's exactly the point. People expect the hero to have certain traits and when they don't they are forgotten. He is seen as a hero of the past. But time changes
I think it’s because everyone got caught up in the edgyness and stopped taking him seriously because he stayed “childish”.
He also did do a fair bit of fighting in the final battle with his construction mech.
Also, the exchanges between Wyldstyle and General Mayhem with the “You started it” is so god damn good because it directly represents the siblings blaming each other for, well, starting it.
I really liked the twist, even if I have to shut my brain off a little bit about paradoxes.
The first time where a twist villain isn't pretending to be a nice person, but instead acts like a dick for the majority of the movie. FINALLY.
@@reasyrandom exactly! He was a literal vision of what Emmet could become.
Dammit, that phrase has bever fitted a concept so well.
@@reasyrandom
And the first time in an animated movie where the twist villan actuatlly makes sense.
@@Adven4U1 Have you seen Wreck-It Ralph?
@@Adven4U1 toy story 2 & 3, monsters inc, and coco apparently don't exist anymore.
I really do admire Emmett in this movie. There's something about his positive attitude that's just delightful, and that speech he made to Rex at the end honestly made me tear up a little.
“Glorified toy commercial”
Haha it’s basically a go ahead for lego to make billions of toys
atleast as an original property the sets aren't severly overpriced.
looking at you lego starwars
@@ScottaHemi440 That's probably why these films are mostly CGI. Less expensive than making it using real Legos.
@@ScottaHemi440 And where the figures actually look good.
Looking at Minecraft, New Toy Story, Incredibles (bit of a stretch), heck, Disney in general.
_"Things can't be awesome all of the time -- It's an unrealistic expectation -- But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try -- To make everything awesome -- In a less idealistic kind of way."_
I finally got to watch this film, loved it as much as the first. But that line was what really got to me and drove home the story's theme, that line is showing true maturity.
Bottom line: while not everything is “sugar and rainbows”, being edgy and tough for the sake of it is ironically childish and immature
Why do people think Queen Watevra is duplo? She is made of regular bricks. Great review though
Yeah, she was Lego. Her origin makes that pretty clear. It's kinda like how Adolf Hitler was the Fûhrer of Germany even though he was Austrian.
Or how Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was a French général de brigade who became the king of Sweden.
Or how the lizard people are the Hiss'Qutari of the United States of America.
AnomalyINC wh-
@@juicyjuicethejuice4451 Yes that's I said she is wrong in everything right 3/10.Honestly this video is the worst ever why I watching this your. Videos are bad
@@jesusgutierrez3841 Nice try, LIZARD! I'm on to yoouuuu...
@@juicyjuicethejuice4451 Yeah, I know right? Bernadotte was one of Napoleon's generals. Napoleon was an ally of Sweden, who sorely needed a new king after their old one died of death.
Napoleon suggested a Danish royal, but Sweden had a history of losing vital body parts, most prominently heads, when a Dane is on the throne, and so insisted that Napoleon sent one of his best men.
Turns out Bernadotte was a staunch republican and opposed the monarchy. Became the king of Sweden all the same in the hopes of further cementing the relationship between two of the, at the time, most powerful nations.
The current king of Sweden, Carl Gustaf the Sixteenth, is a direct descendant of Bernadotte and the longest reigning regent in Swedish history, surpassing even the forty-four years of Magnus the Fourth.
Really interesting tale. Truth is stranger than fiction and so on.
Rex? Just there?! The whole movie was pretty much emmet hanging out with him!!! But yeah anyways big fan of the LEGO franchise and still thought it was a pretty good sequel and I enjoyed it and did love the deeper mature themes of the movie of growing up being yourself and siblings really made the movie (wonder why yo didn’t review it earlier since you saw it early)
She didn't want to spoil anyone about Rex's true nature.
Kinda sad she said that. Rex is my favourite thing that happened in the movie
SPOILER ALERT! Rex is Emmet from future.
@@serbianslav5494 You didn't even seperate the "Spoiler Alert" from the spoiler.
@@serbianslav5494 wow at least make it so people have to press read more you git. People like you are some of the problems why people don't enjoy movies much anymore. Im glad I've seen it. Keep spoiling you evil being.
Sorry this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. Queen Watevra is not Duplo she’s regular Lego.
For me it was the advertising. The trailers made it look worse than it actually was. I love this film! I thought this was a good sequel
The twist villain
The most “Well that was unexpected” part of this movie, decides spoilers
The twist villain is really well set up
Wanna know how good the twist was? I might have been spoiled to who the real villain was before I saw the movie, but they had a SECOND twist about the villain’s TRUE identity that ensured that I’d still get blindsided!
Lego Movie 2 feels like 90% quality of the original to me. Not as good, but pretty close.
HORRIOR I feel like the plot isn’t nearly as memorable as the first. this felt more like a spinoff instead of the true sequel
HORRIOR's comment is correct. Plus like its predecessor, The LEGO Movie 2 has a memorable story despite what AniMat said about it. And at least it managed to feel more like a sequel than a spin-off. At least with the other THE LEGO Movie films, they should have the right to get away with being like spin-offs because they *are* spin-offs even though so far, that's half of the franchise. It's just that The LEGO Ninjago Movie could've been executed on its own and as a film based on its LEGO Ninjago source material.
I personally really appreciated the movie for how thematically tight and well executed it is.
Saw it in IMAX. Best animated movie I've seen in IMAX so far in my life.
Petra Rodriguez I saw it in IMAX 3D Best movie in IMAX is Spidey Man ITSV
Dang I wish I could have done that 🙁
In the theater where I saw The LEGO Movie 2, there are reclining chairs, which you recline by pressing a button. When the LEGO movie ended, I noticed that I had been so thoroughly entertained by the movie that I hadn't pushed that button AT ALL. When I saw Creed and First Man, I was playing with that button CONSTANTLY because those movies were just so boring.
As much as I love "Everything is Awesome" "The Catchy Song" is just so goddamn catchy! It says it in the name! It also proved that as long as you have a catchy tune and repeat the same words over and over again, you pretty much got yourself a hit song.
I feel there’s a part of the movie that’s really underrated and I think it’s the Rex subplot. I feel it gets overlooked so much because people aren’t really into the concept of a fun and innocent character becoming edgy and serious which makes sense but I feel they’re giving the wrong kind of criticism for a theme that really isn’t there, cuz when you think about it, Emmet only changes his name and other things that weren’t initially there beforehand but other than that Emmet’s still the same even as Rex. His whole goal in the movie is to go back in time to save his friends by helping himself overcome an obstacle he himself didn’t overcome previously, in doing so it gives him the chance to go further into saving his friends and saving everyone, and even then his goals are still flawed because he didn’t initially know that General Mayhem’s initial goal at the beginning was for peace so his actions are justified because he had good intentions at heart and wasn’t completely aware of what was going on. He didn’t do anything purposefully bad because he knew anything bad, he did what he did because he only knew a certain piece of the whole puzzle and that’s really not on him to blame. I’d also like to point out that his goals were fueled by feelings of abandonment and loneliness that fueled a form of aggression towards General Mayhem and everything that she was apart of because in learnings his friends weren’t going to come back for him he felt it was Mayhem to blame because he took the most important people in his life away out to the farthest reaches of space that he couldn’t reach and upon passing the asteroid field he only felt more hatred for everything else because he only understood his friends were taken away and he wanted to save them, so he made a plan to destroy the Sistar system so that his friends wouldn’t be taken away and things would still be normal. He was still normal ole Emmet because he was too naive to understand his plans would’ve had even worse consequences, so his goals and motivation was a normal trait Emmet would have and how he didn’t know the truth was all the more like emmet because he acted against something he didn’t know was innocent. TL;DR: I think Rex’s story is a really great part of the story because it showcases Emmet’s determination to save what little he still had and his actions were justified because he didn’t know any better, therefore he’s still Emmet just a bit more aggressive and resentful.
I liked rex alot
As a teenage boy the rex and emmet story line relatable
People telling you what to like and to "be a man" aka being tough
It also fits the brother vs sister theme as rex is lonely and fits into the tough guy persona by shutting off others, just like the brother shut off his sister. Emmet possibly represents the part of the brother that still did want to play with his sister but ultimately didn't because she was "too girly" or "too childish"
He was a good character imo
I love that the movie is made of LEGO, and it’s message of maturity. Lego is loved by both all ages. Hence [0-99] age group.
The main message I got from this is that there are moments where you have to be serious and tough in situations but you can still be happy and positive about stuff, sort of like a yin yang type of thing and it's one I love and can relate to.
Hey your thumbnail is a default RUclips thumbnail.
Etra Games what does that look like?
@@cooldude6269 a screenshot from the video
I mean RUclips announced on Twitter a few months ago, that random RUclipsrs would have their thumbnails replaced with random video screenshots, to test something.
When will bendy chapter four and five be done?
Meegakarla 1512 There really wasn’t much notable to talk about in either chapter. I might be doing a general overview of the whole series though to share my thoughts. Thanks for Watching!
I really liked how they made it seem that the colorful side was the bad guy side but when then they just wanted peace and its kinda Emmetts side that was bad because they were stopping world peace
That what I felt happened
Now we need a LEGO Man of Steel movie.
Come me or one of my buddies in to make it!
Naaah we only need batman
Nononono *man of LEGO*
I actually think the character of Rex was a lot of fun and added to the feels and drama in the second half of the movie. This sequel was really good, pretty close to the first movie. Especially in a time where I find reboots/remakes more entertaining and sequels very lacking * cough* How To Train Your Dragon 3 * cough *
A quote I like, from C.S. Lewis, that pretty much sums up this movie's message: "Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
Rex actually references this wonderful quote when he tells Emmet "It's time to put away childish things."
I finally watched this movie last night and omg I loooove it, I really regret not seeing it in theaters (minus the whole pandemic thing)
My favourite song was Whatevra's song. The "ear worm"-one didn't really win me over completely.
Seen plenty of people making the claim that it's a "boys versus girls" movie, but you really inserted a nail in your head when you pointed out that it's more about attitudes. Grim or joyful, and how neither is wholly bad nor wholly good, and how neither is an indicator on how mature you are as a person.
All combined with some completely normal sibling rivalry. I personally could have done without the meta-narrative for this one, keeping it as a specific plot point for the first movie. I think the overall message would have carried over just fine all the same.
Rex is better twist villiand than 90% of modern disney villians
Ps: 10% is Ernesto de La cruz, bruh
The song, "Catchy Song", is the defintition of a commercial jingle. They don't say the word Lego but you associate the song with Legos so your more likely to buy some Legos after listening to it
Rex is actually one of my favorite characters
*because he’s emit*
Yeah, and Rex is the best animated twist villain I've ever seen. The more I watch the movie, the more I realize how much Rex makes sense.
The *you started it first* line was one of the most cleverest thing I've heard in existence
That plot twist in the movie was completely unexpected for me
After rewatching this movie. I noticed how it showed the boy not wanting to let his younger sister play with his Lego, thinking she would just destroy everything she touches. Then he goes on to build stuff with her. It made me think about how I normally don't let ajy of my younger family member play with my Lego, thinking they're gonna mess something up or lose some pieces, but maybe in the future. I'll play with them
I saw this film last night and I thought it were really good. Some parts were pretty creative too like the shapeshifting queen and just how well they implemented Duplo into the film. And there were a few twists too
My favorite song is the Not Evil song because that is GOLDEN
So basically if Trolls was better?
Sounds... good.
*Half-hundredth commenter*
Trolls and The LEGO Movie 2 were made by the same director, so talk about a big step-up for that man as an animated film director!!!
They actually wrote their own songs!
And they're amazing!
"Not Evil, not evil, no, she's the least evil person I know!"
@@reasyrandom After a minute into the credits, I realised that it was a song directly about the credits. And it was amazing
But I will admit, that if there's a Trolls song that can give the The LEGO Movie 2 songs a run for their money, it's What U Workin' With along with most of the original Trolls songs.
e w t r o l l s
I kind of love it how they paradoxically concealed the twist by constantly making fun of how blatantly obvious it was (Fight Club references, anyone?)
Especially ....
So you can see him? I was so worried he was just a protection of what my ego needs deep down but no he’s real cool!
Uglydolls: "The Musical of the Year!"
Lego Movie 2: "THIS SONG'S GONNA GET STUCK INSIDE YOUR HEAD!"
Me: "Beat that Uglydolls!"
This movie honestly had SUCH A GOOD PLOT TWIST
Ralph breaks the internet made me lose hope in sequels.
Aaand after watching The Lego movie the second part, it's back.
Also, the music was abundant and incredible. ^-^
Funny enough, I watched both back-to-back.
Image Chris Pratt having a conversation with Chris Pratt when recording the Rex dying part
If there is a new movie, i hope that it's a spin off with one of the side characters that didn't play a huge part in the story. (Bad cop, Benny, Metalbeard, etc
the conflict of this movie really stuck with me because i related to the little sister. despite being older, i held on to my love of toys longer than i probably should have while my little sister (of a whole 14 months) matured faster than me. i understood the heartbreak of just wanting someone to share fun with only for them to think you're immature
Can we also appreciate that they managed to put "Honey, where are my pants?" in there?
Yes. Yes we can. 😀
I like to think of Emmet as the embodiment of the boy’s child-like wonder :/
For some reason I’m finding it hard to believe this movie came out almost two years ago.
same
I agree about learning things to be mature and grow up by most kids today and what I do find it so endearing is where both brother and sister fight their own side of being whatever they want to do just became so aggravated. Then for awhile, two kids decided to clean up the mess and now one older kid discover that he was very harsh of what he wanted to take on his side and learn his past that he remembers giving a baby sister a heart and all of the sudden, he really gives a LEGO heart and they both reunite for making a one chance to be connected and they come back to enjoy playing LEGOs. That part alone was the only I mo impact that it works for just being cruelty of wanting to be grow up and learning ways to change something that they can work and stay together as a real family or something. That's a really good thought message.
I actually love watching the sequel that it's more super epic LEGO sequel.
One of the best moments for me was WildStyle (Lucy) freaking about her hair. I laughed way to hard at the image of Lucy with a giant thin sharpie carefully lining out which parts of her bright blue hair to leave while staring in a mirror.
This whole vid is basically what I would expect at the intro of film theory lol
You nailed it at 3:15 - 4:00. I do was very surprised that they did not do better at the box office, and I do actually blamed Ninjago for weakening the strength of The Lego Movie brand.
I think my favorite parts are seeing the connections of the reality influence the decisions and dialogue of the lego world. Like in the beginning when they tried being nice, but the duplos attacked. President Business did the most dad-ish thing. Telling them to get along and just assuming they'd fix it and figure it out on their own. When the sister toy (general mayhem specifically) said they looked up to the brother toys. If I could place the movies in whicever order, it'd probably be batman, lego movie 1 then 2, then ninjago, but that's just me.
Almost 4 am, time for a CellSpex video.
I personally love the "villain twist" after countless Disney villain twists it's nice to see the Lego Movie 2 do it way better
👍👍👍👍
I mean, it’s kind of hard to ask for something to be better than a ‘modern classic’
The end credits is my favorite song in the movie
Basically the boy became edgy mode
Sicko mode
@@dakotak04 *SWEET VICTORY*
@@lunastie39 yessssss
*emo kids entered the chat*
3:23-3:51 THE reason why people like me watch animated family movies.
You know what i think about this vid
Unbelievable, Super cool, Outrageous, and Amazing, Phenomenal, Fantastic, So Incredible , WOO-HOO
The credits are the best part.
These are the adjectives to describe The LEGO Movie films and the Super Mario World duology/ROM hacks besides the names of the levels of the Special World!!!
Random Kirby
Sonic Colors Rainbow Ring
Good
Great
Awesome
Outstanding
Amazing
@@chaomaster1783 ALL I DID WAS PRESS A!
The A button doesn't work.
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!
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This song's gonna get stuck inside your heeeeaad!
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Cause its so Caatchy, Caatchy!
It's such a catchy song!
Gonna make you haappy, haappy!
Don't try to fight it, sing along
This song's gonna get stuck inside your-
This song's gonna get stuck inside your-
This song's gonna get stuck inside your heeeeaaad!
HELP HOW DO I UNSTUCK THAT SONG NOW
I never caught on that the reason why Bricksburg is just dull colors was due to the sister taking the colorful pieces. I thought it was just her taking whatever she could take.
I also liked how It showed the brothers perspective and towards the end it showed it in the sisters perspective
I invented the phrase no regrets!
I do have one regret: not trademarking it
Oh, the good old early morning upload. A blessing for Aussies like me, who have to deal with things being uploaded annoyingly early most of the time, and now get to watch a still-warm-out-of-the-oven video at a reasonable hour.
Just saw this today. It was amazing ^_^ I really loved the music and message was very sweet. I also liked that I couldn't figure out right away if Queen Watevra was evil or just very bad at communication.
Probably my favorite detail in this movie was How Unikitty was red and furious, even when she wasn't acting angry. Her rage form was already a highlight of the previous film, but During the Timeskip, it was neat to see how this kawaii hybrid princess toughen up and stay angry in Apocalypseburg.
I personally loved this movie mostly because of how fun and in some cases completely ridiculous it was , although the themes that you mentioned did hit me a quite a bit, and I'd would gladly watch it again sometime in the future. Also disappointed this didn't make as much money compared to the other films, and I wouldn't mind another Lego related movie,,,, but I don't think a Lego Movie 3 would be right since it seems this story arc is finished. *cough cough Toy Story 4*
On a side note, Rex is actually my favorite character cause the I really liked the twist w Rex "manipulating" (for lack of a better word) (good guys becoming evil is my favorite trope) Emmet. Overall, a 9.5/10
edit: and yes, the songs were all incredible
Glad somebody mentioned the weather as factor, the first two weeks the movie was out I couldn't even get out of my house to see it because of constant blizzards
The LEGO movie was one of my favorite children movie and then when I head that they were making a sequel I was very excited that I was going to visit new nostalgia and the LEGO movie 2 is I gotta say is the best LEGO movie ever created, outside of clutch powers though.
I love Not evil and I think it’s kinda funny how the gang get brainwashed from a song that’s just... catchy and nothing else.
1:58 Ahaha that's funny cuz the Rex dangervest plot was my favorite part about the movie lol
I really liked the queen design and how she moved and transformed but she had no personality in my opinion;;; From what I can remember, all the scenes with the kidnaped characters were kinda full of nothing and bad jokes to me... idk
The group of supporting characters was so great on the first film and on this one they are just kinda there, doing nothing interesting...
I almost didn't laugh at all on this movie... :( Many jokes felt super flat to me, which is a shame since the first one made me laugh genuinely so many times throughout the whole movie and that's something I didn't experience for a LOOONG time with an animated movie when I first watched so I fell in love with it...
The scenes with emmet and lucy were the only ones that kept me engaged with the story (I wish they made a joke about rex still having a weak spot for her even after becoming edgy, that would've been funny fjshdjfksh)
This movie reminds me of my feelings on the two guardians of the galaxy films. Film one is satisfying because it’s more fun and funny. Film two is satisfying because it’s more thematically complex.
The best part of this movie was the song not evil
I love that song.
And the credits
Finish the lyrics (and yes I am trying to start a chain comment):
Hello friends, my name is Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi
Don't worry, I'm totally not one of those EVIL queens
You've read about in Fairytales or seen in the movies, so there's no reason at all to be suspicious of ME
Not evil, not evil, no, the least evil person I know
Having a older brother who never let me play with him or play with his toys ((Legos and video games)) this one hit hard, but we never worked around it. So this movie hits me harder than the first one.
"LEGO Movie 2 is a full-blown musical."
Well, there goes any desire I had to see this movie.
The fact that this isn't the only gaze you can analyze this movie under
"He's such a tough cookie that when you bite into it you realize it's not a cookie
*IT'S A CHAINSAW!*"
I once got a 5 hour ad for this movie with it just being 5 hours of Catchy Song
I thought it was okay, not nearly as funny but good in other ways. I felt the weakest part of it though was the father. The first movie basically ended with the father and son basically rebuilding their relationship and seemingly getting closer. Yet the dad is treated as a gag in how much he's not around and not doing anything. I can only guess it was because Will Ferrel was either busy, asking for too much money or something to limit his screen time to a few audio clips. But it hurt the narrative imo. Jumping into a 5 year time skip and the brother and sister fighting seemed odd.
The actual movie was still fairly good, even if a lot of the characters are barely given any screen time. Just the transition from where the old movie left off and the new one seemed disjointed.
3:09 - 4:36 THINGS LIKE THIS ARE WHY I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, THANK YOU FOR THIS.