(I'm going into this assuming that anyone how reads this knows about the whole Meta-story twist that was shown in the original.)
Theme: 5 years have passed, and Finn has turned Bricksburg into Apocalypseburg, after constant conflict with his younger sister Bianca. By now Finn is a teenager, so he tends to give his characters a tougher look; Unikitty is always grumpy, Scribble Cop is not happy, etc. But Emmet, the only remnant of his childhood left, remains a cheery guy who keeps insisting that everything is awesome. What happens when that sort of innocence finally flickers away has huge consequences for the story. I also admire the juxtaposition that occurs between Apocalypseburg and the Systar System, which shows Finn not trusting Bianca, and Bianca wanting to have that trust while holding the same childhood creativity that Finn gave her in the first place.
Comedy: The pop music references are tolerable, and I found it funny when a character becomes ashamed about floss dancing. There are also small references to the original movie that makes me chuckle a bit, such as the Man Upstairs asking for his pants, or when getting Kragled is mentioned.
The twist that we saw in the original is revealed so this sequel instead pokes fun at the implications, such as Armamageddon being an obvious Mondegreen of "Our Mama gets in." (Ok, really?)
Emmet also blantantly jokes about his new friend Rex being his tougher side, which is not entirely true but serves as foreshadowing anyway.
I give this movie an 8/10 for attempting to be a good sequel.
The shock factor's gone, but everything else stayed
(I'm going into this assuming that anyone how reads this knows about the whole Meta-story twist that was shown in the original.)
Theme: 5 years have passed, and Finn has turned Bricksburg into Apocalypseburg, after constant conflict with his younger sister Bianca. By now Finn is a teenager, so he tends to give his characters a tougher look; Unikitty is always grumpy, Scribble Cop is not happy, etc. But Emmet, the only remnant of his childhood left, remains a cheery guy who keeps insisting that everything is awesome. What happens when that sort of innocence finally flickers away has huge consequences for the story. I also admire the juxtaposition that occurs between Apocalypseburg and the Systar System, which shows Finn not trusting Bianca, and Bianca wanting to have that trust while holding the same childhood creativity that Finn gave her in the first place.
Comedy: The pop music references are tolerable, and I found it funny when a character becomes ashamed about floss dancing. There are also small references to the original movie that makes me chuckle a bit, such as the Man Upstairs asking for his pants, or when getting Kragled is mentioned.
The twist that we saw in the original is revealed so this sequel instead pokes fun at the implications, such as Armamageddon being an obvious Mondegreen of "Our Mama gets in." (Ok, really?) Emmet also blantantly jokes about his new friend Rex being his tougher side, which is not entirely true but serves as foreshadowing anyway.
I give this movie an 8/10 for attempting to be a good sequel.