This sequel was a clear money-grabber that was created solely to bank on the success of the first one. It lacked originality and freshness. All the jokes were blatantly telegraphed and the entire plot was predictable and expected. The film lacked the kinetic, non-stop pacing that made the first film, and The Lego Batman Movie such great fun; and also missing was an emotional core that made the first film surprisingly touching. This actually managed to be a bore at times. Thankfully, we had Tiffany Haddish who stole the show with her incredible voice work and she got the best songs too! Her and Maya Rudolph were easily the highlights.
Plot-wise, Christopher Miller and Phil Lord's screenplay was decent enough. The film started off with a Mad Max-like setting that shifted gear to a sci-fi/alternate reality after the first act. The main concern was that their characters lacked any sort of development or growth beyond the perfunctory. Their journey was less exciting than figuring out how they were going to resolve the conflict.
In addition, after Miller and Lord's Into the Spider-verse, the bar for quality of animation has been raised, and this film really did not introduce anything new or exciting. And after a few entrants into the Lego-verse, fatigue may be settling in.
Christ Pratt and Elizabeth Banks reprised their roles with Banks doing more of the emotional lifting than Pratt dialing in his bro-voice.
Haddish and Will Arnett should have a show together. Their vocal chemistry was amazing, and Haddish simply owned this show.
The guest appearance by Rudolph, though brief, was legit funny.
It looks like The Lego Movie is heading more in the direction of Cars rather than Toy Story, and it may be time to leave it for the kids.
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