A ★★★★ review of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
What a wonderfully ridiculous little movie. There’s a subplot involving Batman being courted by a shape-shifting alien queen, Chris Pratt gets to mercilessly parody his own action-hero persona, and the whole thing is just bursting with visual gags and some truly spectacular animation. I particularly love how Bricksburg has transformed into a Mad Max-style wasteland while Emmet remains his relentlessly cheerful self, completely oblivious to everyone else’s newfound cynicism. And “Catchy Song” is a fucking banger. An obnoxiously effective earworm that, against my better judgment, I absolutely adore. But there’s also a surprisingly thoughtful story underneath all this absurdity, particularly
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