"Awesome" is a word that's used way too often these days, but it surely applies to a picture that makes fun of that omnipresent adjective and much else in our culture. When the action begins in a town called "Apocalypseburg," I knew I was in for a really fun time.
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Elizabeth Banks is back as Lucy, also known as Wyldstyle. Chris Pratt returns as Emmet and also voices a second character named Rex Dangervest, who has more courage and swagger. Together, the guys embark on a mission to save Lucy, who has been abducted along with her pals.
This movie places the action within a home where a brother feuds with his sister, and a mom, played by Maya Rudolph, threatens to get rid of the Legos,
The plot is less important than the pop culture references that fly by so fast, you'd need a repeat viewing to get them all. For example, the raptors piloting the guys' plane seem like they just came out of "Jurassic World."
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Will Arnett reprises his role as Batman, and he's not the only superhero in a movie that's colorful enough for kids while poking sly fun in a way that adults will find endlessly amusing.
And speaking of funny, an alien queen named Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi, played by Tiffany Haddish, had me laughing so hard that I could barely hear what she was saying!
The original "Lego Movie" grossed almost half-billion dollars by appealing to both kids and their parents -- and this one is in the same tradition. Though not quite as awesome as the first, it's still well worth seeing.
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