I was a big fan of the original Lego Movie. I loved Lego Batman even more so. This movie, however, just didn’t do it for me. It most certainly wasn’t bad, but I just found it to be more childish than the previous movie. Obviously it’s a kids movie, so childish is to be expected, but I just found the first movie to be childish yet extremely quirky and much more fun. This movie was not enjoyable for me at all throughout the entire first act. The movie does pick up towards the end, and it has a more emotional conclusion than the first movie did, so it is redeemed in that sense. But as a whole, this movie does not compare to the original. It is much more of a kids movie, and I’m sure that kids will love it. It’s certainly not bad, it’s just not as good, and that’s largely due to the different approach that this movie takes.

[spoiler] I don’t quite recall there being so much real world perspectives/interaction in the first movie. I know that there was certainly one or two scenes towards the end of the first movie, but in this one, the real world is focused on right through the whole movie. I haven’t seen the first movie in a while, so maybe I’m just remembering it wrongly, but I think that this shift in focus changed the tone of the movie as a whole, and honestly, it left me caring much less about any of the Lego characters. I much preferred the approach that Lego Batman took, where there wasn’t any real world perspective (from what I recall). It made me care much more about what was happening in that movie. [/spoiler]

5.5/10. Rounded up to 6 for my Trakt rating.