What evolves is a story of sibling rivalry, where the invading force of the DUPLO LEGOs - a more pastel, larger block version of the buildable bricks aimed specifically at younger children - and decidedly more feminine LEGOs invade the world of the first film, leading that world to transform into an apocalyptic wasteland. And thankfully, The LEGO Movie 2 realizes this disparity in storytelling styles and leans into it, sacrificing the surprise of metafictionalism for a story that emphasizes that metaphor in much more literal terms.
Whereas The LEGO Movie had the luxury of building up to the ultimate reveal that the LEGOs’ struggle against President Business was actually the metaphorical deconstruction of a child’s strained relationship with his father, the sequel has no choice but to go in with that metaphysical foreknowledge already intact, meaning that any philosophy of childhood psychology the film has to impart is inherently obvious from the start. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part is not quite so clever as the first film, but that is a monumental bar to live up to.
This article contains spoilers for The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.
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