Personally, I didn't go see this movie with very high expectations. Because, whilst the first Lego Movie could work with the fact that the audience wasn't aware of the origins of the movie's story (this origin being a child's imagination), this movie had to work with an audience aware of this origin. The movie accepts this and integrates scene's with real actors in the movie. This, luckily, isn't done to an extend where it would be annoying and distracting from the story being portrayed with Lego bricks. It does, however, try to replace the reveal of the first movie, with another reveal. Sadly, this reveal isn't even close to being on the same level as the reveal of the first movie. It turns out to be a bit cliché, which I felt a bit disappointed about. Once again, the filmmakers have some great references to other franchises. These references make for some great laughs. The jokes in this movie are simple and not too hard to understand, but aren't childish. This makes the movie a fun ride for child, teenager and adult. As a standalone movie, I feel it lacks world- and character-building. The movie throws characters at you, without (re-)explaining their origins to you. I feel like you are expected to have seen the first movie, because of this. This movie overall does a really good job for people looking for a fun ride. It is far from a bad movie, but there were some possibility's for it to be a better one.

With an immensely tough act to follow, this really rises to the challenge in its post-modern humor and visual splendor.

Not only do the songs and the set pieces and the gags totally hit the mark, the source material (you know, lego) is still integral to the plot and the emotional development is sincere and enriching as Emmet, not unlike Spongebob in his first movie, questions whether it's time to grow up.

I like how they made the questionable ending of the previous movie the launch pad of the plot here. It really works.

The first Lego movie was surprisingly good, despite its bizarre premise.

This sequel, while not as great as the first film, managed to be a fun follow-up.

Mike Mitchell directed plenty of bad movies in the past ( Such as Deuce Bigalow, Sky High and the third part of Alvin and the Chipmunks) but this is (for me, at least) the best thing he had ever done.

Shame the movie wasn't very succesful, since these Lego movies were charming and fun. In terms of quality it was much better and not as dissapointing as "Ralph Breaks the Internet".