(I was the first in the theater for this Thursday matinee premiere)"Absolutely Awesome." "Everything Is Awesome-ish." "Everything Is Not Awesome." Early professional evaluations of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part have run the gamut from sounding like paid endorsements to utterly trashing the film as a time-wasting bore. This deep contrast truly puzzles me because while extremism is the ruling force of our generation and histrionics generate clicks & ad revenue, TLM2 itself is a very even-keeled, level-running, inoffensive piece of work.
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