The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part - 2/5

Parts of this movie are a lot of fun, but it destroys everything it built when it enters the final 30 minutes. Sure, the movie is colorful and funny, with catchy songs and memorable characters for the most part, but it throws out the story and consistent characters in favor of its preachy morality. Not only is it a dubious lesson in practice for children in the audience, but it doesn’t even make sense within the context of the film. Some clever and fun moments are not enough to save a bad overall idea.

Closest Comparison: It’s like The Lego Movie but with virtue signaling in place of meaningful story.

Setting: Fantasy
Plot: Adventure
Tone: Comedy

Hotel Artemis - 3/5

The look and feel of this movie are fantasic. It's a master class in old meets new with a realistic, grungy world that has high-tech elements woven seamlessly into it. The acting is also great and the actors all did some of their better work. The whole thing just needed to be 20 minutes longer. Most of the story lines don't get adequately resovled, and the audience has to infer the fate of several characters. I would really like to give this one a 4/5, and if they release an extended director's cut on DVD it may get there. But as it is, the last half is disappointingly short for all the cool things they set up and didn't pay off.