Illusion Fox Comedy

Zoroark smiled and pointed as he said, "Hi, I'm Zoroark! I'm an Illusion Fox and I got a review for YOU!"


ILLUSION FOX REVIEWS


"The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part!" Zoroark declared excitedly, "Everything is MORE awesome, cause it's in space, with dinosaurs and musical numbers. Best synopsis ever!"

Zoroark held up a claw and said, "They'll be a few minor spoilers here and there. Just a little warning. So, it wouldn't hurt to leave and come back later if you want to see the movie. Anyway, I'm gonna give you the good! I'm gonna give you the bad! Then I'm gonna give you the tricky!"

Zoroark grinned widely and said, "First the good! This movie is just like the first movie in that it's a. . .a. . .a. . . oh what's that word that means a story means something else. . . uh. . .uh. . . Allegory! That's right, it's an allegory! The first movie was about a boy's relationship with his strict, unimaginative father; the second movie is about the fighting and lack of communication between a boy and his little sister. It's only when the two reconnect on common ground, which in this case is their love of LEGOs, and stop fighting does the conflict of the film resolve itself. Also, while the first movie had to hide the fact that the LEGO world was being controlled by actual people in the real world, this movie doesn't have to hide it until the end and can better utilize it earlier on. This makes the allegory stronger, as well the connect between the human and LEGO worlds."

Zoroark the shrugged and said, "As for the songs, well, they were all catchy and fun. They were all good. But none of them were super amazing or anything. The song that was supposed to 'get stuck in my head' was fun, but it didn't get stuck in my head. So, yeah, the songs were good but didn't really stand out."

Then Zoroark gave an enormous grin and said, "Except for the queen's quote-unquote 'villain song.' Man oh man, that was one of the best villain songs EVER! The way the lyrics were phrased, as well as the music and visuals, it was just so great. The way the lines are so ironic and stuff, while it has the tone of someone trying to influence their victims, oh it's just so cool!"

Zoroark then nodded eagerly as he continued, "In fact, I'd say the queen herself was an awesome concept. A collection of LEGO blocks that is constantly shape-shifting into all kinds of things every few seconds is a brilliant idea for a LEGO movie. But it must've been pretty hard to animate. Speaking of animation, it goes without saying that the LEGO style of animation is in full swing and totally fun to look at it. This movie is gorgeous eye candy!"

Zoroark then folded his arms and said, "Now, while this movie does do that overused surprise twist villains, it makes up for it by having a surprise twist not-villain! And it makes sense! It's made obvious from the very start of the film that the aliens represent the little sister. And what are younger children like? Emotional and bad at communicating they're thoughts and feelings! So, why do the queen and the other aliens look like villains?"

Zoroark gave a big grin and said, "Because they're overly emotional and poor communicators! The characters even say that in the movie! Genius!"

"One last thing. We get kind three big reveals during this movie about three of the characters. One is kinda cliché. The other is clever and funny and happens in the very last minute of the film. But one of them is so mind blowingly clever and meaningful and emotional and touching and genius- oh my gosh, and it's right in front of your face the whole time! Once you see it, your mind will be blown, I swear!"

Zoroark frowned a little and said, "Now for the bad. Time travel. Now, I know lots of people say that time travel can ruin a good story if it isn't done right. But since this movie is just a story two kids are acting out, it might be easier to go along with. The problem is that the time travel isn't part of the kids' story! You know that scene from the first movie where Emmet is able to move by himself without anyone moving him? Well, that's how the time travel happens in this movie! One of the characters moves by itself, builds a time machine, and travels back in time in the real world!"

Zoroark covered his face and growled, "Rrrraaaar! That makes no sense! The character literally changes the lives of the human characters by the power of imagination that never belonged to it in the first place."

Zoroark uncovered his face and sighed, "Well, I don't know, maybe the time travel was actually just another layer of the kid's imagination, which would require him to be someone self-aware of the whole situation, unless this is just him adding to the story he made after the fact? I think the main issue here is that the movies are so ambiguous on whether the LEGOs really are aliveor they're given life by the people who play with them. But even if they were alive, they shouldn't be able to travel through time in the real world!"

Zoroark then snickered deviously and said, "And now for the tricky! You know that scene from the trailer that showed Unikitty's castle and Puppycorn? Well, it turns out that scene is just an imagine spot during the queen's song, when she tempts Unikitty to join her. Puppycorn doesn't speak or anything, he just floats there as a cameo. But we do see Unikitty's castle in the final scene of the movie, so it does get physically built, but sadly we never see Unikitty interact with Puppycorn or any of the other Unikitty! characters. That's disappointing, because I really wanted to see some connection between the movies and the spin-off show."

Zoroark sighed and said, "Well, I guess The LEGO Movie and Unikitty! are connected in the same way Toy Story and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command are connected. It's a separate show in a separate universe with only a character in common."

Zoroark then smiled a bit and said, "Although Batman does cameo in the episode Bat Kitty, so. . ."

Zoroark nodded and continued, "Anyway, it's interesting how the surprise villain's motivation actually comes from being aware of the real world. Unlike Emmet, who used that knowledge to reform President Business and do good; the villain uses it as motivation to basically destroy the universe. So yeah, we've got a two sides of the same coin kind of thing going for the hero and villains. Pretty clever."

Zoroark grinned and went on, "Of course, this is a LEGO movie, so there are a TON of jokes, references, and visual gags that would take forever to list. The only way to experience them is to go see this movie yourself! Seriously go see it. NOW. When I tried to go see it the first showing was sold out. True story, it was sold out and I had to go see it at a later time. This movie is gonna be the number 1 movie in America, wait and see."

Zoroark then pointed and said, "Now I wanna hear from you! Did you think this movie was better than the first one? How about the Batman and Ninjago movies? Which LEGO movie would you like to see next? The LEGO Unikitty Movie? The LEGO Batman 2 Movie?"

Zoroark froze after saying that, he remarked, "Although, that might be a little tricky. I mean, it would have to happen before this movie because. . . well. . . I said minimal spoilers so. . ."

Zoroark quickly put on a big smile and said, "Be sure to Follow and Favorite, you won't regret it! Night Slash! Raaar!"

Zoroark then stepped forward and playfully swiped at the camera.


The End