This movie is curiously unengaging. The first film satirized video games, and the sequel seems just as happy to satirize the Internet. And the viewer is thinking, "is that it, a bunch of comical internet references?" Yeah, that's it.
Yeah, it's visually stunning, but the story driving the narrative isn't much to go on. And I'm not saying this because I'm an old geezer, my 11-year-old felt the same way.
The only bright spot is the Disney Princesses interlude where the princesses poke fun at their own tropes (none of them have moms! most were saved by guys!) Not only is it funny, it's beautifully animated. All the characters' facial features and expressions are enhanced and you're seeing the princesses again for the first time.
The sequence got me thinking, maybe they should have made this scene its own cartoon short that would be shown before a better full-length film.
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