Ben Lindbergh

Like,

In the first movie, for instance, I appreciated that Mario hates mushrooms, right?

And he has to keep force-feeding himself mushrooms to get the power-ups.

Or, you know, Luma Lee's longing for death, right?

The nihilistic Luma, who does appear again in this movie, but less than I would like.

Give me the Luma Lee, just the standalone spinoff movie, right?

Yeah, but that's the kind of thing where it's just like, okay, this is a little bit irreverent.

This is sort of toying with the formula or poking fun at the formula as opposed to purely porting the formula.

And I wish there were just a bit more of that like Lord and Miller style Lego movie, you know?

Still appeals to all ages, but just a bit more inventiveness because smooth was the word you used.

And I think that's perfect because...

It's polished in a sense that almost repels my attention.

You know, I saw the movie a couple days ago and the details are already fading from my mind.

It's like, OK, right.

They went from this galaxy to that galaxy.

And then what did they do?

And it doesn't really matter.

Right.

So, yeah, just a little more stickiness, almost more rough edges.

I'd like a little bit.