I haven't seen the first film but my feelings of this are pretty mixed. I loved a lot of the designs and there were some pretty funny visual gags, but the pop culture references and human characters made me cringe. And the plot and writing throughout the film was just abysmal. Like the Minions movie, I feel like this film was made to appeal to lots of young kids and to make loads of cash instead of making a memorable and engaging experience for viewers of all ages, and that really rubs me the wrong way. But it wasn't all bad and there's a lot worse family animated movies out there.