The LEGO Movie
Rated: PG
Five out five.
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The LEGO Movie is one which I have been waiting to see for months.
I was interested in how the master minds at Warner Brothers had in store for the children’s toy favourite.
And it did not disappoint.
It’s the classic story about a nobody who saves everybody and see one which has been done before, but this time I think it’s more for the adults.
The film gives viewers the chance to relive the different forms of pop culture LEGO has embodied over the years, even if it is for just a second.
We see Batman, Gandolf, Ninja Turtles and American basketballers all come out of the woodwork in the form of the little yellow people.
But aside from the walk down memory lane, the plotline itself will probably not be fully appreciated by the children it was marked for – a good thing for the parents who have to take them.
With the LEGO world’s distinction between classes, each person is given a path to follow and a role to play to ensure “everything is awesome.”
Similar to George Orwell’s 1984, The LEGO Movie sees Emmett (Chris Pratt) leave his role as the perfect worker and become The Special when he stumbles on the Piece of Resistance.
To the other LEGO people, Emmett is the prophesised one, destined to take on the evil tyrant, Lord Business (Will Ferrell).
I have to give a shout out to the film’s animators.
As LEGO is the only element which appears in the movie, how the characters move was critical in getting this film right.
While it does seem a little jaunty when the film first starts, it is exactly how LEGO pieces would move if they could and it becomes seemingly more natural as the movie progresses.
The LEGO Movie is, as expected full of colour, but also has a brilliant cast to back the outstanding animation up.
Joining Pratt and Ferrell is Elizabeth Banks, Alison Brie, Liam Neeson, Charlie Day, Will Arnett and of course Morgan Freeman.
It’s easy to see why The LEGO Movie attracted such as great cast; who wouldn’t want to be in a movie about LEGO?
All in all, there is not much I can fault with The LEGO Movie, with it’s whitty one-liners, brilliant animation work and original plotline keep everyone entertained long after they leave the movie theatre.
