The Lego Movie Review

2014’s 2nd animated feature film.

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My opinion right after watching film

My opinion right after watching the film is that it is very good and entertaining. The animation is creative and beautiful, the pop culture references are not TOO dated, the characters are likable, and it has a strong story. One issue that I have to point out is that it is too fast paced, and we have no time to explain much, or to take a breather from the fast pace.

Production

The film had been in development at Warner Brothers since 2008, it was greenlit in 2011 with the directors from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Story

So the story starts with the old wizard Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) battling it out with Lord Business (Will Ferrell), which causes the wizard to go blind. He warns Business that there is a prophecy of a “Special one” that will defeat him and Find the piece of Resistance to defeat the Kragle. 8 and a half years after that incident, we are  introduced to our main character Emmett (Chris Pratt),  who is a generic construction worker, and is extremely happy and by the book. At work, he ends up in a weird situation.

Sorry for the crappy imagery. This is a result of only the bootleg videos being on the internet.

Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks) is the girl that he saw at the site, and she comes to save him from Bad Cop (Liam Neeson), who is Business’ assistant. Emmett knows that Business wants to destroy the world with the Kragle. So she tells him that she saved him because he is The Special One, to a prophecy, meaning he is the most special, talented, and interesting lego in the world and will save them. During the ride, she realizes that he is not the special.

So they make it to Vitruvius, who tests him, and they realize that he has no creativity, and cannot build everything without a handbook. They end up getting tracked down by Bad, Cop, so they have to go to their team, and is rescued by Batman (Will Arnett), and go to their hideout.

So Emmett gives a speech to the Lego team about how he is not smart, strong, creative, and pretty much a blank slate, which only angers them more and causes them to attack him, and boo him out of there. Also, Bad Cop attacks the hideout to capture most of the Master Builder, and Batman (Wyldstyle’s boyfriend) has to save Emmett, who he thinks is a pathetic person.

They are all confused as to what to do, so Emmet instructs them to pretty much make a double decker couch, which no one thinks would be useful, but it does.

He gives a speech about how they do not know how to work together, while he does, and how they did great when they worked together, blah, blah, blah, blah, the usual. This is a smart move, and it is a decent scene compared to the constant action themes.

So they sneak into Business’s lair, and Wyldstyle tells him that she wanted to be the special, and that her name is Lucy. This is supposed to be a heart to heart conversation, but they have no chemistry whatsoever. So soon enough, they are all captured, and Business kills Virtruvious, but in his last words, he reveals that the prophecy is fake.

So why the fuck did you make this prophecy up? Was there a need for you to do that just to get someone to defeat business? I just do not see the point in him making this up, especially when IT DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN.

So I am gonna wrap this up in a nutshell. Emmett falls into a love action world with Ferrell and his son arguing about how they play legos, because the little boy has the construction worker is the hero, and Emmett realizes that this is his world. He somehow goes back in lego world, and talks to business about how special everyone is, and that is the end of it. Batman breaks up with Lucy because having an affair with Wonder Woman  she deserves someone like Emmett. In the live action world, Ferrell tells his son that his sister is going to play with the legos, which is a PERFECT opportunity for the sequel that is confirmed to be released in 2017.

The film is enjoyable. The humor for the most part is spot on, something is always happening, the characters are likable enough, the animation is pleasing, but it does seem like this film was made with one thing happening, and moving to the next, instead of a tight-knit flow to it. It is always, adventure, then a plot point, and so on and so on. There is no time to slow things down, and there is an obnoxiousness to it. It also does not help that the prophecy was so unnecessary for the plot.

Characters

The characters in the film are not memorable. They have their good moments, but I almost instantly forget about them and their names.

He is extremely generic and bland. I know he is supposed to be like that, but it does not make him an engaging main character.

He is a great and despicable villain, but I was too distracted by Will Ferrell’s voice.

I was expecting her to be so cool and so badass, but she kind of…..disappointing. She is kind of blah too, but she is more likable than most of the characters.

He is typical Batman, but he is more of a jerk. Also, Will Arnett’s voice brings me traumatizing and annoying behavior of many of the characters in The Nut Job.

He is an enjoyable sidekick villain.

I don’t have much of an opinion of him. He is just….there and unmemorable.

Animation

The animation in this film is very good. EVERYTHING in it are made of legos, and despite the bad pictures above, it is very colorful, bold, and detailed. They move like the toys we have, and the motion for something like thick, clunky legos are surprisingly and brilliantly fast.

Music

The music is very similar to the music in Wreck-It Ralph, but nowhere near as good.

Reception Today

When the film was released on February 7th 2014, it opened at #1, and stayed there for 2 weeks. So far, it has made $183,160,000 in North America, and $51,200,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $234,360,000. I predict that it will make $400-500 million. It might struggle to make it to $500 million though.

It is praised like no other, with 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics and audiences like pretty much everything about it, and liking the nostalgia touch to it.

Final Score

Story: 7.5/10

Characters: 6/10

Animation: 8.5/10

Music: 7/10

=29/40 = 73%

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