To be perfectly honest this film looked dumb. I had seen
the trailers for this film and I was just going to let it pass me by. Simply
put this film wasn’t even a blip on my radar. I expected it to be bad and that
the ratings would reflect that. Yet when the film did come about I literally
heard nothing but good things; I heard that this was the best movie of the year
so far and worth seeing multiple times. So I decided to give in and give this
film the chance it deserved. Was the hype correct? Let’s review The LEGO Movie.
The (SEEMINGLY)
Negative
Part of the opening has a massive music number. The song
is terrible to listen to. Getting through this musical number I immediately
began to think the worst. ‘Oh god, what did I sign up for!’ I assumed that all
of my previous thoughts on the movie were
correct and that this was going to be a terrible film. Please don’t let this
musical number fool you. The song is supposed to be bad and it’s a major plot
point. If you can get through the song I promise you the film will get much
better. A few people will just tune out for the rest of the movie after seeing
the music number. DON’T DO IT! I promise it gets much better.
The
Positive
The hype was absolutely correct! This film is AMAZING! I
am very tempted to go back to the theater and watch it again. The plot is
extremely insightful and really touching at times. The comedy is pure gold with
many references to LEGO’s own history and anybody who grew up with LEGOs will
instantly recognize many of these. The animation is fantastic, as it is a
really neat blend of stop-motion with real LEGO sets and CGI that give the film
a unique look unlike anything seen done with LEGOs before. I want to dig out my
old LEGO bricks and start building again!
In
Conclusion
I want to go see this movie a dozen more times then take
a break and see it a dozen more times again! This film is awesome, again I
can’t drill this into you enough, THIS FILM IS AWESOME! Go see it now, give
them all of your money and then GO SEE IT AGAIN! I have absolutely nothing but
good things to say about this film and hope you enjoy it as much as I have. 4.9
out of 5.
Now where did I put my LEGO bricks? I HAVE A CRAZY TOWER
TO BUILD!
