This movie is awesome! It's so good on so many different levels I'm not even
sure which one to start with: the 3D, the comedy, the animation, the subversive
plot, the characters, the self-awareness?
I would never, ever, have gone to see a movie about LEGO blocks as it screamed out to me of product placement, stupid story line, exaggerated emotions, conceited plot and I thought it would focus on being silly instead of funny. However, so many people have been raving about it and saying it might even end up on their top 10 lists I had to go see what the fuss was about. This LEGO movie still has product placement, a stupid story with a conceited plot but it doesn't rely on being silly instead of funny. It is totally frickin hilarious all on its own with clever writing, clever animation and brilliant voice acting.
Even the 3D is good in this film! I’m not a huge fan of 3D but mainly because it always feels tacked on and useless, but it really suits this film well and the technology has come a long way. It wasn't blurry and didn’t strain my eyes, and due to all the vibrant colours in the movie it works better than in most other films.
But let’s get on to the really good stuff: the cleverness of the whole picture. The plot if you think about it is really quite subversive. It’s all about how the LEGO people follow instructions each day and are told what to think, what to enjoy and how to live their lives. Then one day the 'typical Joe' character stumbles upon "The Resistance Piece" and so begins an adventure with Batman, the hot girl, unicorns and all sorts of weird, wonderful and hilarious things. The way the LEGO blocks are incorporated into the fight scenes, chase scenes and different worlds throughout is both breathtaking and awe inspiring.
It goes on from there to become a much bigger picture than you would first think it to be, and the whole time it is self-aware. It knows it’s a straight forward adventure movie so it plays on all the tropes and clichés to the max but somehow does it without feeling corny. The outcome of this is that young kids will get wrapped up in the adventure but adults can also laugh at everything they have seen before done in a new way.
I highly recommend checking out this movie, it was loads of fun and much better than I was expecting. You will genuinely be laughing out loud and mightily impressed.
SCORE: 9/10
IMDB Info for LEGO Movie
I would never, ever, have gone to see a movie about LEGO blocks as it screamed out to me of product placement, stupid story line, exaggerated emotions, conceited plot and I thought it would focus on being silly instead of funny. However, so many people have been raving about it and saying it might even end up on their top 10 lists I had to go see what the fuss was about. This LEGO movie still has product placement, a stupid story with a conceited plot but it doesn't rely on being silly instead of funny. It is totally frickin hilarious all on its own with clever writing, clever animation and brilliant voice acting.
Even the 3D is good in this film! I’m not a huge fan of 3D but mainly because it always feels tacked on and useless, but it really suits this film well and the technology has come a long way. It wasn't blurry and didn’t strain my eyes, and due to all the vibrant colours in the movie it works better than in most other films.
But let’s get on to the really good stuff: the cleverness of the whole picture. The plot if you think about it is really quite subversive. It’s all about how the LEGO people follow instructions each day and are told what to think, what to enjoy and how to live their lives. Then one day the 'typical Joe' character stumbles upon "The Resistance Piece" and so begins an adventure with Batman, the hot girl, unicorns and all sorts of weird, wonderful and hilarious things. The way the LEGO blocks are incorporated into the fight scenes, chase scenes and different worlds throughout is both breathtaking and awe inspiring.
It goes on from there to become a much bigger picture than you would first think it to be, and the whole time it is self-aware. It knows it’s a straight forward adventure movie so it plays on all the tropes and clichés to the max but somehow does it without feeling corny. The outcome of this is that young kids will get wrapped up in the adventure but adults can also laugh at everything they have seen before done in a new way.
I highly recommend checking out this movie, it was loads of fun and much better than I was expecting. You will genuinely be laughing out loud and mightily impressed.
SCORE: 9/10
IMDB Info for LEGO Movie
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