If you think that the Lego Movie is just another way to cash in or is just a trashy film made to sell more LEGO products, then you’re very wrong. There’s just something amazing about the Lego movie, in a weird way. Not only is the Lego Movie a brilliant mesh of childhood nostalgia, eye catching animation, and gut-busting humor, but its lovable quirky characters along with its thoughtful story make it one of the best films I’ve seen this year thus far.
A short summary: Emmet is just an ordinary LEGO mini-figure construction worker, who one day becomes mistakenly identified as the “Special,” an extraordinary person with the key to save the world. Soon, he finds himself on an incredible adventure with a fellowship of strangers on a mission to stop Lord Business, the tyrannical president of the Octan Corporation, a journey Emmet is completely and utterly unprepared for.
First off, the animation is incredible. The entire story is animated in computer graphic generated Lego. It creates the coolest visually-pleasing effect I have ever seen. Even the water, smoke and fire are Lego animations. To make it even more authentic, the frame rate is slightly choppy. This doesn’t take away from the experience as you might think, but adds to it. Of course, the characters faces are animated differently, with varying expressions, but their movements were that of an authentic Lego. Seeing all the Lego figures and buildings kind off gives off a nostalgic feel of when I used to play with Lego figures and the like, which is a bonus.
This movie has a diverse range of characters, who all make the movie equally enjoyable. Emmet’s team of fellow mission goers includes Wyldstyle, an enigmatic girl, Unikitty, a literal cross between a unicorn and a kitty, Vitruvius, and old wizard master builder, Metal Beard, a pirate, Benny, a 1980-something space guy and Batman, Wyldsytle’s boyfriend. Yes, boyfriend. All of them are unique in their own way, and provide quite a few quality jokes for the laughs in the show. What I love though, is how some familiar iconic people make a cameo in the film, in Lego form of course. Faces such as Superman, Green Lantern, Han Solo and even Shaquille O’Neal pop up in the movie. There’s even a good cop-bad cop character, who’s head spins around when changing characters. If that doesn’t get you to watch the film, I don’t know what will.
The music and humour in this movie was great. The music created the right atmosphere at the right times, and I enjoyed it, especially the insert song Everything is Awesome played constantly in the movie. That tune is the type that you’ll be singing all the way from the theater on the trip home. The humor pretty much made me laugh many times during the movie. From clever one-liners to comedic actions and cheesy music (in the best way), this movie is comedic gold.
Finally, there’s the story. From the summary, I’m assuming you think that it’s just another cliched ordinary person turned hero stories, and while partly true, this movie goes beyond the typical boundaries of such stories and exceeds in making it better. It takes character stereotypes to the extreme, but does so in a way that it parodies it and makes it hilarious. Emmet, the main character isn’t your typical hero. He admits his flaws openly, and decides to help on the mission to stop Lord Business anyways. Near the end of the movie, there is an ingenious twist that makes anything unusual or strange in the movie suddenly make sense, all the while sending out a subtle message when all the conflict is resolved. It was a great way to end it and I personally couldn’t think of how it could be any better.
Overall, I highly recommend going to see this movie. It’s one that you can’t help but love, because of all its great points. In my opinion, everything is awesome in The Lego Movie!
