*singing* Everything is awesome!!! Everything is cool when you're part of a team!!! Everything aweso- AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE FIND ME A SONG THAT WILL GET THIS ONE OUT OF MY HEAD!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Plot:Emmett is a normal, construction guy who doesn't really stand out from anyone else in the lego city. But then he finds an artifact called the Piece of Resistance and comes across a woman named Wyldstyle who believes that he is The Special One. So she takes him to see a wizard named Vitruvius who send on a journey in attempt to train him to use his building skills (despite having none) to defeat Lord Business.
So judging by the 90% you of coarse assume I like it just as much as everyone else right? Well...yeah I like it. I can't say I grew up and I was all about Legos (The Pokemon era and all. I'm sure you understand) But I did play some Legos around the time, but I mostly was a fan of the video games like Lego Star Wars, and especially Lego Lord of the Rings. But I can tell you that when it came down to taking advantage of the mere concept of Legos put into a movie, this movie did not disappoint. Unlike Wreck-It Ralph that gave us only some characters from actual video games and then just focused on their own characters and worlds, The Lego Movie used close to every single world that they have ever made with Lego. Granted, some might be used only briefly and have just a line or two just as Lego Harry Potter and Lego Lord of the Rings just having Dumbledore and Gandalf appear and have a brief joke about them. But at the same time, you don't entirely care because it's great to see that they make sure almost every toy line has some for of cameo. The only one that they left out that I can think of is Marvel superheroes, but more then likely that's because that product line is so brand new and thus wouldn't have as much of an effects as the other ones. The film also took advantage of how creative you can be with Lego. One of the things that the trailer left me curious about was whether or not it would tackle the concept of just building things with Lego and not only did they do that, but they were really creative with it at some points. Then there's the characters themselves which are really likable. What really helps is the voice acting, which really helps make these characters a ton of fun. My favorite characters by far where Batman and Bad Cop. Batman was just what a parody of Batman should be. He's full of himself, he makes bat puns, he like to make anything that happens appear totally awesome, it's great. Bad Cop was also very fun to watch. There's something about him being voiced by Liam Neeson that just come out as enjoyable in whatever he does. He was however downplayed rather harshly around the second half of the film. Which is a shame because he had started out so strong with his personality and his habit of repeatedly kicking chairs that kept me laughing. But then by the second half, they hardly do anything with him. I think that's the biggest problem I have with this film personally, but I felt they could've done more with the development and humor with him. But I digress. The story itself is a great story to tell with the concept of Legos. It started off slow at first, but once it got going, it kept getting bigger and bigger and they kept adding more and more things to it. Some people might find this to be a problems and think that it makes the film feel a little too long, and I can see why. But what most likely is the real cherry on top for this movie is the last 15-20 ish minutes. Without spoiling anything, those last few minutes really help make the story itself turn out very thoughtful.
And that's my review for The Lego Movie. It takes advantage of the concept, it has fun jokes, fun characters and gives a surprisingly thoughtful story. Yes, some people might find it long and I for one didn't l ike how Bad Copw as downplayed, but at the end of the day, *singing* Everything is awesome!!!! (Aw, not again!!!) Everything is cool when you're part of the team!!!! Everything is awesome, when you're living the dream!!!!! (aw heck, one more time!!!) Everything is awesome, when you're living the dream!!!!!
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