Utter lunacy!
As if progressing from such experiences
as Scott Pilgrim and Wreck-It Ralph, The Lego Movie
fully embraces its decision to simple exist that what we get is
magical, insane, inspiring, childish and so unbelievably happy. I had
a stupid, stupid grin on my face constantly.
Emmett is a construction worker living
in a world of regimented order, social control and live literally by
the book (they have instruction manuals on how to live.) But when an
evil tyrant called Lord Business looks to glue their world together,
he discovers that a prophecy deems him “The Special” and will
save the world from a fate worse than death.
What's incredible about The Lego
Movie is how even critics like it. I'll be honest, perhaps a
quarter of the way through I was asking myself: “What am I
actually watching?? This is literally an insane concept! Stupid.”
But those thoughts left as quickly as they came... A
movie about Lego couldn't be (and shouldn't be) anything other than
this!
This film is never on the rails; it is
permanently unhinged and borderline surreal. We have wonderful
animation techniques (CG stop-motion) that capture the plastic and printed nature of
the toy, that looks charming up close and dissolves into absolute
chaos when the bricks start flying! It becomes such a joy to watch,
despite how airheaded and loopy it is.
You have tonnes of cameos too, Lego
have rights to almost everything and here they do not pull their
punches. Batman is a main character, Wonder Woman, Superman, Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lincoln, Gandalf, even Shaquille O'Neal, all feature.
That should be your inner child sated,
kids will love it. But if I may delve a little further, this movie's
theme actually speaks about Lego as a creative medium too! What's
more devastating in a child's mind than someone + gluing Lego pieces
together?? That's terrible, and in terms of Lego plight
that's as evil as it can be! The film goes further still, but I
wouldn't want to tell you everything.
It is utter madness and there's a lot
to be said about how it is a nonsense stitched together with a
generic prophetic “zero-to-hero” storyline... But really, it says
“The Lego Movie” on your ticket, this is what you should expect
and, and a little bit more!
Also, the song “Everything is
Awesome” is addictive as hell!
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