The Lego Movie Review: Building Blocks of the Universe.

Seeing your childhood come to life on the big screen hasn’t always produced the best of products, Batman and Robin we’re looking at you, but with this hilarious tale of revolution, heroism and Legos, the Lego movie has definitely succeeded in this dream, and done so astoundingly.

The story for the movie is surprisingly well put together with some surprising twists and turns; not just being an awkward arbitrary construct for the jokes to be plastered over like so many other movies tend to do. The Lego movie stars your typical, average Joe, Lego man: Emmet (Chris Pratt), who has been thrust from his ordinary life and into the adventurous role of the ‘chosen one’ and must save the entire Lego world from being frozen by Lord Business (Will Ferrell). Sounds fun right? Well that is exactly what this movie is, pure childish but surprisingly smart fun.

Bringing the Lego to life is CGI but you wouldn’t be blamed if you thought what was unravelling on screen was produced with the actual pieces. With a very distinct style and stop motion feel the whole experience feels authentic, letting you believe that you are actually holding the pieces and acting out the events your self.

Apart from the ingenious style of movement the actual world is a spectacle of fun and colour completely made from Lego bricks and pieces. From the buildings to even explosions and the smoke that appears in its wake everything is Lego; creating a consistent and weirdly believable world that even comes with its own quirky but strangely interesting lore.

Not only are the visuals superb but the voice acting is of a high calibre too. Each well known character, from Batman to the Spaceman, is given a breathe of life with all cast members shooting for the stars and achieving great moments especially Charlie Day’s hilarious performance as the Spaceman and Liam Neeson’s impressive ability to switch roles inside the character of  Good/Bad Cop.

The comedy in this movie is at many moments gold. Having an almost Family Guy feel of absurdity; combining physical and spoken comedy masterfully creating some very quotable and memorable moments to be spoken of in friendship groups for months to come.

While the comedy is very clever and well put together I am afraid that some comedic beats may be lost on some of the audience not as well versed in the nerdy pop culture. However this is only a minor fear as there is enough variation in this movie to not make any audience member feel excluded or out of the loop. Allowing the whole cinema to fill to the brim with laughter from all ages and interests.

The movie overall is an un-doubtable success but there is one flaw I had with the motion picture which is how the ending is constructed. I felt that within the ending 15 – 10 minutes there were too many high and low points for the main character making each one have less of an impact as the movie went on. In-fact by the end any peril or victorious comeback felt slightly irrelevant as it had happened so many times before in such a small space of time. But while this may have hindered the ending it does not reflect badly on the rest of the movie thankfully feeling like an isolated incident rather than a film breaking conclusion.

So basically everything is awesome and everything is cool when it comes to this movie. With an excellent cast, solid story, and beautifully crafted animation; you’ll be full of childhood glee and bursting with laughter from start to finish.

The Lego Movie = 9/10

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