Film 24 - The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie - 22/02/2014

Pure Genius!

***** Spoiler Alert! *****

Lord Business steals the Kragle from Vetruvius in order to destroy the universe. Vitruvius tells of "The Prophecy of the Chosen One" who will put an end to Lord Business and his evil scheme.  Cut to 8 and a half years later, President (Lord) Business is ruling the world by controlling the plans, TV and Radio. This is were we meet our main star, Emmet, who accidentally stumbles across the "Resistance Piece" and is proclaimed to be the Chosen One by a group of Master Builders

This is the plot in a nutshell.  It may sound formulaic but there is a good reason why, and that is for you to find out at the end of the film.

There are some tedious bits to the film, but they are quickly kaiboshed with pure comedy moments portrayed by little bits of plastic

The "Bat-Jokes" are hilarious, the film references are abundant and the secondary characters as funny as the rest.  Benny the 80's Spaceman is stand out hilarious and the creators have even got the snapped plastic helmet right, in the same place as all my lego helmets as a child

Obviously, when Solo, Chewie, Lando, C3p0 and the Falcon turned up (told you, spoiler) I was complete - this film could do no wrong from here on in

I have seen a few films aimed at a younger audience recently and they just keep getting better and better.  Wreck It Ralph, How to Train Your Dragon and Despicable Me (and 2) and stand out films that deserve a mention, and for me, Lego Movie is worthy of joining that list.

Great fun to be had, and the soundtrack is AWESOME!

Just great fun and very, very funny in parts