Assembled with care

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2014)

I've always said the best kind of animated films are films that can only be done with animation. Toy Story, for example, is a film that would not work in anything but animation, while a film like Shrek could be done with live actors and makeup. The Lego Movie is more of the former. This film is just filled to the brim with interesting characters, great visuals, and a hilarious script.
Emmett, the Lego mini-figure this film follows, is one of the most interesting and deep "chosen ones" since Harry Potter, and you really do root for him throughout the film. Liam Neeson's Bad Cop is another interesting character, mostly because of how conflicted and deep his character is for a film about Legos.
The film, being CGI but using Legos for everything, looks amazing. The best visual scenes is where the characters are in the ocean and the blocks move around like waves, and the end where you really see how much effort went into making this film.
However, the film would really only be OK if it was not for the script. The Lego Movie could be the best comedy I have seen in a long time, and it almost all thanks to one character. Batman. Batman literally has some of the greatest lines of any comedic character since Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack, he is that good.
Besides the great script, the film is just a huge love letter to being a kid at heart and playing with your toys. At the end, the film began to hit home for me and I really began to feel for the main character and the villain as well. The way our generation views Toy Story will be how this generation views The Lego Movie. One of the best animated films in a long time.