Awesome might be pushing it...

Rating: 6/10 (10 April 2014)

I've stated that this contains spoilers, but I'll do my best not to make them too spoiler-y!
I saw the trailer for the Lego Movie a couple of months ago and it looked like it might be pretty good - a nice blend of humour, action and nostalgia. I eventually convinced one of my kids to come and see it with me, so off we went.
My first impression was that they'd done what I hoped they wouldn't do: They'd burned almost all of the best lines in the trailer. I hate it when that happens. That said, there was still some nicely crafted humour in there (mostly aimed at adults), but it was all a bit manic and a little hard for me to keep up with. But it was all still reasonably enjoyable, right up until the de facto "Hollywood Morality Syrup" got poured all over it, at which point it went all sugary and spoiled it a bit for me. I should stress, I'm not averse to a bit of sentimentality, but this film really didn't need to be drowned in it. As a father, all it did was make me feel guilty, even though none of my kids even showed the slightest inkling to play with Lego, meaning I never needed the threat of Kragle. Or Supgle, as I suspect we'd call it here in the UK.
It's by no means a bad film, but having my expectations raised by the trailer left me feeling a bit let down by it.