Good but not for adults

Rating: 7/10 (25 September 2014)

Well, first off, sorry that I'm not going to waste time typing the synopsis on what this movie is about as one at this day and age can easily know what a movie is by reading Wikipedia or other sites to find out what the movie is about. So, I will go straight to the point and review.
When on the first time I heard that Hollywood was making a Lego movie I was rather skeptical that this would be good. I asked myself: "Obviously this is for kids but would I enjoy this too as a young adult too?" And yes I did enjoy it but I would not watch it again. This has been fun and hysterical but for the most part the jokes are focusing on humour for kids. There are humours employed which are weird, random and patronizing to kids (think of current Nickelodeon and Disney shows). One example was a double-decker couch which was not funny at all. Even the song 'Everything is Awesome' is too kiddy with its catchy and repetitive melody and lyrics. The ending, which I will not say what happened, is also kiddy and predictable. It was an ending desired by kids but mature audiences would know that it is not always true. Despite the kiddines, there are still good dialogues for more mature audiences to enjoy.
I also praise kudos to creative animation and action scenes. The animators and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for capturing the essence of what Legos are all about, imagination. Even the plot embodied that ideal with the main character, Emmet, being one of the master builders who can have creative thoughts and he fights Mr. President to champion creativity over order and stability. Although ironically, this led to something of a cycle of cliché since it was painfully obvious that Emmett was the 'Chosen One' in spite of the fact that he was not creative at all. Yes we have that cliché on this one. I also liked the casting choices especially Morgan Freeman. Even as a voice actor he can still give great performance but so are other voice actors.
As you readers already see my rating, I gave it 7/10 because even though it was enjoyable and fun, mature audiences would not watch them again as we have already seen and heard many of the tropes and clichés that The Lego Movie used. I think smaller kids less than the age of 10 would probably re-watch the movie again but not for older audience. There was a lot of potential for The Lego Movie to be as original as it wanted it to be but if I sense correctly, the production team played it safe and stayed on familiar grounds for more profits. Of the huge high-budget animated movies I have seen, I could compare the movie to Frozen which was also made for masses but slightly better (which has clichés here and there) but the underrated Wreck-It-Ralph is way funnier and will be enjoyed by people of all ages. The latter movie is superior than Frozen or Lego Movie but because it did not get public attention, Wreck-It-Ralph will most likely be a hidden treasure for many years to come. So finish off my review, overall Lego movie was good but not excellent. The quality could have been better if it did had more imagination than presented.
SPOILER: One thing I really want to mention. Am I the only one who noticed Wyldstyle cheated on Batman by kissing Emmett? That's another cliché because movie seemed to want Emmett and Wyldstyle just for the sake of making kids to root for a developing romance between the main character and a lady. What message is this bringing to kids? And why did Batman just shrugged the affair off? He can get over cheating but cannot get over his parent's death? Something is really wrong with Batman.