Good Fun For Adults & Kids

Rating: Null/10 (8 February 2014)

I saw "The Lego Movie", starring the voices of Chris Pratt-Parks and Recreation-t.v., Jennifer's Body; Elizabeth Banks-The Hunger Games movies, Pitch Perfect; Will Arnett-The Millers-t.v., Arrested Development-t.v.; Morgan Freeman-Last Vegas, The Bucket List and Will Ferrell-The Anchorman movies, Old School.
This is the first big screen Lego movie-there have been others, but they were straight to video-and it was better than I was expecting it to be. It was good fun for the adults and the kids, with plenty of jokes for everyone to enjoy. Everything is made to look like it is made from Legos, even the water, fire and the smoke effects. There are lots of recognizable Lego creations-and a few other licensed characters-that make an appearance, including some of my favorite super heroes. Will F. plays the villain that wants to use an artifact called the Kragle to destroy the Lego universe. Morgan is a wise old sage that passes out advice and knows about a secret artifact that can stop Will F.'s dastardly plans, but he needs a special person. Chris plays an ordinary engineer, striving to become a Master Builder, that tears up buildings and then builds them back, good as new. Elizabeth comes to the conclusion that Chris is the chosen one from Morgan's visions and decides to help him achieve his true potential on a quest to stop Will F.. Will A. plays Batman, Elizabeth's boyfriend. There is a scene with a live actor, near the end, that uses one of the voice actors. It's rated "PG" for mild violence and rude humor and has a running time of 1 hour & 40 minutes. I enjoyed it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.