Decently 'put together'

Rating: 7/10 (3 May 2014)

The Lego movie is a film that delivers what you'd generally expect, a generically synthesised kinder based movie with all the frills and gloss you'd expect from Hollywood.
The moral of the story is sound, it conveys how we aren't defined by what others define us to be, but the film doesn't push much beyond that concept; and if it did it was either unnecessary or painfully cringeworthy.
The plot of the film doesn't go far to exact monotone from something we've all seen before, being the blandness of taking something somewhere to 'save the world' but I understand that it's more of a basis foundation for the overlaying inception of the morally subliminal message.
The visuals of this film are coherent with the novelty of Lego, I felt as though it served an authentic, nostalgic tinge, the use of typical Lego paraphernalia added to the mix of synchronicity with the chaos that Lego brings to the contrast of fragmentation to singularity (In the sense of building), the meticulous intricacies that adorned each model were also a refreshing increment.
I liked the character of Emmet, he seemed genuine and pleasantly simplistic (As intended) As for the other characters, I think that there needed to be a tad more variation in the range of figurines, the movie could have incorporated more familiar faces such as Indiana Jones or Darth Vader etc, I felt as though it was an asset that hadn't been utilised to suffice. The Love triangle in the film was somewhat pointless, Batman, Emmet and Lucy could have easily ventured without the implications of a relationship, but as they say, love adds 10 million to the box office.
In conclusion, this film is a pleasant debut for the Lego movies, and if there is a sequel I'm sure improvements will be clarified and implemented as necessary; the producers just need to 'build' upon this current establishment to move it onwards and upwards. But bravo for the efforts made this time round, they paid testament to a franchise that enlightened my childhood. 7.4/10