The Animation is Certainly the Highlight

Rating: Null/10 (1 March 2014)

The Lego Movie (2014)
*** (out of 4)
Entertaining, if a bit overrated, animated feature about an average LEGO man who is mistaken for a MasterBuilder and is selected to lead a charge against an evil man wanting to put glue all over the city. THE LEGO MOVIE has become a huge hit with people and I must admit that I'm a little shocked. Yes, everyone knows what a LEGO is but when I first saw the trailer for this film I never thought it would connect like it has. With that said, I found the movie to be slightly entertaining but in my opinion it has been overpraised and over-hyped by some. Tastes certainly will vary but perhaps my dislike of playing LEGOs when I was younger had something to do with me not connecting with the picture more. However, even my four-year-old didn't seem to be caught up with the film like he has been with some previous pictures including FROZEN. I thought the animation was clearly the greatest thing about the picture as you can't help but sit there and watch this made-up world and be amazed at how realistic they were able to make it look. Everything is made to look like a real LEGO and the way they pulled this off was simply amazing. I also thought the vocal performances were very good with Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks and Will Ferrell really standing out. I'm not going to reveal the twist at the end of the picture but I thought it worked extremely well. There were some issues that I had with the film including the rather bland leading character and the fact that we're given yet another story that was just way too predictable and standard for its own good. Still, THE LEGO MOVIE has enough going for it to make it worth viewing.