Sporting a high profile cast, The Lego Movie is a stunning adventure of creativity and wit.

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2014)

The Lego movie is a fresh take on the predictable cartoon storyline of recent years. The film displays an array of outrageous ideas capturing both the minds of adults and kids alike. The humor is combined with immense creativity just like the Lego blocks the movie depicts. Small gags and stand-up comedy is scattered throughout the entire adventure. Overall it is a solid animated movie that is fun to watch and leaves you feeling satisfied.
The Lego movie shows the adventures of an average citizen named Emmet, voiced by Chris Pratt. Emmet begins his journey as a Lego construction worker, mindlessly following the directions and building the high-rises of the big city. After falling into a large hole by mistake, he stumbles upon a piece of red plastic the looks different from the rest of the Lego pieces. Emmet later learns that the strange object is called "The Piece of Resistance." Because of this, Emmet is mistakenly labeled as the "Chosen One," who is supposed to save Lego City from the evil Lord Business. Like the other citizen living under the constraints of Lego city, Emmet has been brainwashed to follow an exact set of rules. The Lego citizens all watch the sitcom Where's My Pants, all have the same favorite song "Everything is awesome," and are all programmed to never break the laws. Longing for a chance to feel unique, he goes on with the legend of the "chosen one" until people began to find out he really doesn't possess the skills needed. Not to be setback by this problem though Emmet slowly learns to craft his own unique skills into something useful.
The Lego move sports a set of high profile characters. As one of the heroes Batman/Bruce Wayne is voiced by Will Arnett. Morgan freeman plays Vitruvius, a blind prophet who guides Emmet on his journey. There are cameos from Superman (Channing Tatum), Wonder Woman, The Green Lantern (Jonah Hill), Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Shaq (Shaquille O'Neal). Part of the entertainment of the Lego Movie is seeing all these franchises that have been licensed by Lego over the year. Where else can you find all these similar voices and characters in a single movie?
Throughout the movie the screen is bursting with pop culture references and subtleties. It will take multiple times watching the movie to catch them all. The intentional stop-motion style results in scenes that actually look like they were built out of Legos. This gives the appearance that every piece was painstakingly moved for each shot, creating this jumpy feel that adds a sense of realism. The fire, water, and sands in the desert are all Lego bricks. Large waves that splash over the side of the boat disperse into Lego studs. On top of that small cracks and scrapes are etched in, like the 80s space man who has a cracked chin guard. The insane ideas and realistic looks took me back to the 10 year old me playing Legos on the carpet floor.
Just when you think that this train ride of adventure and comedy begins to drag on too long, the movie takes a dramatic twist and adds a whole new element into the mix, enriching the already great story by adding another dimension both physically and metaphorically. You will have to watch the movie to find out.
All in all, this movie is jam-packed with entertaining scenes and comedy, whether you love Legos or have never touched them, this movie is 100 minutes well worth the time.