Everything NOT so awesome!

Rating: Null/10 (17 February 2014)

Boy, what a letdown. I am a big fan of LEGO's; played with them throughout my childhood and my daughters have tons of them, so naturally I was very excited to see it with the family. A rating of 8.6 on IMDb (now 8.5) was encouraging but it turned out to be a big bore.
Don't get me wrong dear fans. The movie must have looked great on paper, in story boards and during CGI processing. Clearly, lot of effort went into the making of this movie and the artists should be thanked for that butthere's always a "but." And in this case there are lot's of buts.
First of all the running time is way too long. Two hours for an animated film that goes at a break neck speed? Give me a break. No, really I needed a break while viewing it. This film is chock full of imagery that is radiant with every possible color, hue, tint, and shape that morph into other shapes in the blink of an eye. So you never really know what's going on at any given time. And I am saying this from a kid's perspective. 30 minutes into the movie and my daughter wanted to go home.
Clearly, this movie was not made for kids but for adults like me who grew up playing with LEGO but I hated it. Every single scene has a dozen characters in it and they are all loud. You don't need that to happen in nearly every scene. The jokes are average too. It seems as if the film makers just couldn't decide which joke to throw out and decided to keep everything just in case. They should have consulted guys from Pixar on the proper use of restraint and effective deliverance of a message.
I know this film will do well with the ADHD crowd (no offense to the real patients) that thrives on YouTube videos. I came out of the theater with a mild headache and in my misery asked my kids what they leaned from the movie. First they gave me a blank stare and then all of a sudden started shouting the title song while flailing their arms," Everything is awessssssome." Yeah, right!