The Lego Movie is (Yes) ....Awesome

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2014)

2014 is that rare year where Pixar and Disney don't release a new film. While that makes me sad, I have a theory that the other studios decided, "hey let's put out our best films". So now we have Dragons 2 and The Lego Movie dominating our screens. In The Lego Movie, we follow Emmet, a completely plain Lego construction worker living his day to day life by the rules. That is, until he get's involved in this grand quest with a fellowship of Lego Warriors to save the Lego universe from the evil President Business. We've all seen this plot before, and this movie knows it. I LOVE this film, it's so smartly written and full of laughs. It feels like watching a really great Disney movie. You never have that feeling of "blah been there done that" and thats because the movie has all these pop culture references, breathtaking animation, and there's plenty of humor for us grown folk. The cast is made up of some pretty well known names; Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, and Will Arnett are a few, but it was Morgan Freeman and Liam freaking Neeson that show some great voice acting skills. As I said, the animation is mind blowing but beautiful to look at honestly. Believe me when I say EVERYTHING, even the explosions are made of Legos! If you couldn't tell by now, I was pretty amazed by this movie. The ending, was what made this a great animation movie. It hit me hard and surprised me. Kids will love it, adults will have a good time too. This is definitely worth a purchase, and I didn't even get into how awesome Batman is in this one. Awesome little Star Wars collab in this one.