Worthy of its rating

Rating: 8/10 (1 March 2014)

If you have not yet seen this movie, here are two heads ups: one, it's extremely fast paced so brace yourself, two, if you have seen a lot of movies the plot may get predictable.
Traffic was slow on this day so I barely made it to the theatre in time (about halfway through the previews). So I was a bit stressed when I sat down. The fact that the opening of the movie was very fast paced and there were so much happening at once did not help my mood. However, the humour kicked in quickly and each one made me at least chuckle. The story eventually slowed down (a little) and I was finally able to fully enjoy this movie.
It's indeed worthy of its praise: the pop-culture references are of good taste, the humour is excellent, the visuals (though hard to keep track of) are amazing. Even if the movie is fast paced, this is LEGO after all. Having the characters build something slowly than what you see in the commercials would not be LEGO. It's not my favourite movie but I am glad I saw it, and will definitely see it again. Beware: the theme song is very catchy.