trailer was better the the film

Rating: Null/10 (9 February 2014)

My 5 yr old son saw the trailer and thought it looked fantastic. Loads of humour and visual jokes. When we went to cinema we were disappointed to find the trailer showed the best bits and the film was just plumped out in between. Having the different characters from different Lego sets was a good idea too as he was able to recognise them especially batman. He got restless towards the end in the basement scenes. The song was catchy and fun and the way everything was made from Lego was of course great. But the filmmakers really struggle with kids films. They either nail it like Shrek and Toy Story or fail like Gnomeo&Juliet and Brave. The Lego movie falls into the latter category. It may be OK for adults and older children that play a lot of Lego but for the younger ones I would avoid it.