An ode to children's imagination

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2015)

I was much impressed, what is a giant commercial for Lego is one of the most self-aware movie I have ever seen. It is not just for kids, the movie is funny and full of references that will be impossible or hard to get for kids (well, I for one did not show Terminator 2 to my children). CGI is also very, very well done.
Emmet is a boring lego piece living in a perfect world. He's lonely, but he lives in a lego city where pieces live in harmony, follow all the rules, consume over-priced coffee, watch stupid TV shows and listen to catchy (and stupid) songs played non-stop on the radio, under the guidance of the benevolent President Business. Nothing like our world.
We find out later the story is made up by a kid, Finn, in his basement, where his father, the man upstairs, a lego aficionado, created several sets representing various world (Far West, big city...). Of course, for the man upstairs, the sets are supposed to be a depiction of reality, not a playground, but Finn creates a story in which all the sets are linked together, and this is one of the best idea of the movie. When a child tells a story, realism and plausibility go out of the window, you take what you like and what you have on hand, mesh it together and voila! a plot.
Against the Man Upstairs/Lord Business, who intends for his creations to be final, and will glue them in place once they are perfect, Finn/Emmet wants his toys to be... well, toys. To be used as toys, not collections, and who cares if the set is supposed to be a house? Why couldn't we make a spaceship out of it?