Starts Strong But Is Ultimately Disappointing

Rating: 7/10 (17 November 2014)

An ordinary Lego construction worker (Chris Pratt), thought to be the prophesied 'Special', is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant (Will Farrell) from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis.
As much as I dislike posting reviews with spoilers, this will have to be one in order to justify my lower rating. For the most part, until 66% or maybe even 75% of the movie, I really thought this was one of the best animated features I had ever seen. It looks great, the story is good (even if the message is a bit lame and blunt), and there are some genuinely funny moments with old characters in new situations (Lando and Batman, for example).
But here is where they lost me: the introduction of human, live action characters. When the already obvious message of being against conformity and growing up suddenly gets even more obvious by showing the interaction of father and son, it loses me. Why do we have to go there? And why do we have to have the Lego universe exist in a kid's imagination and not some real place?