Lego Movie Review

There's only one way to explain this movie. "Everything is awesome." This is the main song from the movie, but it sums it up pretty well. I can honestly say that I haven't had this much fun at a movie for a really long time. I spent the entire movie with an enormous grin on my face, if not laughing hysterically.

This movie has an all-star cast that includes Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, and Will Ferrell. There's also fun appearances by Charlie Day, Cobie Smulders, Shaquille O'Neal, Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Daniels. Check out the full cast list on www.imdb.com.

In The Lego Movie, we see Emmet, just an ordinary mini-figure, go through his completely ordinary life and do his best to fit in and be like everyone else. Through a fluke incident, he's mistaken for a "Master Builder" who holds the key to saving the Lego-verse. He meets several friends, but his main group consists of Wyldstyle, Batman, and Vitruvius. His new friends inform him of the plans that Lord Business has to destroy the Lego-verse, and they all go on a terribly unprepared quest to save the world.

This movie is incredibly funny and something for kids and parents alike. I loved it because it wasn't typical "adult" humor as in movies like Shrek. It's just good clean humor all around, but some of the "jokes" you just have to be above a certain age to understand them. Most of the adult humor actually consists of throwbacks or pop culture references. It was visually fun to watch. I love seeing movies in 3D, but often find it difficult to spend that extra money on a ticket for 3D. This was a joy to see in 3D and was visually gorgeous...even if it was a movie made of Lego bricks. For an hour and forty-one minutes, I felt like a kid again. It made me reflect on so many fond memories and made me want to go home, play with Legos, and create some new ones.

My advice? Go see this movie. Do it once for yourself, and then if you have kids (or in my case nephews and a niece) take them, too. It's rated PG, so there's really nothing to worry about with the little ones. I'm giving this one a 99%. Well done, Lego Movie. You get an A+. My only sadness is that I didn't see the gnome mini-figure in it. Rotten Tomatoes gives this movie a 96%.

~Songbird

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