The Lego Movie

Everything About This Is Awesome!

Director: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

Release Date: 2013

Rating: U

Running Time: 100 mins

Genre: Animation/Comedy

Starring: Chris Pratt, Will Ferral, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman

"Come with me if you want not to die"

When you first see posters for this, you'll assume its for kids, but when I sat down the other day with a group of friends for what would be my third screening of this, I quickly realised, this is a film for everybody.

As children, everyone enjoyed playing with lego. The concept of building some amazing things and just simply being able to marvel at our creations was always an exciting feat. The Lego Movie shows us how amazing and imaginative a childs mind is, and reminds us how it use to be for us. But more than that, it reminds us, Lego is awesome!

Not only is it highly entertaining and extremely comical, with almost every other line making us laugh, it's a fantastic representation of a capitalist society. We follow rules, we obey everything the government says and we're distracted by mediocre comedy and other things that aren't relevant to real every day life. A fantastic quote is when our protagonist Emmet states "President Buissness is such a good guy, he makes all kinds of good stuff, surveillence systems, all history books voting machines...wait a minute". It says a lot about how we're controlled and have no real idea of what's actually going on...pretty deep stuff Lego. So, it backs up my argument that kids films are made to amaze and excite kids, but also keep the parents entertained and thinking too. One of the reasons, despite now being seen as too old for kids films, they are still such a guilty pleasure. 

With a cast full of famous faces, well in this case voices, we're provided with a lot of laughs from the likes of Morgan Freeman, Will Ferral, Elisabeth Banks and of course, our highly comical and lovable protagonist voiced by Chris Pratt. I guarantee that this film will have you laughing a lot along the way, through it's interestingly laid out plot, right up to the final moments when (spoiler alert) the Lego world is met by creatures from the land of Duplo. I've no idea how long the script took to write, but it is so humorous and funny, its bordering on genius. 

All I can say is, from watching it with a range of different people and hearing what they had to say, I doubt you'll meet many who won't enjoy it. It's so well made, the crew involved in producing this film have to be given a huge amount of credit as it is simply fantastic cinema viewing.

This is how animation should be.

8/10