The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie: This does not sound very promising. Well let's see if you can judge a book by it's cover.It's time for my review of The Lego Movie. Just a quick note before I start: I wasn't able to get a cartoon in time for the review so there won't be one.

One day in a far away land a wizard named Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) is guarding a mysterious weapon called The Kragle (which is just "Krazy Glue"). But The Kragle is stolen by the evil Lord Business (Will Ferrell). Years later a construction worker named Emmet (Chris Pratt) follows his instruction book and goes to work. After a day of work Emmet notices a hooded figure (Elizabeth Banks) sneaking  around the construction site. Emmet follows her but he falls down a pit. At the bottom of the pit Emmet sees a Lego piece and grabs it. He passes out. When Emmet wakes up he is being interrogated by a policeman named Bad Cop and his alter ego Good Cop ( both Liam Neeson). The strange piece is now stuck to Emmet's back. Bad Cop tries to melt Emmet but he is saved by the hooded figure from earlier who introduces herself as Wyldstyle. They end up in The Old West. Meanwhile Lord Business tells Bad Cop that he is disappointed with him. He also tells him that he will use The Kragle to freeze everyone on Tuesday. Also Lord Business erases Bad Cops Good Cop side.

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Back in The Old West they come across the wizard from the beginning. Vitruvius The Wizard enters Emmet's mind and sees the only original thought he has had is a dumb idea for a double decker couch. Vitruvius also tells Emmet that the ruler of the Lego universe is someone called The Man Upstairs. But Bad Cop and the police come and our heroes run away. Our heroes fall off that cliff that Wile E Coyote always falls off of, but they are saved by Batman (Will Arnett) I'm not joking, Batman really does save them. Anyway they make it to a place called Cloud Cuckoo Land where they are greeted by a character known as Unikitty (Alison Brie). Emmet who everyone thinks is the chosen one is told to give a speech. But the speech fails and everyone turns on him. But then police come in and start destroying Cloud Cuckoo Land. Luckily our heroes escape and are joined by Unikitty and a 1980's spaceman named Benny (Charlie Day). They build a submarine and the only thing that Emmet builds inside the sub is a double decker couch. But Lord Business blows up the submarine and the only thing that survives the explosion is the double decker couch which our heroes hid in. They are picked up by a pirate named Metal Beard (Nick Offerman). They make a plan to get into the evil lair. They build a fake space ship to get in. However they don't have a Hyperdrive. But the Star Wars characters pop by and Batman steals a Hyperdrive from them. Okay that was extremely convenient. They build the fake space ship and plan to break into Lord Business's lair.



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They make it in. But are captured by Lord Business. Lord Business removes the strange piece attached to Emmets back and throws it and Emmet into the bottomless abyss. Emmet's friends escape and Benny Builds a Spaceship. Lord Business Starts gluing the world into place. Meanwhile Emmet wakes up at the bottom of the abyss and he is in our world. The entire adventure was just a kid (Jadon Sand) playing with Legos. But the kid isn't supposed to play with the Legos because they belong to his father (also Will Ferrell) who collects them. The kid's father starts putting everything back in place. But when he's distracted Emmet gets back to his world. The kid's father sees all the stuff his son built and says he will let him play with the Legos and Emmet convinces Lord Business to not be evil. The End.

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I was surprised with this movie. Even after I saw positive reviews of it I was still skeptical. For one thing it is very self aware that it is based on a bunch of toys. A lot of side characters like Unikitty and Benny are mostly used for comic relief, but that works. Also I like how much attention to detail there is making sure almost everything looks like Lego. However the plot feels rushed at times. They also use some cliches. Some character types are also cliched, for example: Vitruvius = wise old mentor, Wyldstyl = tough girl, Bad Cop = conflicted secondary villain etc. I like The Lego Movie. But if you can't see past the fact that it is kind of just an extended Lego commercial, I totally understand.