Hilarious camoes and pop culture references, fantastic animation, a heartfelt and intelligent story all combine in this great animated movie that is the best movie of 2014 so far.
The LEGO Movie is about Emmet (voice of Chris Pratt). He lives in the city. And every morning following the instruction booklet, he turns on the TV and watches President Business (voice of Will Ferrel), who says there will be a Taco Tuesday. And follow the rules or be put to sleep. He then drives to his construction work while listening to “Everything is Awesome”, the popular pop song. At work, everyone sings it and Emmet remarks that he could sing it for another 5 hours. Cut to 5 hours later, and they are all singing it still while blowing up buildings. The day ends and while everyone else heads off in groups, Emmet is left behind and sees an unmarked person in the rubble looking for something. The person pulls back their hood and it’s is a girl Wildstyle (voice of Elizabeth Banks). He follows her, falling into a pit, and discovering a unique item. He touches it and gets a vision that is a prophecy that he is the special and will save the world.
The LEGO Movie is many things but one of the best things is that it is hilarious. The script is very witty with clever jokes that come fast and non-stop. The jokes are also very varied. There are subtle social commentary jokes and visual gags. Combine that with fantastic cameos and pop culture references about Lego and other things, and The Lego Movie is a blast.
Besides the fantastic comedy, another thing that is excellent is the animation. It looks like a combination of CGI and stop motion filming – even though it was all CGI. It blends very well and seamlessly between the two. The blending of close up and landscape shots of the characters works as well.
Besides the expected humor and great animation, The Lego Movie also has some unexpected heartfelt moments. These moments work and were very unexpected. Adding a depth to the movie that was a very pleasant surprise. They also are what is probably drawing the comparisons to Toy Story.
The voice cast does a fantastic job as well. Chris Pratt is hysterical as Emmet and Will Ferrell is great as Lord Business. Morgan Freeman is hilarious as the leader of the rebellion and the rest of the cast is great as well. Overall, The Lego Movie is a hilarious, intelligently and heartfelt written, excellently animated and well voiced animated movie that is the best movie of 2014 so far.
The Lego Movie is rated PG for mild action and rude humor. I give The Lego Movie an animated A-.
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