Everything is Awesome: The Lego Movie thread

mauve · 02-09-2014, 08:29 PM

I went to go see The Lego Movie today with my family and I was pleasantly surprised by just how fun it was. The writing was silly and actually elicited real laughs from me on several occasions, both from visual gags and the dialogue. And the humor is actually 100% child-friendly, which is more than can be said for a lot of the stuff coming out of Dreamworks and the like lately-- there's very little in the way of adult humor or fart/poop/butt jokes, which is refreshing, and it's still legitimately funny.

So what's the story? Well, The Lego Movie revolves around Emmet, a completely-ordinary-to-the-point-of-boring construction worker who stumbles across the Piece of Resistance, a mystical relic which has the power to stop a horrible superweapon known as the KraGle (pronounced CRAGGLE). Legend has foretold of a master builder, called The Special, rising up to wield the Piece of Resistance against the evil Lord Business, who plans to use the KraGle to destroy the world. Predictably, Emmet is mistaken for The Special and is brought to meet with the Master Builders, the greatest LEGO heroes in the world. This group includes WyldSide (look, yes, she made up her own name. IT'S A PHASE SHE WENT THROUGH OKAY?!), Batman, 80's Spaceman, MetalBeard the robo-pirate, and UniCat the pink unicorn kitty, along with many recognizable pop culture LEGO figures from Ninja Turtles to Lord of the Rings to Star Wars. And pretty much any time the Builders are onscreen is hilariously awesome. It's up to Emmet to fulfill the prophecy and save the bricks of the LEGO universe before Lord Business unleashes the evil power of the KraGle (I won't reveal what the KraGle turns out to be), under the clever guise of Free Taco Tuesday. Kinda standard-issue main plot, but it's still fun and manages to pull a few surprises I didn't expect.

So yeah, it's silly. And it works because it's silly. It doesn't try to take itself too seriously, but it doesn't act like a blatant 2-hour commercial for LEGO bricks either. It has great voice acting, fun writing, and a nice message about creativity and individuality. Animation is top-notch too: It's CG designed to look like stop action, and it works really well. Almost everything on screen is designed to look like LEGO bricks, from the flames and smoke of an explosion to the rolling waves of a stormy ocean, and they look really nice. They even play a lot of gags off of the fact that everything is made of plastic and some things don't have moving parts.

I really liked this movie, a lot more than I expected to. Did anyone else see it?

02-09-2014, 08:29 PM	#1
mauve So Dreamy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Someplace magical Posts: 6,863	Everything is Awesome: The Lego Movie thread I went to go see The Lego Movie today with my family and I was pleasantly surprised by just how fun it was. The writing was silly and actually elicited real laughs from me on several occasions, both from visual gags and the dialogue. And the humor is actually 100% child-friendly, which is more than can be said for a lot of the stuff coming out of Dreamworks and the like lately-- there's very little in the way of adult humor or fart/poop/butt jokes, which is refreshing, and it's still legitimately funny. So what's the story? Well, The Lego Movie revolves around Emmet, a completely-ordinary-to-the-point-of-boring construction worker who stumbles across the Piece of Resistance, a mystical relic which has the power to stop a horrible superweapon known as the KraGle (pronounced CRAGGLE). Legend has foretold of a master builder, called The Special, rising up to wield the Piece of Resistance against the evil Lord Business, who plans to use the KraGle to destroy the world. Predictably, Emmet is mistaken for The Special and is brought to meet with the Master Builders, the greatest LEGO heroes in the world. This group includes WyldSide (look, yes, she made up her own name. IT'S A PHASE SHE WENT THROUGH OKAY?!), Batman, 80's Spaceman, MetalBeard the robo-pirate, and UniCat the pink unicorn kitty, along with many recognizable pop culture LEGO figures from Ninja Turtles to Lord of the Rings to Star Wars. And pretty much any time the Builders are onscreen is hilariously awesome. It's up to Emmet to fulfill the prophecy and save the bricks of the LEGO universe before Lord Business unleashes the evil power of the KraGle (I won't reveal what the KraGle turns out to be), under the clever guise of Free Taco Tuesday. Kinda standard-issue main plot, but it's still fun and manages to pull a few surprises I didn't expect. So yeah, it's silly. And it works because it's silly. It doesn't try to take itself too seriously, but it doesn't act like a blatant 2-hour commercial for LEGO bricks either. It has great voice acting, fun writing, and a nice message about creativity and individuality. Animation is top-notch too: It's CG designed to look like stop action, and it works really well. Almost everything on screen is designed to look like LEGO bricks, from the flames and smoke of an explosion to the rolling waves of a stormy ocean, and they look really nice. They even play a lot of gags off of the fact that everything is made of plastic and some things don't have moving parts. I really liked this movie, a lot more than I expected to. Did anyone else see it? __________________ Yoo Hoo!