The Lego Movie (2014)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (21 & 22 Jump Street)
	Actors: Will Arnett (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Zack and Miri make a Porno), Will Ferrell (Zoolander), Morgan Freeman (Oblivion), Liam Neeson (96 hours)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Adventure, Animation
	Conditions of visioning: 12.08.2014, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: An ordinary LEGO construction worker finds himself the center of a prophecy  in which masterbuilders will defeat the evil Lord Business who wants to destroy the world as they know it.
Review: I heard many good things about this movie, and had hopes it could be the new Incredibles, i.e. an animated film intended for children but with a second layer of meaning and references for adults. It is indeed what it tries to be, but I didn't find it as deliciously funny as the Pixel masterpiece. The story of a toy world within the human world reminds of Toy Story or Wreck-it Ralph. The prophecy, the girl the hero falls in love with, the secret weapon, the bad guy...all of this is quite classical, but mixed with the fun to see the figurines of Batman, Superman, the Star Wars cast, Gandalf... and the second level of meaning to the movie which is: can adults play with LEGO, and can you mix up the different LEGO universes? The choice of animation was quite risky but turns out to be impressive: the LEGOs don't move much more than what is allowed by their natural articulations (except for the facial expressions), and anything you see in their world seems like it could have been built with the small bricks including fire, smoke, soap foam, water (the ocean is animated at about 2 frames per second), clouds... The same goes for the accessories: oversized croissant, toothpaste tube, instruction manual... There is actually so much going on that I will need several viewings to catch more details. Not as good as I expected, but well done nevertheless. It could have been interesting to watch the 3D version.
Rating: 6 /10