Lego Movie (2014)

[InformationGeek]

To quote the film itself: Everything is awesome.

This movie was a ton of fun from start to finish.  The plot is pretty clichéd, though given what happens, that actually makes sense.  The humor is great, the characters are a blast, the animation is wonderful in capturing the look and feel of Legos, and the voice acting is great.  Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, and Will Ferrell are great here, especially Morgan Freeman playing the wise(?) old sage.  I can't recommend this movie enough to you guys, especially if you have kids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lHm-stXdM#
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[messedup]

I'm so looking forward to it...dunno when it will be released in Germany, but I will definitely see it in the theater.

[Andrew]

We are all LEGO fans and planning to see it this week.  The kids are excited!

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Just post the URL and the forum will add the preview if it recognizes the video service.  Your link didn't work at first because it started with https: and not http:

I changed it and it is working now.

[ulthar]

I agree.  This movie rocked.

Now, I should point out that I was hesitant to see it.  I saw the previews and jumped to the conclusion that this was just another cliched, weak action-for-children wannabe.

What I did not know is that

(a) that was on purpose...they (brilliantly, in my opinion) manipulated the trailer to come across exactly like that, when the movie has a whole bunch more depth than the trailer suggests, and

(b) the intentional over-the-top clicheness was the perfect set-up for the payoff.

They could have overdone the pay-off; they could have turned that into a cliche.  But it was just the right amount of subtlety and meshed with the overall building plot line perfectly.

I was blown away by how much I liked the overall story that much more having seen the full thing play out, and I issued a mea culpa after it was over.  I enjoyed the heck out of LEGO MOVIE.

Slight Spoiler:

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The bit with Morgan Freeman's character's ghost on a string about had me in stitches....what a wonderful nod to all those movie fans that complain about vfx stuff like "I could see the string!" as well as tying into the larger storyline / ending universe punchline.