The Lego Movie (2014)

Genre: Animation/Comedy/Adventure/Science-fiction

Starring (voice): Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Bay, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman

The animated movie industry has moved by leaps and bounds in making more realistic, accurate, sharp and high-definition movies. Various styles, methods and designs have been used over the years but somehow the Lego movies have always mesmerized audiences. Emmet (Pratt) is an average joe and a construction worker who believes he is extremely happy with life. A wizard by the name of Virtuvirus (Freeman) attempts to save a weapon called as The Kragle from the evil Lord Business (Ferrell) who wants to take over the world. There lives a prophecy where a Master Builder would find The Kragle and restore peace to the world and thus eliminating Business for good. Eight and a half years later, Emett, the construction worker, finds The Kragle and thus fulfills the prophecy to save the world. This movie is clearly a 'love it' or 'hate it' by judging the quality of it's humour. Most of the movie is based on ridiculous, immature, pointless and slapstick comedy that might fail to entertain a lot of the audience. On the other hand, many people, like me, might love this sort of humour and send you rolling over the floor. From a unicorn/kitty hybrid creature that lives in Cloud Cuckoo Land in Middle Zealand and only smiles, a cop with a bipolar disorder, an annoying astronaut who loves building spaceships and Batman who only builds in black and sometimes very dark grey, this movie is an ultimate riot. The animation is another feature that is quite visually stunning. The entire city within the movie is made out of Lego. There is not a single visual element that is not made from Lego blocks and this feature being different from other conventional animated movies, makes it even more unique.

Thumbs up: Great humour, fabulous animation

Thumbs down: Humour may not be for all

Rating: 8.0/10