The LEGO Movie is not only 2014's best movie yet, but it's going to make a lot of top 10 lists this year, including mine. It's a movie that's stupid and funny while being heartwarming at the same time. The gist of the movie is that Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) is an ordinary minifigure who doesn't stand out, but according to a "prophecy", he's the chosen one to take the Piece of Resistance and destroy Lord Business (voiced by Will Ferrel), who looks an awful lot like Mitt Romney (according to Fox News).
The voice actors are brilliant here. I'm really glad Chris Pratt is getting more and more roles as he's excellent on Parks and Recreation, and thanks to Guardians of the Galaxy, soon he'll be an A lister. Will Arnett as Batman was a genius move. Heck, Zach Snyder should have gotten him for Batman vs Superman! Will Ferrel, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, and Charlie Day all do a good job in their roles, especially Ferrel, but the real stars here are Liam Neeson, Alison Brie, and Nick Offerman. Neeson's comedic timing as Good Cop/Bad Cop is excellent and had me laughing every time he switched to Good Cop. To see such a tough actor like this act so goofy and nice was flat out hilarious. Alison Brie made Unikitty such a sweet yet fierce character that I can't imagine anyone else playing her, and you could barely recognize Nick Offerman was Metalbeard. Then of course there's all the cameos, but I'll let you figure them out when you watch the movie. In fact, there's going to be quite a few you won't recognize, so look on Wikipedia when you're done watching.
This movie was mix of stop motion and animation. The production design here was fantastic, and a total of 3,863,484 pieces were used in the making of the movie. However, if everything was stop motion, it would require 15,0830,330 pieces! Major props to Mark Freckleton, this is Oscar worthy designing right here.
Phil Lord and Chris Miller's screenplay is what makes the movie so fun. The story is so jumbled up and it goes from one thing to the next, but when you're playing with toys, that's exactly the way it goes. If the opening western scene from Toy Story 3 was turned into a full length movie, this would be it. Not only is the story great, but so are the jokes. There's something for everyone here, ranging from your standard kid jokes to adult jokes to pop culture references, and for the big LEGO fans out there like me, there's even a joke about the financial disasters of certain themes!
You've probably heard the song Everything is Awesome in the trailers and commercials for this movie, and let me tell you that this song is catchy! It's so catchy that it'll be stuck in your head for weeks! It was written by Mark Mothersbaugh with the music Tegan & Sara and The Lonely Island, and this is definitely the frontrunner for Best Original Song next year (Andy Samberg winning an Oscar is something that could happen, folks). Mothersbaugh's score is also worth mentioning and adds a certain charm to the movie.
I could go all day talking about this movie, but talking more about it would spoil the movie so I'll give my full thoughts in another post. The LEGO Movie is perhaps the best animated movie since The Incredibles, having a great story and great laughs while at the same time being heartwarming. Phil Lord and Chris Miller have truly made something special here, and they've now gone 3 for 3 on movies. Well done.
Final score- A+
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