45 - The Lego Movie

    An every-Lego-man finds himself in possession of a foretold mystical piece, which puts him on a wild adventure to prevent President Business from gluing the Lego world in place.
    I had read some wildly positive reviews of this.  It’s damn good.  It moves really fast, there are gags flying everywhere.  The camera work is inventive.  It’s not predictable at all.  And despite this madcap unpredictability, at the core, there’s a very simple, predictable formula.  This isn’t a bad thing.  It’s just an oddity.
    What’s more remarkable about the movie is how much they actually captured the childhood joy of Legos.  Now and then I lament the inability to craft stories that just jump from one event to the next without much rhyme or reason.  I found that this movie was able to capture that type of nonsensical storytelling and marry it to a standard adventure storyline.
    At its heart, the movie is about the fun of creativity.  There’s a place for regimented play that uses instructions, but that the real joy comes from breaking the plans apart, and making your own toys.
    If I have any complaints about the movie, they’re limited.  I felt like it suffered from the same problem that Hook had - action sequences with way too much stuff happening.  This might change with repeat viewings.
    Still, a damn good movie.