Sunday, June 21, 2015

The Lego Movie

I liked this. It is the kind of movie where the story doesn't really matter since the enjoyment is in the details of the production. All the right notes were hit in terms of how Lego is actually used as a toy for children, both in the present, and in the past. This means that all ages can find some nostalgic "Oh yeah" while watching. And these are not big, groundbreaking memories, but simple ideas like the fact that the people can bend 90 degrees forward/backward at the waist. So add a little morning stretch routine (simple) and it brings back that little memory. The movie is saturated with these types of small recollections and it probably shows, more than anything else, the creative possibilities of the Lego platform for play.
4 stars (out of 5)

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