The LEGO Movie Review

The LEGO Movie

Release Date: 3rd April 2014 - Australia

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)

Village Roadshow Pictures 

(in association with)

LEGO System A/S (in association with)

Vertigo Entertainment (production)
Lin Pictures (production)

Warner Animation Group

RatPac-Dune Entertainment (in association with)

 

Distribution

Roadshow Films

Genre: Animation/Family/

Comedy

 

Rating: PG

 

Runtime: 100 minutes

Budget: $65,000,000

Box Office Gross: $470,759,687 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

When a typical, perfectly average, rules-following LEGO mini-figure named Emmet gets mistakenly identified as the most incredible person and the key to saving the world. He gets recruited into a fellowship of strangers on an epic to defeat an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously unprepared.

Voice Cast

Chris Pratt - Emmet

Will Ferrell - Lord Business

Elizabeth Banks - Wyldstyle

Will Arnett - Batman

Morgan Freeman - Vitruvius

Liam Neeson - Good Cop/

Bad Cop/Pa Cop

Nick Offerman - Metal Beard

Alison Brie - Princess Unikitty

Charlie Day - Benny

Channing Tatum - Superman

Jonah Hill - Green Lantern

Cobie Smulders - Wonder Woman

Graham Miller - The Duplo Aliens
Billy Dee Williams - Lando
Calrissian (Cameo)
Anthony Daniels - C-3PO (Cameo)

Keith Ferguson - Han Solo
Shaquille O'Neal - Himself (Cameo)

Will Forte - Abraham Lincoln (Cameo)

Dave Franco - Wally

Jake Johnson - Barry
Keegan-Michael Key - Frank

the Foreman
Chris McKay - Larry the

Barista (Cameo)/Additional

Voices

Jorma Taccone - William

Shakespeare
Christopher Miller - TV Presenter

David Burrows - Octan Robot/Additional Voices

Live Action Cast

Jacob Sand - Finn

Will Ferrell - Man in Upstairs
Amanda Farinos - Mom (Voice)

Crew

Story/Screenplay/Directors - Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Based on LEGO Construction Toys - Ole & Gotfred Kirk Christiansen and Jens Nygaard Knudsen

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Creators - Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman

Story - Dan & Kevin Hageman

Associate Producers - Will Allegra

and Amber Naismith
Executive Producers - Alison Abbate,

Matthew Ashton, Bruce Berman, Jon Burton,

Kathleen Fleming, Benjamin Melniker,

Steven Mnuchin, Zareh Nalbandian,

James Packer, Matt Skiena, Michael E. Uslan,

Jill Wilfert and Seanne Winslow
Producers - Roy Lee and Dan Lin
Co-Producer - John Powers Middleton

Advisor/Art Director: LEGO Team - Michael Fuller
Production Designer - Grant Freckelton

Visual Consultant: Live-Action

Photography - Bill Bzreski
Art Directors: Live-Action Photography -

Jay Pelissier and Sue Chan
Concept Artists and Designers - Mark Ackland,

Nadia Attlee, Kristen Anderson, Andy Bialk,

Felicity Coonan, Pavel Elagin, Chris Georgiou,

Toby Grime, Matt Hatton, Shane Prigmore,

Tim Pyman, Chris Reccardi, Phil Rynda,

Charles Santoso, Nori Tominaga,

Vivienne To, Donald Walker, Phil &

Simon Whiteley, John Yost and

Mike Zarb

Story Department Co-Producer - Igor Khait

Set Designer/Decorator: Live-Action

Photography - Danielle Berman

Cinematography - Pablo Plaisted

Director of Photography: Live-Action

Photography - Barry Peterson

Head of Animation: Animal Logic - Rob Coleman
Animation Co-Director/Supervisor/

Editor - Chris McKay

CG Supervisor - Aidan Sarsfield

CG Supervisor: Animal Logic - Damien Gray

Lighting Department Supervisor - Craig Walsh

Compositing Supervisor - Julien Leveugle

Special Effects Supervisor: Live-Action

Photography - James Lorimer

Visual Effects Supervisor: Live-Action

Photography - Kirsty Millar
Editor - David Burrows

Additional Editors - Robert Fisher Jr.,

Tom Hansen and Doug Nichols

Re-Recording Mixer/Sound Designer/Supervising
Sound Editor - Wayne Pashley

Supervising Sound Effects Editor -

Fabian Janjurjo

Re-Recording Mixers - Greg P. Fitzgerald

and Phil Heywood

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixers -

Peter Purcell, Gregg Rudloff and

Michael Semanick

Foley Artist - John Simpson

Music - Mark Mothersbaugh

Review

For many of you who once had a childhood obsession with all things LEGO, the idea of a movie about your favourite toy might have you racing to the cinemas. However, some of you may not be too keen on this movie after seeing it as undistinguished and underwhelming due to its hype. Frankly, THE LEGO MOVIE is humorous and refreshing. It tells a child's dream of a world made out of LEGO as this wish finally comes true. This film isn't supposed to be a cash-grab in the movie theatres.

Some audiences do not appreciate the message of THE LEGO MOVIE, and it's supposed to be a family comedy with non-stop laughing proportions. While I didn't care about THE LEGO MOVIE for its meaningful and simplistic story, I appreciate the style of the movie in subverting plot clichés like good vs evil, self-awareness and so forth. People will find this movie wittier and different from Toy Story. It was extraordinary in CGI to suggest that the film consisted of several thousand LEGO mini-figures, bricks, and millions of tiny changes.

The selective range of the voice cast takes a poll position without becoming too predictable or dull. The best voiceover stealing the show was from Liam Neeson, who makes the hammy routine out of the "Good Cop, Bad Cop". Do not get me wrong about this old saying. Neeson's take is very entertaining. Will Arnett put the fun in the LEGO version of Batman by having his character egotistical? If George Clooney or Adam West were out there, they would be pleased with this interpretation of the dark knight compared to their own.

Forget playtime. You'll see an age-appropriate film that appeals to all LEGO collectors in your adulthood. Many of you will watch this feature and reminisce about the good old days as a child playing with the toy brand.

Star rating: (9/10) Excellent Movie

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