"An ending that deserved a better movie"

Title: The lego movie

Year: 2014

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Writer: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (screenplay); Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller (story)

Runtime: 100min

Cast: Chris Pratt, Elyzabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Morgan Freeman, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill

Produc.: Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Dune Entertainment-RatPac, The LEGO Group, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures

Budget: $60 million approx.

For those of us who know what Lego is, we may like the movie more or less, but I doubt that visually speaking there´s anything to complain. From the shots in a shootout to the water flooding a submarine, all of what´s digitally created matches the design of the little bricks. And even the way the mini figures move their legs, arms, hands and heads is correct.

If, however, objections where to be for the how it was all built, then indeed, there could be a reason for discontent. Although, being this a matter that lends itself for the analysis.

In The Lego movie, Emmet (Chris Pratt) is a common guy, a construction worker, of whom one day the fate of the world becomes to depend on, against the villainous Lord Business (Will Ferrell). Succeed will require Emmet of the help of Wyldstyle/Lucy (Elyzabeth Bakns) and of Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) advises, beside a battalion of characters, fictional and real, willing to follow him.

It was to be expected, for this adaptation, to want some of the Lego collections to be mention. That it is why, out of nowhere appears the Wild West or the Middle Ages; that without a reason Wyldstyle/Lucy is dating Batman (Will Arnett); or that Gandalf (Todd Hansen) from The Lord of the Rings has also got a line.

But the idea should be far from fulfilling the expectations of the older audiences, for being too childish and have an excess of characters. Not even the constant jokes, with references to comics or other expressions are able to improve a movie that is impossible to take seriously.

Nearing then, to the happy and predictable battle finale, and when it seemed to be all said, everything that´s been going on ends up being part of an unexpected twist. Suddenly, that random great mix of characters from different realities, eras and genres has just happened to have a well-defined why. Only just now we see a conflict that we do care about, with opposite interests that truly meet, and of whose resolution we, more than ever, want to be aware of.

The only thing essential until here has been for us to be patient or capable of seeing this film for what Lego ultimately was: a kid´s game.

My rating: 6/10

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