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I remember being a kid and playing on the floor with my Lego's all sprawled out on the floor. There were instructions and I would follow them as best I could. Sometimes I would complete them and there would be a few days of pride of me admiring how well I followed the instructions and what I had made looked just like the box. But it was only a matter of time before I would tear down the creation and build something out of pure imagination.

The Lego Movie is a movie that has been given the most raw ingredients that any movie can have. After all essentially anything can be made with Lego's, as well as that every franchise owe Lego a favor for having a Lego version of their franchise.

The movie follows a piece named Emmet (Chris Pratt). He is that piece that everyone has owned in their time with their Lego's, a bland, boring, non-interesting construction worker. He goes about his time, following the instructions of life but with none to share it with. Until the day he sees a pretty girl and ends up stumbling onto a special piece which makes him "The Special." Chris Pratt has great comedic talent, with his every-day-man persona along with that over the top charm that he brings to his voice work.

When I first saw the main character of Emmet I was rather disappointed. But after some thought I realized that it was genius, he is a builder. Every child that has ever taken one piece and fitted it onto another is a builder. Along with that his bland face and generic design fits with the story and his character arc.

Accompanying Emmet is a huge cast of well balanced, but also hilarious characters. There's Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), a cool girl with lots of style and can build with the best of them. There is an old wise man that takes the place of this stories Merlin, his name is Vitruvius (there's a name the kids can grab onto), played by Morgan Freeman, he's reliable enough but you get the feeling that he's a few pages short of a spell-book, if you know what I mean. There's also Uni-Kitty (Alison Brie) she is several different flavors of adorable. The bad guy is Lord Business played by Will Ferrell, just imagine Ron Burgundy mixed with Lex Luthor and you've got the villain for the movie (I don't know about you but that sounds awesome).  Liam Neeson plays Bad-Cop and Good-Cop, you only have to twist his head round to change between the two. And last, but certainly not least, is Will Arnett as as Batman a hilarious take on the obsessive crime fighter who is almost aware of his huge popularity.

As well as the main cast there's the supporting cast that all have their moments and add even more laughs and comedy to the mix. Channing Tatum plays Superman (perfect casting), Jonah Hill plays the needy Green Lantern and Cobie Sumlders finally gets her chance to play Wonder Woman.

I really appreciated the cameo appearances that are so generously sprinkled throughout the movie.  Not since Who Framed Roger Rabbit have I seen such a huge gathering of different characters from different companies. Some examples are Ninja Turtles, Gandalf, Abraham Lincoln, Green Lantern, Star Wars and the NBA All-Stars.

One of the problems I though of when I heard there was a movie being made about Lego in general was that "how could they?" I didn't think they wouldn't be able to make a good plot, but the duduk perkara was the fact that when every kid sits down with their Lego's they make up their own story.   Well this plot is so good that I think everyone that sees it will be happy. It wont be their story but I'm sure that there are pieces in it that they can enjoy and relate to.

The C.G.I. is something that is a little scary to me. Why? Because its so damn good. The Lego people and bricks look so real that I thought that this was some sort of elaborate stop-motion movie, but no this is just some of the best C.G.I. that I have seen in a movie. With the actual animation itself for the most part it has this kind of quick choppy style to its movement while other times its a little more smooth and traditional and those are the scenes that weaken it, let me explain. While they move more choppy it makes it seem like they are pieces of Lego that someone really is moving around, but with the smooth movement comes the realization that this is a computer moving them.

This is one of the brightest most imaginative movies that I have ever seen. The sheer colors are an amazement to watch on the screen. As-well as that all the creative things that the writers came up with are incredible, just one of these things are enough to form around one movie but this movie just wastes them. Idea, now you've seen it throw it away, next idea! But you never get overwhelmed by all the jokes and creativity and ideas, there is that ow so hard balance that is perfectly executed.

What is the age for this movie? The bright colors and the fact that they are Lego's will attract the younger viewers. But the dry, punchy humor will probably fly over their heads. In terms of the writing this is for the older audience. I would say that this movie would be best suited for, around fourteen up, that sounds right. There was a small child in the theater in the cinema when I was there, they didn't seem to understand the humor, but they did like it when they saw colorful characters acting crazy and seeing a Ninja Turtle on-screen.

Just like the song tells us everything in this movie is awesome! Are there some things that I could pick apart...maybe, but from what I see every piece is so perfectly assembled. Wow now I really want to play with some Lego.

Rating: 4 stars out of 4