The Lego Movie is an 2014 American-Australian computer-animated adventure comedy film directed and co-written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, and starring the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman. The film is based on the Lego line of construction toys and was released on February 7, 2014. Upon its release, it received generally positive reviews from critics.
Summary: An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.
This original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
The wizard Vitruvius attempts to protect the "Kragle", a superweapon, from the evil Lord Business. He fails to do so but warns Lord Business of a prophecy where a person called the "Special" will find the Piece of Resistance capable of stopping the Kragle. Years later, Emmet Brickowski, an ordinary construction worker with no special qualities, comes across a woman, Wyldstyle, who is searching for something after hours at his construction site. When he investigates, Emmet falls into a hole and finds the Piece of Resistance.
Legos, which are owned by the family of its Denmark-based founder, is an estimated $5 billion business fueled by all those play sets, licenses with “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Harry Potter,” Marvel and DC Comics, and theme parks. But what will its legions of block-building fans think of the movie when it opens on Feb. 7? To find out, I took 12-year-old Lego champion Ivan Sanchez to an early screening. Ivan is a member of his 7th grade Lego Robotics league in Brooklyn, and he’s competed at the annual New York City tournament at the Javits Center. His mom, Delmy, who also joined us, is the team coach, and she estimates spending $2,000 on the toys last year. “Ivan builds swords and guns,” she explained. “I should have brought you some samples.”
Summary: An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.
This original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
The wizard Vitruvius attempts to protect the "Kragle", a superweapon, from the evil Lord Business. He fails to do so but warns Lord Business of a prophecy where a person called the "Special" will find the Piece of Resistance capable of stopping the Kragle. Years later, Emmet Brickowski, an ordinary construction worker with no special qualities, comes across a woman, Wyldstyle, who is searching for something after hours at his construction site. When he investigates, Emmet falls into a hole and finds the Piece of Resistance.
Legos, which are owned by the family of its Denmark-based founder, is an estimated $5 billion business fueled by all those play sets, licenses with “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Harry Potter,” Marvel and DC Comics, and theme parks. But what will its legions of block-building fans think of the movie when it opens on Feb. 7? To find out, I took 12-year-old Lego champion Ivan Sanchez to an early screening. Ivan is a member of his 7th grade Lego Robotics league in Brooklyn, and he’s competed at the annual New York City tournament at the Javits Center. His mom, Delmy, who also joined us, is the team coach, and she estimates spending $2,000 on the toys last year. “Ivan builds swords and guns,” she explained. “I should have brought you some samples.”
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