I did indeed see The Lego Movie last weekend, however I did not review it. Why? Because I couldn't grade it fairly. You see, I went into the movie expecting a fun-filled and giddy adventure with plenty of action setpieces and humor. While this is true for the first two acts of the film, the final act takes an emotional and somewhat downbeat turn that I did not expect. I cannot spoil it but I can say that there is an emotional plot twist that confused me. Emotion is the last thing I expected out of a film like this, so I at first thought it was a total tone-shifter and did not belong in the movie. However, at the same time, there is nothing wrong with a movie having emotion.
Just look at Toy Story 3, the whole movie is full of emotional scenes and downbeat moments mixed in with the jokes. However, upon first viewing, I loved it and found nothing off about it. That was likely because I expected it from a trilogy-ending Pixar movie. For a movie about toys, I did not expect Lego to have ANY emotional scenes, but that is not a problem with the film. Therefore, I need to view The Lego Movie again with proper expectations so that I can fairly grade it.
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