TraciWA Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Anyone go see the Lego Movie? I took my four year old ds this morning. What a fun, well done movie! I laughed quite a bit! He loved it, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 So you'd think it is age appropriate for a 5 yo? I briefly glanced at the reviews, and it said PG? DH wants to take DS9, and I wasn't sure whether DD5 should go with them or no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Can't wait to see it. I've read nothing but good reviews. We're going to take the kids who are in school out early next week and go when the crowds are less. Everything is Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraciWA Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 So you'd think it is age appropriate for a 5 yo? I briefly glanced at the reviews, and it said PG? DH wants to take DS9, and I wasn't sure whether DD5 should go with them or no. Yes, there is action and cartoon type violence. My four year old sat spellbound. He is big into Lego! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 We loved it - we were ages 8 - 66! Visually so interesting. Lots of humor that kids won't get (like "micro-managers" being the evil force of "Lord Business!) that keep the adults entertained! I can't think of anything that I would have objected to a younger kids seeing - the theater was FULL of younger kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I thought it was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 It was good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 We are going to the 10am showing tomorrow. I would much rather make them wait, but it seems like cruel and unusual punishment. Then again, the 13yo thinks having to get up early on a Sunday is cruel and unusual punishment, but she will have to get over it. Here if you go before 12pm the tickets are only $5.50. Did you guys see 2D or 3D? Did you feel that 3D would make it better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 We went to the matinee this afternoon and loved it! It really was pretty innocent all things considered and what little innuendo there was was still tame, would go over the heads o young ones, and just be silly to older ones. Definitely worth taking the whole family to see. My new favorite phrase, "Your mind is prodigiously empty." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Dh went with kids today. They all loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraciWA Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 We are going to the 10am showing tomorrow. I would much rather make them wait, but it seems like cruel and unusual punishment. Then again, the 13yo thinks having to get up early on a Sunday is cruel and unusual punishment, but she will have to get over it. Here if you go before 12pm the tickets are only $5.50. Did you guys see 2D or 3D? Did you feel that 3D would make it better? I went to the 2D as I don't enjoy the 3D as much. Our theater is 6.50 before noon. I miss when it used to be 4 dollars before noon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Just got back and we loved it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Ds went with a friend yesterday. I don't think this is much of a spoiler. He liked it, but he was disappointed in some live action scenes involving real people. He felt it should be 100% Lego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Ds went with a friend yesterday. I don't think this is much of a spoiler. He liked it, but he was disappointed in some live action scenes involving real people. He felt it should be 100% Lego. Hm. We thought that elevated the whole film. Batman was hilarious. Do the rest of you have the song stuck in your heads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplemom Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Dh and ds saw it yesterday, they loved it. Dd didn't like the previews on the Lego movie, so I took her to see Frozen instead. We liked that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Everyone enjoyed it here. I was not excited to be there and I still enjoyed it. I can't think of anything too scary for most little ones (***Really generalized spoilers: lots of action, lasers, falling, a character 'dies' and comes back as a ghost, someone's face is erased, people are frozen***) and we thought the innuendo was even less than usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Hm. We thought that elevated the whole film. Batman was hilarious. Do the rest of you have the song stuck in your heads? My favorite lines of the movie were in the live action scene. We saw the 3-D version on Friday. I don't know that 3-D is better than 2-D, but that's the version my birthday boy wanted to see. We all enjoyed it. Dh liked it so much that he requested that I buy the Blue Ray version as soon as it is released. He wants to watch it again and again. He has been singing the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I dropped the kids off, but they also came out singing the song. And ds told me, "The moral of the story was that you shouldn't follow the directions that come with your Lego sets. And that's kind of a funny moral from a Lego movie!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 My kids are at it right now. They planned to see the 3D version, if there were tickets (it's been selling out around here). The 18yo saw it Friday night in 2D, and was so charmed she decided to take her sister today. The 18yo thought it was appropriate for a wide age range. She was so excited to find a movie that is entertaining, has a decent message, and doesn't rely on sex and violence to capture the audience's attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 We saw it in 2D this morning and glad we chose it. The motion of the 2D was a little extreme and I just know my severely motion sick DH would have been dying in 3D. As it stands though, I think he laughed more than the kids did but they all really liked it. I thought it was worth the morning movie rate to see it in the theater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I agree there was enough motion in 2D. I can't imagine it in 3D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 We saw it this afternoon and all loved it! I very much liked hearing some of my favorite comedic actors doing the voices, and I thought the plot was quite clever. At one point, I was laughing so hard that I had tears in my eyes. I think I enjoyed it at least as much as my children. We did see the 3D but only because when we went to see The Desolation of Smaug (a once-a-year splurge for the 3D IMAX version), the theater's power went out 20 minutes into it. So they gave us passes to come back for that, plus passes for any other movie (which was incredibly nice); they let us trade up the passes, so we only had to pay the difference of $3 per ticket for the 3D. It WAS pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Dh just took the kids and now I'm wishing I could have seen it as well, I'll have to wait until it releases on video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Oh I will say that if you want your kids to keep their Lego kits as pictured, might I suggest you avoid this movie. My most meticulous Lego builder came home and disassembled 3 little police car sets to make a police boat and plane out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I'm surprised to see this movie is getting such good reviews. We've seen the trailer several times before other movies and it looks SO cheesy to me. I had pretty much marked it off my list of movies to see. Now I'll have to rethink it. I am concerned about name calling though. We don't see kids movies that have a lot of name calling. I can handle a few things, but I like to steer clear of a lot of name calling (this has helped my children TREMENDOUSLY. They've never called each other a name....hard to believe, but we just don't tolerate it and we don't see movies/books that involve a lot of it.) Has anyone noticed whether this movie has a lot of name calling? I looked on kids-in-mind and the review seemed to be that it does call quite a bit of names. What does everyone think? My 9 year old wants to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I'm surprised to see this movie is getting such good reviews. We've seen the trailer several times before other movies and it looks SO cheesy to me. I had pretty much marked it off my list of movies to see. Now I'll have to rethink it. I am concerned about name calling though. We don't see kids movies that have a lot of name calling. I can handle a few things, but I like to steer clear of a lot of name calling (this has helped my children TREMENDOUSLY. They've never called each other a name....hard to believe, but we just don't tolerate it and we don't see movies/books that involve a lot of it.) Has anyone noticed whether this movie has a lot of name calling? I looked on kids-in-mind and the review seemed to be that it does call quite a bit of names. What does everyone think? My 9 year old wants to see it.I didn't want to see the movie, based on the trailers. But I loved it! I can't wait for the video so I can see it again. The actual movie is nothing like the trailers, IMO. The name calling didn't bother me,as it felt appropriate in context. Re: real people in movie That was the surprise twist with the movie, don't know that the plot would have worrked otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Batman and Emmet call names. For example, at one point Batman is talking to WildStyle and says something like, "I told you he was a dingdong!" According to my kids, a 9 year old would probably be able to handle it. But I can't imagine how you'd take your 9yo and leave the youngers at home. I wonder, though, if it would be better to wait for it on DVD since it will be a smaller screen and thus less powerful. By the way, my kids are wondering what movies you saw that showed trailers AND met your criteria for no name calling, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Oh man....only downside...we all have the song stuck in our heads!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 We went to the first matinee Friday with a few friends-it was wonderful. I do think it was both a tribute and a light "take that!" To the AFOL (adult fan of Lego) community that make the huge MOCs-that they then won't let anyone touch ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Oh man....only downside...we all have the song stuck in our heads!!! Haha, so do we! My 2yo has been singing it all evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Indy and I saw it Friday night, and we laughed so hard it was ridiculous! It was crazy funny. We have been singing the song since we left he theater. James Bond and Indy are there right now, seeing it in 3D. James Bond was dying to see it, and Indy wanted to see it again, so they had some "guy time." This one movie we will buy on DVD, because I know we'll be watching it over and over. I can't wait to see what extras they put on the DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Oh man....only downside...we all have the song stuck in our heads!!! Haha, so do we! My 2yo has been singing it all evening. I think this was a great marketing job. Even if the movie was absolutely horrible, you couldn't walk out of there thinking awesome thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraciWA Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Ahhhhhh! I just had to go to Youtube and listened to the song! Just for kicks and giggles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-bex Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 We just saw it, and I loved it so much we will probably see it in the first-run theater again, or at least the dollar theater before it comes out on bluray!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSOchristie Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 My seven year old went to a birthday party where the mom took the boys to see it opening night (brave, brave lady :)). I asked him if he like it, "Yes." Do you want to see it again? "Can we see Frozen again instead?" :lol: So I'm not sure if he loved it or not, but he definitely loves Legos. I love the new Yoda Chronicles, it is the only cartoon that I can stand to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I love the new Yoda Chronicles, it is the only cartoon that I can stand to watch. Ha! Me too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2jjka Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 My husband and kids dragged me to it today. I admit that I really wasn't all that interested in going based on the previews. However, I. LOVED. IT!!! It was entertaining enough for the kids, but had enough (clean) adult humor that DH and I actually laughed out loud at several points too, and...it was SO touching at one point that I even cried. Like...real tears, streaming down my face like a big old baby. (And even better - DH was all choked up and sniffling, too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessed3x Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Ds went with a friend yesterday. I don't think this is much of a spoiler. He liked it, but he was disappointed in some live action scenes involving real people. He felt it should be 100% Lego. This was my son's thought, however the other mom & I *loved* the ending! :D Another vote for an awesome movie. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Took my kids today and we loved it. We even had Taco Tuesday tonight. Will Ferrell's character is exactly like my DH, so that really hit home for the kids. Loved that the most super duper heroine was Lucy/Wild Style. She totally out did all the boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Took my kids today and we loved it. Yay! We even had Taco Tuesday tonight. Indy tried to talk me into Taco Tuesday, but I had already gotten something out for dinner. I told him we'd have Taco-Waco Wednesday instead. :) Will Ferrell's character is exactly like my DH, so that really hit home for the kids. Loved that the most super duper heroine was Lucy/Wild Style. She totally out did all the boys. Yes, she did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 DH took DS9 and DD5.5 last night. DS loves lego, DD loves movies, but not crazy about lego. DH said that themes were too mature for her to grasp, and she was somewhat bored throughout the movie. So basically if your younger child is not a lego fanatic, the movie might be not as fun for him or her. DH said the movie was okay, but he didn't love it. DS would love anything with lego involved in it. DH said that the moral was quite interesting and worth pondering about, because he felt that even though it was set up as "creativity will always win", the ending was presented as "other skills are more important than creativity." Anyone else felt this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 It's nice to see all these reviews! The trailer did not have me hopping up and down, but everyone is raving about it so I think we'll try it. My only "complaint" is that they did not spell Emmet with two Ts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 We are hopefully going to the Lego Movie and Frozen double feature at the drive-in this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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