Toy Story

First of all, let's be honest, who doesn't cringe at the idea of making a feature film out of Lego bricks? Then the all-star voice works came on, but I wasn't impressed a bit. Then the trailers was released and I was sold. This film might be the only film with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern that could work. The trailers were super energetic and I have never been this pumped to see an animated film since a very long time and the last animated films were not that impressive either (except for Frozen, duh).

The story could be summed up by the obvious tagline, "it's a story of a nobody who saved everybody". Emmet (Chris Pratt) is just a normal human being who accidentally discovered the Piece of Resistance that could thwart Lord Business' (Will Ferrell) plan to make things stiff and unimaginative using Kragle. Emmet then meets the group of Master Builders that includes Superman, Gandalf, Dumbledore and Abraham Lincoln. It was said that only Master Builders that could stop Lord Business' plan and that person was called The Special. But is Emmet Special?

Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller who directed the mega hilarious 21 Jump Street, I was expecting more than bags of laughs. And damn, you wouldn't be disappointed. It is also expertly made to look like stop-motion animation using Legos but it was all CGI animation. The Lego world-building was highly creative and it was a pleasant to watch the details. The voiceworks are hilarious and great too! My favorites here are Good Cop/Bad Cop by Liam Neeson and Vitruvius by Morgan Freeman. Not only the characters are funny, the voices by them great actors are funny too. I keep imagining Freeman and Neeson's faces. Also great as a character and voice is Batman voiced by Will Arnett. Batman is hilariously crafted as a narcissistic superhero and made the superhero's coolness into comedy.  Also cool at the center of the film are Emmet by Chris Pratt and Wyldstyle by Elizabeth Banks. The moral of the story is also different from other animated films, which made this film a stand out. This film could just be a really good animated film had it not made the unexpected turn of events at the third act which made the film amazingly great. I wouldn't wanna spoil the surprise by now, but that turn made this film not only enjoyable by kids but also by adults. This film is this generation's Toy Story and this film is also the best animated film since Toy Story 3, (yes, better than Frozen). For your consideration, best animated film 2015. The Lego Movie: rated 4/4.