Watching the LEGO Movie with my LEGOmaniacs
The LEGO Movie is in theaters (and drive-ins) now. We went to watch it tonight. To phrase my experience in "Tumblr lingo," 5/5 would recommend. I won't spoil the movie for you, because that's a loser thing to do. What I will tell you is what I learned, what I enjoyed (in general) and why it was a really... awesome thing to do with my LEGO crazy boys and girl. My husband has been buying and manipulating LEGO since he was a tiny little thing. He loves them. So, when there was a story on screen with LEGO as the theme, the setting and the storyline, we were all in. There were a few LEGO in our house, but they were combined with Loc-Blocs, and another set we called "Funny Stuff" because it was a flexible building set that sort of worked between the other two. Since I married, though, I've been a LEGO convert. The movie was very good. The whole setting was set up with LEGO, and all the parts were made of bricks. The fourth wall was there a...