Movie Review: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

Plot: Shunned by everyone for being the son of an evil warlord, a teenager seeks to defeat him with the help of his fellow ninjas.

In an unexpected turn of events, I consented to watch the Lego Ninjago movie Sunday night. There are a number of films which I’ve seen, and wanted to see, in cinema this year, of which Ninjago didn’t even register as a possibility. However, I was under obligation to adhere to the “birthday-person-is-allowed-final-word” clause, and I sat down and watched Ninjago.

I suspect Lego is laughing all the way to the bank. It is pure genius business decision, and contains enough adult humor to entertain parents while stressing them out – every child that sits through one of these films will end up wanting some new Legos (hell, I think a lot of adults end up wanting new Legos after a film like this). It is a feast for childish imagination and is bright and colorful and really very excitable. I want to sanctimoniously preach to the parents who had their children out of bed on a Sunday night at our 20:30 screening, but I guess that is beside the point. It is child based and sweet, although it does pale in comparison to 2015’s Lego film. It is funny and cute but lacks some of the sharp dialogue that has become expected in animation films.

Ninjago also has some seriously crazy moments and I couldn’t help but wonder which choice herbs they were smoking when thinking of the ideas they implemented. It was very weird. I liked Jackie Chan as Sensei Wu, Dave Franco as Lloyd Garmadon and Justin Theroux as the not-so-evil-supervillain Garmadon. Typing that out made me realize that this film barely had a plot or a conclusion (the end is particularly haphazard), but ultimately, for children, it is fine. Personally I enjoyed the first Lego film more, and I’ve been informed that Lego: Batman is a finer film than Ninjago.  However, Ninjago has some laugh-out-loud moments and it was bright, quirky and still not nearly as bad as I expected so all to them.

Have you seen Ninjago? If so, what did you think?

Rating: 6.5/10

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 by Natasha Categories: 2017, Movies, movies, Review, ReviewsTags: 2017, 2017 Movies, animation, Dave Franco, Jackie Chan, Justin Theroux, Lego, Lego Movie, Lego Ninjago, Lloyd Garmadon, Michael Pena, Movies, Ninjago, Olivia Munn, Reviews, Sensei Wu 8 Comments

Movie Review: Magic Mike (2012)

Plot: A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.

Rating: 5/10

The five reasons I liked this:

Without them, it would have been horrendous. There is no storyline, no character development, no chemistry, no imagination. That’s it. The female characters are one dimensional and Cody Horn has less facial expressions than Bella Swan. If you don’t expect too much, you will enjoy it. Just have a high threshold for embarrassment because trust me, it is HIGH.

December 15, 2015December 17, 2015 by Natasha Categories: Movies, Reviews, UncategorizedTags: 2012, Alex Pettyfer, Cody Horn, Joe Manangiello, Matt Bomer, Matthew McConaughey, Movies, Olivia Munn 12 Comments