The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehicles to fight villains and monsters. By day, they’re ordinary teens struggling against their greatest enemy....high school.
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Terrible Voice acting and rebooting the story. Should have kept the original cast at the very least
A boy walks into an antique shop where the owner (Jackie Chan) shows the kid some special Lego figures and tells him about the story of Ninjago. The city of Ninjago is under constant threat from the evil Garmadon and the powerful Meowthra. Their only defense is the six ninjas in their secret identities. Garmadon's son Lloyd lives his mother in Ninjago. He's estranged from his evil father but the public still treats him with fear and derision. Unknown to them, Lloyd is actually the Green Ninja as one of the six protecting the city under the leadership of Master Wu (Jackie Chan), Garmadon's brother.Like most of the public, I'm not familiar with Ninjago. That holds me back with this movie and quite frankly, it holds the general public back. As such, this needs to be an origin story. I can see a simple origin story for bullied loner teen Lloyd being recruited into his uncle's secret force. He could train and find friendship in his new activity. By throwing movie into full speed from the start, it's a tough way to find rooting interest in the characters. Everything is fine but without that emotional investment, the movie is not as compelling.
This was a hilarious installment of the LEGO franchise. A very simple plot but it's completely forgiven as it is filled with so many clever and hilarious gags all throughout. I laughed all the way through.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie is the third installment of the LEGO Movies' franchise, but unfortunately, it is also the worst. It does not have the same level of humor than the previous two films, the screenplay is a cliche story that everyone has seen a million times, the editing is choppy and even the animation quality seems a bit "blurry".The voice work performed by the cast is the saving grace, especially Justin Theroux (Garmadon), Jackie Chan (Master Wu) and Dave Franco (Lloyd). The music choices are kind of cool, some jokes do land and the action sometimes is entertaining, but not for enough time in order for me to rate this positively.Rating: C-