As
predicted by every review I'd read, I came away from the cinema with a tune
stuck in my head.
But
thankfully it's not 'Everything is Awesome' - no, the ear-worm I'm suffering
from came from an advert shown before the film.
I
hadn't seen it on TV before then, and it did make me smile.
It's
the one with the little girl on the pink bike with a cat in the carrier at the
front - which admittedly I first thought was going to be about road safety and/or
cycling proficiency.
Yes,
ever since then, I've had Starship's 'We Built This City' going around in my
head.
Adverts
have a lot to answer for when it comes to tunes I can't stop singing - I bet
I'm not the only person who still knows the words to the Shake 'n' Vac song
(then again, perhaps I am).
Getting
back to The Lego Movie, I think it's safe to say that it divided opinion in our
household.
Daughter
thought it was fabulous, and keeps singing the aforementioned 'Everything is
awesome' at every opportunity - my eternal thanks to the composer who came up
with that tune.
Mr
B felt it was just one long advert, and the ending was too schmaltzy - that's
my translation for the words he actually uttered.
I
thought it was good because I felt it worked on a number of levels.
Without
spoiling it for those yet to see it, I think it encourages creativity, and
reminds adults to be less stuck in their ways - literally as well as
metaphorically.
I
think it may even be a plastic building brick interpretation of the George
Bernard Shaw saying: "We don't stop
playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
Then
again, I might be over thinking it having seen the adverts for the movie tie-in
Lego sets on TV this morning...
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