After the success of LEGO movie and Batman: The LEGO movie arrives The LEGO Ninjago movie, another fun adventure of animation that tells us how the young Lloyd (the Green Ninja) and his friends (ninja warriors) have to save Ninjago City from the evil Lord of War, Garmadon, who is also the father of Lloyd. It opens this Friday, September 22.
Ninjago has been at peace since the ninjas defeated Ronin, however, when a missing warlord returns to reclaim the elemental stone, the ninjas will have to join with Sensei, Samurai, dragons and elemental fighters to fight the wizards, ghost warriors and the mysterious league of silent ninjas.
It took three movies to happen: Hollywood has finally produced the unnecessary and uninspiring Lego film that many assumed for ‘The Lego Movie’ (2014) would be. 'Ninjago' is still much more than the cynical marketing strategy resulting from putting together the words 'Lego' and “Movie.” It also serves as a showcase for a whole catalog of products available in toy stores - in good as much thanks to that intelligent and sophisticated humor and self-consciously absurd as to that dazzling digital animation that imitates stop-motion. However, if 'The Lego Movie’ and ‘Lego Batman’ (2017) were genuinely inventive and irreverent works, 'Ninjago' is perceived as the unmistakable product of a formula, or of an assembly line.
In fact, it is signed by up to six screenwriters, and it is tempting to assume that two of them were in charge of the plot, which takes elements of the Power Rangers and Ninja Turtles. The two others wrote the jokes, all too often based on repetitions of running gags and on pop references that evoke the worst vices of DreamWorks. The remaining two attempted to give the film something of substance by introducing a pattern of conflict that turns out to be more serious than necessary. The result is far worse than the bulk of animations for kids coming to theaters, but maybe Lego should be thinking about combining the pieces differently, or using new pieces, when building the next movie.
Justin Theroux, the English voice of Garmadon, the evil Warlord, said it clearly in the last Comic-Con: "It's something very big 'Ninjago.' It is like 'The Fight Club' for kids aged 10. In his feature film debut, we will see how Lloyd, the green ninja, must assume his origin, while fighting, along with his five mask colleagues, against dragons, snake-men and other evil forces to protect the island of Ninjago.
Ninjago has been at peace since the ninjas defeated Ronin, however, when a missing warlord returns to reclaim the elemental stone, the ninjas will have to join with Sensei, Samurai, dragons and elemental fighters to fight the wizards, ghost warriors and the mysterious league of silent ninjas.
It took three movies to happen: Hollywood has finally produced the unnecessary and uninspiring Lego film that many assumed for ‘The Lego Movie’ (2014) would be. 'Ninjago' is still much more than the cynical marketing strategy resulting from putting together the words 'Lego' and “Movie.” It also serves as a showcase for a whole catalog of products available in toy stores - in good as much thanks to that intelligent and sophisticated humor and self-consciously absurd as to that dazzling digital animation that imitates stop-motion. However, if 'The Lego Movie’ and ‘Lego Batman’ (2017) were genuinely inventive and irreverent works, 'Ninjago' is perceived as the unmistakable product of a formula, or of an assembly line.
In fact, it is signed by up to six screenwriters, and it is tempting to assume that two of them were in charge of the plot, which takes elements of the Power Rangers and Ninja Turtles. The two others wrote the jokes, all too often based on repetitions of running gags and on pop references that evoke the worst vices of DreamWorks. The remaining two attempted to give the film something of substance by introducing a pattern of conflict that turns out to be more serious than necessary. The result is far worse than the bulk of animations for kids coming to theaters, but maybe Lego should be thinking about combining the pieces differently, or using new pieces, when building the next movie.
Justin Theroux, the English voice of Garmadon, the evil Warlord, said it clearly in the last Comic-Con: "It's something very big 'Ninjago.' It is like 'The Fight Club' for kids aged 10. In his feature film debut, we will see how Lloyd, the green ninja, must assume his origin, while fighting, along with his five mask colleagues, against dragons, snake-men and other evil forces to protect the island of Ninjago.