Showing posts with label Lego/Playmobil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lego/Playmobil. Show all posts

Friday, 25 January 2019

Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite 2015 by AverageMansReviews

Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite 2015 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this title is mixed, because this project is roughly 71 minutes long I will be somewhat brief on what I tell you.

Fundamental elements: there are words on screen, background music, slow-motion effects, time jumps and place jumps.

Action sequences/Character developments/Comedy level: now I know this would be a strange combination for a paragraph, but it will make sense as we progress throughout it; so generally speaking firstly there are weapons being used and chasing elements, so in this one sequence we have a selection of evildoers [in no particular order The Riddler, Harley Quinn and Two-Face.] Two-Face is driving this vehicle and because there are choices to be made Two-Face flips his coin every time [for those people that don't know this character too well here is the basic background elements for you, this character suffers from a split personality, they leave it up to chance on what option or decision they take or make, I know I have said they instead of him simply put it is because they are they and not a him.] But back to this project I like how this film uses this character development/personality flaw to put together this action sequence, it shows how dependent Two-Face is on this/his coin and on top of that they have made it comical throughout this sequence is well.

The Joker; he is good, but I don't like how he uses the same joke 2 and a half times just different variations of it and I have said this amount, because on the third time he gives up half way through] and it kind of highlights that he hasn't got enough material or something like this which isn't true; he is highly intelligent teetering towards madness or madness depending what mood he is in and many other things at any time let us not forget this character is incredibly unpredictable so anything is possible.]

Artistic visions: they are well presented such as here are two examples; watch out for joker's faces and the second is this; Superman is flying/carrying Batman at night which Batman really doesn't look happy, but Superman suddenly throws Batman up to make this Batman symbol in front of the moon and then Superman catches him again, Batman says something and still doesn't look happy and the project moves on.

This film receives: 5/10, now I was thinking on how to put this; individually in this project there are many good elements or segments such as Bruce Wayne changing into Batman [I can't tell you anything about this element, simply based on it is a very small piece, but it is imaginative] and the camera going through this place and this character walking into the camera, I have to say this; this particular sequence of events I am not sure if it is the camera's fault for going at this pace or if this character just didn't watch where he was going but either way they collide or this giant machinery which you will see Lex Luther and the Joker use [once again I am not going to tell you anything about this. My point is this yes this film as these elements and more, but this film does have a mixture of being dull and tiresome to it as well, this project has a strange feeling to it where you may be enjoying it but does feel like it is dragging its feet on top or separately at some points.

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League 2015 by AverageMansReviews

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League 2015 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this title is mixed, because this project is less than 60 minutes long I will be somewhat brief on what I tell you.

Fundamental elements: there is background music, slow-motion effects, words on screen, voice-over elements, time jumps and place jumps.

Artistic visions/Action sequences/Comedy level: let's talk about the artistic visions and the action sequences together they are good, such as this version of the Green Lantern [Guy Gardner] makes a mental construct by using his Power Ring, this construct goes around him and it is of himself to take on another character or where in the air Batman is flying somewhere in this sequence, he catches these Scouts in mid-air by handcuffing them to make a link with him in the middle, the first thing they do is make a Batman symbol and then secondly Batman and these Scouts take down this evildoer beginning in mid-air. The comedy level, here are a couple of examples of it, Batman opens this container containing Kryptonite and because Superman is in close proximity, he is giving this dialogue exchange and at the same time he loses his powers, Batman closes this container; with confusion Superman is wondering what has just happened. The second one is where we have Batman looking at these instructions [the instructions that you get with a new box of Lego, that basically shows you how to put it together,] but in this case it shows something else which I will not tell you.

Character developments: generally speaking they are mixed.

This film receives: 4/10, in short this mark feels right but it also has to be said I have seen better titles from Lego, but at least it is not as bad as The Lego Ninjago Movie 2017.

Monday, 7 January 2019

Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered 2014 by AverageMansReviews

Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered 2014 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this project is good, because this title is only roughly 22 minutes long, I will be brief on what I say in this review.

Comedy level: it is well-placed, it could be Bruce Wayne/Batman putting out he only works alone, but whilst he is saying all of this; other characters appear behind him having a drink which at some point or another they have worked with him, another comedy element is where we have another character coughing and this frog comes out and this character says sorry I had a frog in my throat.

Action sequences: Barry Allen/The Flash slips on this ice, rolls and crashes [this small element has been put together like a 10-pin bowling sequence] or this underwater sequence in a nutshell involving these robotic sharks or this sequence involving many characters towards the ending stages of this title.

Artistic visions: it has imagination to it, be it the yellow duck [vehicle] or the robotic sharks or Barry Allen/The Flash's paintings or something else, this title has plenty to look at and to experience.

This film receives: 7/10, this mark is the mark which I kept coming back to in my mind, I guess what I am trying to say is this; on one day I could give this project one mark and sometime later I could give a different mark, it just depends on the day, this is why I focus on here and now because there have been other projects I have seen many times or something to that effect and I can still remember little bits and pieces so to keep things nice and simple I focus on my opinions and this review here and now and try to forget the previous version of that review.


Friday, 4 January 2019

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda 2018 by AverageMansReviews

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda 2018 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this title is good; now this review is going to be on the short side, because this title is only roughly 22 minutes long, so in a nutshell I will not be discussing everything, just a little bit here and a little bit there.

Action sequences: the action sequences have a very good variety to them, it could be weapons being used, combat sequences to Dr. Strange's scenes in this title [it needs to be said that I would really like to see Lego give this character a short project with him as the lead character, simply based on these two reasons with Lego you can use plenty of imagination and with Dr. Strange anything is possible so it would seem the perfect match,] his scenes are lots of fun and he does make a big impact and there are other action sequences in this project as well.

Comedy level: here are just two small elements of the comedy in this project, a character gets a bucket of water on the head and I think it is a rhinoceros that every time this creature reverses you can hear this bleeping sound [like a lorry is reversing or something like that.]

Artistic visions: in a nutshell they are everything that you expect a Lego project to be, as in imaginative and engaging as King T'Challa/Black Panther could be running or doing physically anything else in this title [I should just point out this is one brief example of the artistic vision's there are many to be seen.]

This film receives: 7/10, now without giving too much away and taking everything into consideration this mark feels right.


Wednesday, 26 December 2018

Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled 2015 by AverageMansReviews

Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled 2015 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this project is good, I should just point out that this project is only roughly 22 minutes long [so based on that this review is going to be short.]

Comedy level: the comedy level is well-placed throughout, just to give you one very tiny example, it is where some characters are having this conversation and because the Internet connection isn't the best, the audience sees these time delay or you know the kind of things that tells you, it could be you or the other person's connection that is poor

Action sequences: there are many scenes or sequences of action in this title, if I had to bring up just one small element, it would have to be where Thor is standing on the ground assisting Steve Rogers/Captain America to go around in midair on his motorbike to take down these characters [or something to this effect.]

Artistic visions: because this project is from Lego [well as it relates to their big-screen or little screen projects,] this title is easy to settle down with and it has imagination to it as well.

This film receives: 7/10, now as I have already said this project is good.

Sunday, 8 April 2018

The Lego Ninjago Movie 2017 by AverageMansReviews

The Lego Ninjago Movie 2017 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: straight off the bat this film is so, so, so boring. I took so many stoppages and to be honest I even watched some of the ending credits to see it there was anything else, but I quickly gave up because whilst watching some of the ending credits I was more interested in the soccer results.

Fundamental elements: there are cultural elements including one piece of subtitle being used, there are place jumps and time jumps, slow-motion effects and mental imagery, the breaking of the fourth wall to be honest this is only a small piece towards the end of the film, but it feels really poorly done, because yes we have this character talking to the audience [but we also have the storyteller which is also this character talking to the person he is telling the story to a the same time,] I don't like this element it feels a little bit rushed and cheesy. I do believe this is my first time bringing up this element [the fourth wall,] I can't remember if I have watched any other projects up to this point and I haven't spoken about it, I don't discuss every element of every project I review.

The background music or music elements, on a side note either of the background music or music elements, they do nothing for me whatsoever in fact I think it would be a good point within this review just to say this; if I have forgotten to bring up anything in this review [I know I don't discuss everything, but I mean in a general sense,] it is because this film is that poor that my interest in this title didn't last too long.]

Storyteller/Storyline: yes we have a storyteller in this title, did they really have to use this kind of thing and the storyline is really tedious and nothing special

Action sequences/Artistic visions: the action sequences are well put together, there are weapons being used, training, weapons systems [the sharks and I think dolphins as well; these elements and the motorbike are things that stick out in my mind.]

Character developments/Comedy level: they are poor and the comedy level is difficult to describe simply because it isn't that funny for most parts or heavy amounts of it, but you see the problem I have with this title it has fleeting moments of funniness which I may or may not have found funny, because I don't know if it was me finding it funny or my boredom kicking in so for fairness and balance I will say 50-50, that I found it funny [I am clutching at straws here] and the rest would be my boredom kicking in, I really cannot remember.

This film receives: 1/10, now don't get me wrong there are some good moments or good elements which should in theory make this mark go up, but even though I have just watched this film today yes I can remember some of the good elements including of the big four-legged variety, but I can't forget how boring or hard work this film was to watch in the first place.