Excellent movie. Thanks to the Warner Brothers publicity people for letting me and fifty of my friends watch it at the Cinerama for free!

Spoilers ahead.

NNAN: "Kragle" is cyanoacrylate, but the proposed anti-Kragle appeared to be mineral spirits, which are not ammong the common solvents for cyanoacrylate. I'm also surprised to see cyanoacrylate used for bonding ABS (I would have picked a solution of MEK aka Oatey's thinned with acetone) but the magical Google says cyanoacrylate is a good choice (also, unlike MEK, the results might be reversible).

There was liberal application of cyanoacrylate and mineral spirits at the end without sign of ventilation; that stuff will get you flying and I would think the fumes would be annoying enough to prompt the use of a fan.

The larger issue is that the dad had a comically large supply of Kragle and a willingness to use it. I have heard of people gluing private Lego models [professional work is another issue, where the concerns are always shipping and survivability], but always with those sickos it's in the context of official sets (which would fit well with the theme of blindly and repeatedly following instructions). Problem is that the dad is clearly an avid MOCcer with few if any stock sets; the trial, error, and rebuilding that implies doesn't fit with casual use of glue. In fact, there seemed to be a missing Aesop that was set up but never delivered, about the folly of believing that one had achieved perfection and should freeze that state.

Lord Business's plan is described by his side as bringing about the end of the world, but it seems to actually (from his perspective) be to save the world---in the sense that a stuffed animal is saved from aging or decay. They should have used different terminology. (Obviously, from the perspective of someone like Emmet who lives to build and rebuild it would be the end of his existence as he had known it, but that is a conclusion for him to draw.)

NANJAO: For a film that didn't shy away at all from brand names (Band-Aid, X-Acto) it was very odd how the 9V battery was completely generic.

NANJAO: On the one hand, I thought it was very well played that the movie felt free to use many Lego licenses of the past decade or so (Speed Racer!). . .to the extent that it was becoming obvious that Disney was not represented. . .and then bam! Millenium Falcon. On the other hand, having the Falcon drop by for no internal reason with the part needed right then for Emmet's plan was too much coincidence; there should have been some set up.

Of course, the thing that everyone has already commented on: Benny's helmet has a broken chinstrap, which is famously endemic among the early model of that helmet. The odd thing is that Benny is wearing the newer version of that helmet that was specifically redesigned to have a thicker chinstrap (not the modern one from 1987, but the one from the early 80s). Was the chinstrap breaking still a problem after the redesign?

I saw this today. Is it me, or is the plot and most of its major characters and elements the same as The Matrix trilogy?

I thought this movie was well-written, with some cute gags and references, and a nice use of metafiction to realize its theme and character arcs (though the love triangle between Emmet, Wyldstyle and Batman was not written very well). I also liked the very appropriate naming of Vitruvius. but I was a bit surprised that in a film with a character named Vitruvius, we had appearances by the historical Michelangelo, and but not Leonardo.

When characters change clothing, as Wyldstyle does when she changes from her black catsuit to her Old West corset, isn't the only way they can do so by switching their heads and bodies? But when Vitruvius loses his head, it kills him.

Tgarrison: Lord Business's plan is described by his side as bringing about the end of the world, but it seems to actually (from his perspective) be to save the world
I was thinking the same thing! It was a funny way to sort of villianize the father by taking away continued creativity and imagination but I'm surprised this perspective was never mentioned by either of Will's characters.

TG: I thought it was very well played that the movie felt free to use many Lego licenses [...] to the extent that it was becoming obvious that Disney was not represented...
I personally wouldn't say that the appearance of the Millenium Falcon represents Disney; they haven't owned Star Wars two years yet, and I'm fairly sure LEGOs has had SW-themed sets long before then. But maybe that's just me still trying to keep the two seperate

Luigi: Is it me, or is the plot and most of its major characters and elements the same as The Matrix trilogy?
I definitely got a Matrix vibe after Emmet returns to the LEGO world and is now a master builder, and to a lesser extent during a few scenes with Lucy/Wyldstyle; so rest easy Luigi that you weren't the only one

I caught this over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised! I was skeptical in seeing this, because although I had a sizable LEGO collection as a kid (no stock sets though) I have grown weary of all the LEGO themed shows, games and sets over the last several years, but I thought this movie was quite clever and funny with an impressive cast providing voices.