LEGO Ninjago review
LEGO Ninjago movie opens today in theaters. We are huge LEGO fans and the first two LEGO movies were fantastic. We love LEGO so much that the Dad of our family worked for LEGO for 10 years. We even visited Legoland in Denmark with four young children. We attended a sneak preview of LEGO Ninjago a few weeks ago. The original LEGO movie and the subsequent LEGO Batman movie were both family favorites. They were enjoyable, whimsical, and funny movies that never took themselves too seriously. The two original movies provided a moviegoing experience that was fun for any age group, including adults. The first two LEGO movies set the bar so high with a hit song and rave reviews. We hoped that this third LEGO movie would be just as awesome. We brought three children (ages 9,13, and 16) to see LEGO Ninjago and their reviews were mixed.
LEGO Ninjago focused on the story of Lloyd (pictured above, left) and his quest to learn who he was and who his father was. The main villain of the movie was Lord Garmadon (pictured below), who wanted to be the mayor of the city. When Lord Garmadon attacked the city, 5 colorful ninjas (who were all high school students), consistently kept the city safe. The plot twist became fairly obvious as Lloyd tried to discover who his father was. There were some obvious parallels in the plot to popular shows including Power Rangers and Star Wars. One of my favorite scenes was when the cat rampaged through the city and knocked over all the LEGO buildings just like real cats do.
Since this is a LEGO movie it is safe to bring kids of all ages. There were no bad words or sexual situations and the violence was cartoonish. The theater was filled with very young children (mainly in the 2-5 age range) who were really enjoying the movie. My kids were all fans of the previous LEGO movies and were really excited to see LEGO Ninjago. Unfortunately, this movie was not as enjoyable as the two previous ones. At the end of the movie, I realized that my 13 yr old had slept through most of it. This movie just did not keep his attention at all. Our 9-year-old thought the movie was really fun and she enjoyed it very much. The 16-year-old also enjoyed many of the scenes, but he thought overall it was not as good as the first two LEGO movies. I recommend this movie for young children who are LEGO fans, but their parents might fall asleep. We all loved the first two LEGO movies so much, that our expectations might have just been too high. We suggest that you take your kids to see this movie because they will enjoy it. As long as you do not compare it to the previous LEGO movies, it will hopefully be a fun family movie night.
You might want to see the trailer for LEGO Ninjago before you go:
The LEGO Ninjago movie looks super fun, especially for the entire family! I think all three of my kids would really enjoy the plot parallels.
My older kids loved finding parallels to other movies they have seen! I hope your family enjoys it.
LEGO Ninjago looks like a good movie. I think the problem with movies that follow up huge blockbusters is that the bar is raised so incredibly high, it’s hard to meet it.
It is so true! If you do not compare this movie to the first two LEGO movies, you will enjoy it much more!
We really want to see this movie! We have loved the Lego movies so far, so I know this one is going to be a hit, from all the previews I’ve seen.
I wish I could say we loved it as much as the first two!
LEGO Ninjago sound like such an awesome movie! I have to take my son! He’s been so excited for its debut! He’s such a huge fan 🙂
I am sure your son will love it. You might find it a bit predictable!
My boys are into the Lego movies. They would love to see a new Lego movie.
I hope your boys enjoy it!
Wow thanks for the fab insight my son will love this great blog post
Thank you! I hope your son enjoys the movie.
This is so helpful. My 7 yr old and 13 yr old cannot wait to see the movie, and we’ll probably go this weekend. We loved the first two as well. Lego has such great humor for adults and kids in their movies.
I am so glad that you found this helpful!
Wow this is very cool! So interesting to see how lego has grown.
LEGO has really expanded their brand into the movie arena very nicely! Their first two movies were huge hits, time will tell if this one will also be a big hit.
This sounds like a really interesting movie, Lego seem to be doing very well with all of their movies they always seem to come up with something very catchy to include as well.
LEGO must compete with the big guys in the movie field. They need to create a movie that can stand up to other blockbusters, not just be a movie with LEGOs in it.
Thanks for the review! My kids have been asking to see this one and I think I might take them this weekend.
I am glad that I could help you decide if you want to see this movie!
My kids love playing with their LEGO bricks. Can you believe that I have never seen a LEGO film?!
Oh my gosh, you should definitely watch the original LEGO movie with your kids. It is SO well done!
My niece and nephew love LEGO’s and my nephew especially likes Ninjago. I can’t wait to take them to see this movie. It looks and sounds like another great LEGO movie!
I bet your niece and nephew will love this movie!
This movie sounds great and it has a lot of well known actors and actresses in it too! I hope We won’t be disappointed! Since your 13 year old slept through it lol
Yup, I hope you won’t be disappointed too! My 13 year old was not a fan at all.
I can’t wait to see this movie with my kids. They are huge fans of Legos!
I think the little LEGO fans will just love this movie! YAY for LEGO maniacs.
My husband and youngest went on a movie date yesterday. They went to lunch and saw this movie. Mama got some much needed quite time. I will have to rent this movie when it comes out on DVD.
That is so cute! My daughter loves to go on Daddy dates and I love having a bit of quiet time.
Our son loved the first LEGO movie. And I think he’s going to enjoy this one too although he’s already a teen. 🙂
My son loved the first movie too!
We are so excited to be going to watch this. I haver read a few reviews and Ninjago sounds super cool. I am sure my daughter will love it.
I hope your daughter enjoys it!
I have heard so many great things about this movie seriously. CAN’T WAIT TO SHARE IT WITH MY KIDS.
It is a perfect family movie, have a great time!
Looks like a super cool movie! Although the kids are gown, I know they’d still want to watch this and feel nostalgic of those days when they were young. I will ask them to take their little nephews and nieces with them when they watch Ninjango.
There are definitely some parts of the movie that adults will love!
Now this looks like it will be a great movie! I will have to let my nephew know about this since he is lego OBSESSED!!
The LEGO maniacs will love this movie!
I honestly think the LEGO films are too corny for me to see in the theaters. My 9 y/o nephew is a fan but we wait until they come to DVD. It’s just my opinion of course as a film buff, I don’t like animated films either.
I can totally see your point! This third LEGO Movie was really much less enjoyable. I think that animated films are not loved by many people.
I will have to see if the girls want go and check this out. They love playing with LEGOS so Im sure they will want to check it out.
I hope you enjoy the movie!