LEGO Ninjago Movie REVIEW

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[lilgoofygoober]

Yea, my cousin worked on this movie as part of the editing team. He had no say as to how it actually turned out (he was just supposed to edit) and before the movie came out told me that due to poor planning and rushed production he didn't think it would be received well.

[jasmidnurmi]

Ninjago is an awesome cartoon-series on Cartoon Network. Telling the story of Lloyd joining the team, the team progressing from newbies to masters and worldwide-known heroes and Lloyd'r rise to the leader position. Garmadon's and Lloyd's relationship is well written and the humor is really funny. I have debated going to see this movie, but seeing the reviews of it and the inconsistencies show in the trailer, I will stick to the cartoon.

[TheSlinkyDogg]

I like the movie, but the show is better. Though since it is a show it has more of an advantage. Like with fleshing out the characters. So there's really no room for the other characters to be... Well characters, besides Lloyd.

[anniedonuts]

My biggest issue with the movie was actually the other ninjas. It’s slightly better if you’ve seen the show (which I have), even though it isn’t canon, because at least you know the characters. In the movie they rush the character introductions so much you can barely tell some of them a part. Plus they barely have anything to do with the actual story.

[cooldude]

I just realized that this franchise is a freaking ANIME. Ninjas, robot ninjas, ghost ninjas, giant mecha, dragons, spiky hair, huge discrepancies in canon between the original (the show) and the adaptation (the film), daddy issues, giant cast of characters, spinning, not nearly as many action scenes as its title as a shonen implies, fire sword, giant cat, weird Jackie Chan stuff, a huge demographic that you’d never guess exists, and hot male protagonists. They might as well just change the art style to make it official at this point

[_moony_vo]

When i remember the times i watched the series religiosly...

[elemomnialpha]

I think the main problem is that is that it wants to both be a stand alone film and require being caught up to the tv series

[patrickramseyart]

It's so sad how this turned out, considering how great the show is. The filmmakers should have actually taken direct inspiration from the character, lore, emotion, and overall creativity of the show, instead of superficially plastering "Ninjago" onto this movie.

Now everyone will think that this is what the show is like, when it couldn't be further from the truth. -_-

[WhaleManMan]

LEGO MOVIE:Son struggles with overworked father.
NINJAGO:Hero son struggled with villain father.
Noticing some daddy issues with the writers here.

[drybones]

The movie would be better if it retold the original story and used the original character designs.

[immazing]

Garmadon didn't abandon Lloyd and koko. Koko left him when she realized that the life of an evil overlord wasn't the life she wanted for Lloyd.

[SpongeyTheEditor]

In What world is this worse than Rock Dog?

[RoryKatherin]

"I'd be surprised if this is some beloved movie and I'm just here trashing it."


Well be surprised, because despite its very major flaws most people had a fun time with this

[TheSpicyFalafel]

No offense, but practically no one agrees with your rankings. However, I respect your opinions. These might be more agreeable:
1. LEGO Batman
2. Captain Underpants
3. Cars 3
4. LEGO Ninjago
5. Despicable Me 3
6. Smurfs: The Lost Village
7. The Boss Baby
8. Rock Dog
1047204820. The Emoji Movie

[DecafInvidia]

I'm very much biased as they played Annie's hard knocked life and it was a bonding/singalong moment for the theater, my siblings, and I.

It was amazing how the entire theatre of people full of little kids, not only knew the lyrics of the song *during* the flute playing before the song actually played but that we all decided to sing the same verses.

This alone makes this movie a gem for me.

[austintrahan]

Seems to me like they tried to fuse the tv show's canon with a new movie canon, and it just floped. In fact, Garmodon had an entire redemption arc spanning multiple seasons, and Loyd wasn't introduced until the second or third season, where he was still a kid, and sacrificed his youth to save the ninjas, becoming the same age as them and fufilling his roll as "the chosen one".

[fyrewatermelons]

As soon as I heard this movie wasn't going to be canonical to the tv series, I lost interest in it. Glad to see I made the right choice not seeing this.

[terminalvelociraptor]

I actually loved this movie.
Say what you want, but I don’t think there is much wrong with the movie. It was telling the story of Lloyd and Garamadon, not that of the other ninja. It could’ve been better, but I think it was put a bit too low on the list. Welp, it's not my video, so who am I to complain?

[BlackStarofStarClanStarlords]

My brother HATED this movie and told me to not watch it because it couldn't take it's self seriously for a minute, and hearing your review it honestly sounds bad.

Here's all the things I caught while watching this review alone.

The ninjas were never really 'loved' by the city, they lived in a crappy apartment for the longest time cause they where broke and had to take up odd jobs, most of which they sucked at and people hated them for. Why where they loved in the movie? (They even took part in destroying the city a few times so...yeah...)

They were never in school, all of them where like 20 years old...Lloyd was never in school unless you count 'the school for bad boys' because he was literally a delinquent who WANTED to be like his father at first...He got turned into an adult when he was a kid because time travel stuff I won't get into. So...HOW OLD ARE THEY IN THIS MOVIE?!

Garmadon gave up on being evil later and actualy turned back into a normal looking human without four arms. (Spoilers sorry.) He was the one for inner peace and tried to teach it to the ninjas later.

There was never in real life stuff in the series. I don't understand why that was there besides trying to be like the lego movie.

Lloyd already knew he was the leader when he was an adult because he was revealed to be the green ninja as a kid. (If my memory serves correct.)

Kai (The red ninja) had a complex about not being the green ninja which popped up a few times through the series and I REALLY enjoyed it, it kinda sounded like they downsized that into him being a jerk to Lloyd instead of fleshing out his insecurities like the actual series, which sounds really lazy to me.

Nya (The water ninja girl) didn't know she was a ninja until later...also she was a samurai before and ONLY was a ninja later because she HAD to be do defeat ghosts. I would have liked it if they kept her as a samurai.

Finally the explanations you gave about the ninjas was just...not at all like their series counterparts.

Cole (Black ninja) had a dad who was into music and stuff. In the series he actualy seemed kinda against it.
Jay...well I didn't really catch anything you said about him but he was an inventor and was goofy and silly he also loved Nya.
Kai was a character who was hot headed with lots of insecurities but always did the right thing in the end.
Zane was emotionless for the most part but was loyal. (He was also a robot...which was focused on A LOT later on.)

I'm not sure how others feel about the film, but it also like you said seems like a TERRIBLE starting point for anyone who wants to go into the series. I'm not saying you shouldn't see it, but honestly I'd recommend the series just based on the review.

[shallowsantos]

It wasn’t even touched on in the movie, but Lloyd is a Master Builder like Batman and Benny.He built all their mechs. He was even at the dog in the first lego movie. The movie went for that already established heroes theme which is why they seemed like seasoned heroes, but nobody did anything outside their mechs except for Lloyd. And it wasn’t just the high schoolers making fun of Lloyd, its literally the entire city that does that. I completely agree with what you said about Garmadon at the end, it wasn’t clear he was willing to give up being a warlord. Most likely not because evil literally is flowing through is veins thanks to the snake he mentioned