The Lego Movie

Rating: ****

This review may or may not be slightly biased as most of my childhood centered around making my own lego town.
Anyways, do not disregard this movie as simply a movie to entertain children as I watched it with my 20 year old brother who thoroughly enjoyed it. I will say that you MUST watch it in HD because the detail is the best part of this movie. Seriously though .. you can see fingerprints on the pieces.
It also has a legendary cast including batman, wonder woman, green lantern etc and is funny in the most ridiculous way.
It even seems to tackle the issue of society's rules and regulations to a degree with Emmets fictional world strangely alike the real world. His $37 dollar coffee in the morning almost seems as ridiculous as the 4 pounds it takes to buy a real hot chocolate these days.
In conclusion,
it's not a movie that pulls on the heart strings or even gets you to think about life but it will make you want to buy a shitload of lego. And what else really matters?

BLACKFISH

Rating:*****

This is one of my favourite movies. It's beautifully done and informative with a great insight into the conditions that we keep wild orcas in. It's done in a way that doesn't force the opinion that caging these animals are wrong but points out the things we need to change.
It specifically looks at the upbringing of Tilikum, the killer whale that killed Dawn Brancheau who is still the largest male living in captivity.
After watching this movie I am of the opinion that trainers do develop an affection for their orcas and their orcas may or may not reciprocate that but what became increasingly apparent was that the people behind the trading of the whales do not understand what they are dealing with. They don't realise that these animals are capable of emotions that equal ours or that mental stimulation with toys or trainers isn't enough for an animal capable of complex communication.
It wasn't their care that appalled me but the lack of empathy that we so called "empathetic creatures" treated them with.
You owe it to them to watch this film if you've ever been to sea world, you really do.

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