Building Blocks Of A Sunny Day

Sunday was the first warm sunny day we had this year, almost spring-like in its comport, so we opted to go for a drive to Keighley. We arrived there only to discover it was full of independent shops that were closed on Sundays - the only places that were open were chain stores and the Polish shop. We had a quick look around, observing the Victorian architecture of this market town jostling with one of those 1960s planned concrete town centres before we gave up and headed towards home.

We tried to go to Bingley or drive a scenic route back but due to dodgy turn-offs we failed to do this. In the end we went to Bradford - for some reason we often go here when the sun is shining - where it was the busiest I've ever seen it, with kids and parents splashing in the water of the new fountain development. We opted to go to the Sparrow for a craft beer and a pork pie - where we saw a doggie who wanted pettings before being given a dog bowl of beer - before going to see The Lego Movie, the film having had rave reviews amongst furries.

I was told I didn't have to have any geek knowledge to enjoy the film and so it proved. It was a fantastic 100 minute adventure and quite different to the films I've seen before. In places it did seem like a huge advert for Lego but the plot was unique, nicely weaved between Lego and real life, and I felt genuine emotion in the script, which at points almost made me cry (but then I cry at almost anything). Unikitty was probably my favourite character but each world had its own positives and the catchy song does make for puppyization, much to the annoyance of Wolfie - Puppy dog is awesome, puppy dog is cool when he's part of a team. There was also a good message in the film too but overall it was just a fantastic gripping movie, full of action with a strong plot and instantly recognizable characters in unique positions. And its uniqueness is what made it great, which is why I enjoyed it so much.