This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Grew up watching; and loving this movie. While the lore was kind of overly forced, (which left my parents totally confused) I was able to follow it no problem as a five year old. This is a wonderful tale of friendship, sacrifice and drama, all tied together by lovable characters. I feel motivated to write this, after seeing the truly shocking mess that was 'Bionicle 2' and after seeing that the user reviews for THAT were overwhelmingly positive, and better than this, I felt compelled to intervene here. The sequel confused and messed up all the lore put out in this movie, and had none of the heart or friendship. Watching Bionicle: mask of light will be an utter delight for young children, and adults alike. Assuming you are willing to buy into the lore and universe without resistance (which a child is)this film will be an utter hoot. With the fun and exciting concept of 'Koli' at the beginning, right up to a cool, half and half fused Bionicle at the end, the simple and exciting plot will enthrall both young and old. Don't bother trying to watch the confusingly numbered prequel before going into this, as it will only leave you bored.I have seen many people here comparing this movie to Lord Of The Rings, which I am pretty sure they are only saying because IHE said it. This could be slightly true I suppose, but this is far more entertaining, action packed and fun than LOTR. It is an abridged version, with all the boring scenes removed. The scene in the cave with the blue plants still gives me goosebumps to watch, with the cool villain's voice. If you want a fun, silly and entertaining time, watch the only true Bionicle movie, THIS ONE.

When I was 6, (in 2007, Toa Mahri saga) I was in the hospital with a deadly case of asthma, Then, they had more than 40 movies, I found this one, and the whole month I was there, it would be the only thing I'd watch, I take a look back at it now, not that good, but it helped me through my asthma, and got me out of there, There's something about this movie... The movie is about 2 Matoran, Jaller and Gukko(Takua) Adventuring to find the 7th Toa: Takanuva, Toa of light. It's a great movie with a plot somewhat similar to Lord of the Rings. I don't like Lord of the Rings, very long and boring, but there's something about this movie that engages me. I like it. The Animation doesn't look that great and the Toa don't look like their actual product toy. The Toa seem a little bit too tall, let's see if I can pinpoint what's wrong... I think the legs may be too thin, and the arms too thin, also, the torso's aren't exactly the shape they should be. Lets just say, This movie isn't great, but it's great, if that makes any sense.

Now, I loved Bionicles while I was growing up. Building and playing with them were one of my favorite past-times, so of course my little 7-year old self watched this movie on repeat while playing with the toys that were in the movie.Now I'm 19 years old and watching this movie I have to say. This movie sucks.This movie has NOT aged well. In fact this movie is bad enough to the point where if I had a time machine, I would go back in time and smack myself around for watching this stupid, stupid movie.So let's start off with one major problem. The characters. No matter how you look at it there is not one character who gives a memorable performance or even one that is mediocre. They all feel very archetypal and mundane. The Toas all feel flat, Jalah and Tekuah (or however the hell you spell their names) have voices and actions that make you either want to beat your head against a wall or strangle something nearby.Not to mention the boy who becomes the Toa of Light... is unworthy. If anything Jalah is more deserving of the title, he didn't falter and give up in his quest, he sacrificed EVERYTHING for his friend, and even paid with his life at one point (before they pulled a deus ex machina and brought him back) to save someone. What did Tekuah, the Toa of Light do? Beat Makuta in a game.That's it. Truly a hero to go down in the history books.The animation is sub par at best. The characters look accurate to their toys but they move about awkwardly and not as freely as they should. The constant use of slow-motion is an eyesore and gets old QUICK, and the battle scenes leave something to be desired. All the fights feel anti-climactic and like they have 20 minutes of better fighting footage but don't use it for God knows what reason.It's a shameless plug to sell more toys. But even that's not an excuse for this poor excuse for a film. We saw the same thing with Ninja Turtles and Transformers, but those at the very least had likable characters with an increasingly interesting storyline, especially with the films. This? This is just bad. And I mean BAD.So please. Play with some Bionicles if you want to have some fun, they're really cool. But for the love of everything that is holy don't watch this movie. It's really, really bad.

Before I saw this, I thought it wouldn't matter much if I didn't know the characters beforehand. I was wrong. I could barely follow the story, which annoyed me, since it was so simple that it hurts. The plot is OK, but unless you're a fan of Bionicle, you won't really care about it; it spends too little time telling us who these characters are, or giving us reasons to like them, or care for them. I realize that this is a children's movie, but it should have been better; most Disney movies give you characters to care about. The acting varied from decent to very bad. The characters were OK, but too many of them seemed to be there just for the sake of comic relief(on a side-note, why did one of the Toa's talk like Yoda?). The CGI is mostly OK, but at times it descends into mediocrity. Something I found repetitively annoying was how the animators kept trying to give these characters with barely any facial features at all emotion; it just doesn't work, when the eyes are lights and the face is a metal surface. Light and metal can't convey emotions like human actors can. They should have realized that, and put more action in it instead. With all that said, the action was the most entertaining thing in this movie, especially the fight at the end. Apart from that, this movie has very little to offer to non-fans of Bionicle, and if you get around to watching this, you'll be happy that it's only 70 minutes, because you won't be able to sit through any more of it when it's done. 5/10