Lego movie

I saw the lego movie yesterday it was HILARIOUS. But on a serious note...I was impressed with the level of animation. I particularly liked the way they did the water and fire. They made them both flow really well just using stop motion that would have taken forever! I was curious if all of the movie was made in stop motion like the faces etc so i googled and this is what I found...
http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/20/how-the-lego-movie-was-made-animation-video/
So apparently none of it is stop motion! It's not real lego at all! They make virtual lego bricks on the computer then use a software that clicks them together and it works like real lego how it doesn't connect with some pieces. The video at the top of the page explains the whole process of this film right from storyboarding. I found it quite interesting how just a bit of lighting can make a virtual object look like a real life object! I think the visuals are absolutely fabulous mainly because you can't tell it's all computer generated! 
I think knowing it's all done on computer took the magic out of it a bit but I think making it in stop motion would have taken a heck of a lot longer than this so I see why they did it in this way.