Reception
The film premiered on September 13, 2003, at Legoland in Carlsbad, California, which featured a huge mosaic built of Lego and a special effects show. The DVD was one of the ten best selling premiere DVDs of 2003. Cartoon Network acquired the license to broadcast Mask of Light, airing for the first time on April 17, 2004 for the Saturday night block premiere of Toonami. A preview for Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui was shown at the end of the premiere, which several hours before the movie premiered, the Bionicle website posted a question for the fans to quote Vakama's speech during the sneak peek in order to obtain special content on the website's Kanoka Club page.
Entertainment Weekly gave the first Bionicle movie a "B+" The film was thought to be spectacular with its visual effects and sound mix, but lacking in dynamic characters, and possessing a simple plot, though others thought that thanks to skilled voice acting, the characters were allowed to grow. The assumption that people are already familiar with the story made it difficult to follow for the uninitiated. Some reviewers noted references to Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter and Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings lauded film trilogy (whose final film was released in December later the same year) throughout the story. A video game based on the movie was released on the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance receiving below average reviews. There was also a novelization of the film and a line of toys from it.
Bionicle won the Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in a DVD Premiere Movie. Composer Nathan Furst was nominated for his second consecutive DVD Exclusive Award for Best Original Score. Mask of Light was also nominated for Best Director, Best Animated Premiere Movie, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Score, and Best Editing.
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