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 Theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lHm-stXdM Sara and Teagan with the Lonely Island Out in North America February 7th, the Lego Movie has earned approximately 70 Million in the U.S. and 18 Million internationally as of Sunday night 2/9/2014 projections. It lords the Box Office and deservedly so...it owns. Go see it, now. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lego.htm quote:An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together. Cast Chris Pratt - Emmet Elizabeth Banks - Wyldstyle/Lucy Will Arnett - Batman Will Ferrell - President Business Morgan Freeman - Vitruvius Charlie Day - Spaceman Benny Liam Neeson - Bad Cop/Good Cop Nick Offerman - Craggy Alison Brie - Uni-Kitty Craig Berry - Blake Jonah Hill - Green Lantern Channing Tatum - Superman My brief thoughts Everything was awesome. The performances and characters were great, the story was good, the animation was fantastic, even the sound stands out, go out and see the thing now. The gags are funny and the subject matter that is addressed surprise even me. It has that thing that people call "heart" but it does it very well and in a genuine manner. Batman's theme. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVV_zoDjbQk
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I am contributing to this crude Lego Movie thread. This movie is seriously good. Shocking no-one, Lord and Miller hit another one out of the park. What is shocking the fact that they manage to take what could so easily have been an extended toy commercial and turn it into something that will desperately make you want to buy the product without feeling like its marketing the product to you. It's sweet and sincere without being cloying, bright and colorful without lacking depth, and on top of that thick with great, gut-busting humor. It's very impressive. Caught it yesterday morning at a WB screening, and I'm headed off of to see it again in a couple hours. I have a feeling its going to be the kind of movie that improves on repeated viewings.
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Feb 10, 2014 02:58
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 Sometimes good things come from Tumblr.
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Feb 10, 2014 03:02
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Gatts posted:Nick Offerman - Craggy I think you mean Metalbeard 
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Feb 10, 2014 03:06
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Something for your thread: How they made The Lego Movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq_tqsasgoI
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Feb 10, 2014 03:16
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I saw this on Friday and my brother (who is also an adult) was ticked I didn't wait to see it with him. I told him without hesitation I'd see it again with him if he wanted to, no question. This is one of those movies I will gladly pay admission for more than once. Chewbacca isn't kidding that it makes you crave building with Legos like nothing else. The fact they gave away Emmet mini figures with each ticket didn't hurt either.
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Feb 10, 2014 04:19
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Fantastic movie, way better than I expected it to turn out. My only regret with this movie is that (SPOILERS) They didn't find a way to get Ford to do a cameo as Han Solo even though they got Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams to reprise their parts. One trick I really liked in this movie is that in a lot of the long shots, they deliberately did a false miniature effect to help sell the illusion that these are actual lego pieces moving around on a table.
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Feb 10, 2014 04:25
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Green Jacket posted:The fact they gave away Emmet mini figures with each ticket didn't hurt either. I'm feeling a combination of indignation and also that I was probably going to go see it again anyways. What chain did you go to where they did this? edit: LOVED all the in-jokes for lego fans like the fabuland and bionicle gags. According to one of the sets, Johnny Thunder was one of the master builders. Totally missed him but I guess I'll keep an eye out next time I see it.
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Feb 10, 2014 04:45
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What is the subtext of the Awesome? Can the Awesome be interpreted as fascist? But seriously, I love how this movie handled itself. A little bit cheesy at points, but excellent nonetheless. The Citizen Bladerunner of 3D Animation Disguised as Stop-Motion.
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Feb 10, 2014 05:01
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mr. stefan posted:One trick I really liked in this movie is that in a lot of the long shots, they deliberately did a false miniature effect to help sell the illusion that these are actual lego pieces moving around on a table. I think one of my favorite things about the film is that it really looks like a film that COULD have been made with actual Legos, obviously, if you didn't mind it taking a million years to shoot. But there's not much that betrays that aesthetic, and I really think it's one of the better computer animated films I've seen in a while. They really did get so much of the look right. Honestly, I really do feel like it's one of the most inventive films I've seen in a while. From the animation to the really good use of a license, the Lego Movie could have been just another crass cash-in, but instead, it's really something that was a labor of love.
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Feb 10, 2014 05:12
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Level Slide posted:What is the subtext of the Awesome? Can the Awesome be interpreted as fascist? It's more of a recognition between the contrast of President Business and the Master Builders. Consider these lines: quote:Everything is better when we stick together It's a recognition that their society is structured so that victory comes through cooperation ("we should stick together") and that personal differences should be smoothed over ("you’re like me/ we are working in harmony"). It's not a fascist approach per-say, it's a collectivist approach. Contrast this with the Master Builders, who are extremely individualist. This is further confirmed by their identities - you have not-God (Morgan Freeman), Superman, Wonder Woman, Shakespeare, etc. All of these are "great" figures which are known for tackling problems by themselves or with minimal help. The Master Builders are the "Great Person" myth made incarnate.
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Feb 10, 2014 05:14
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They can't have hand animated everything right? They had to have written a particle system to do stuff like water, smoke and explosions. I bet that would be fun as hell to play around with.
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Feb 10, 2014 05:35
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I remember reading somewhere that it's 80-90% CG and 10-20% practical. Also, 80-something Space Guy is one of the directors' mini-figs from his childhood, hence the cracked helmet and faded planet logo. i09 put it best, this is simultaneously the best send up of hero journey tent pole films ever, and a great summer tent pole hero journey film. Riven fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Feb 10, 2014 |
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Feb 10, 2014 05:47
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I hope this is the official name for Benny's set: Benny’s Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!
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japtor posted:I hope this is the official name for Benny's set: Benny’s Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP! That is the official name, yes!
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Feb 10, 2014 06:12
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Riven posted:I remember reading somewhere that it's 80-90% CG and 10-20% practical. Also, 80-something Space Guy is one of the directors' mini-figs from his childhood, hence the cracked helmet and faded planet logo. I mean more whether or not someone placed every digital brick in each shot. I know the old set box/instruction photos were real, but I'm curious about what other real stuff got comped in. And if that is the set name then I'm buying it day one.
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Feb 10, 2014 06:31
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It was a pretty great movie. The live action parts weren't bad by any stretch of the imagination but they did slow things down. I thought Vitruvius's staff was icky.
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Feb 10, 2014 06:36
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That was fantastic and the turn to live action at the end was surprising and poignant. All in all a great animated movie.
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Feb 10, 2014 07:18
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Relentlessboredomm posted:That was fantastic Dude I think you should spoiler that.
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Feb 10, 2014 07:31
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door Door door posted:I mean more whether or not someone placed every digital brick in each shot. I know the old set box/instruction photos were real, but I'm curious about what other real stuff got comped in. And if that is the set name then I'm buying it day one. Plastic is really easy to render compared to everything else. Since every lego brick has the same plastic bump mapping as well, it's pretty easy to make a convincing brick.
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Feb 10, 2014 07:36
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This is a movie that just loves the world, creativity, and people. It's completely earnest in its love for everything, and I have to admire that. Seems we get so many kid/family films that are full of self-hating cynicism or self-indulgent importance that it's rare we get something so excited to be on screen. Loved every minute of it.
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Al-Saqr posted:Dude I think you should spoiler that. Seriously, I might have wanted to experience that without knowing.
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Feb 10, 2014 07:52
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Easily going to be my favourite movie of the year, I was moved by a LEGO movie. Cannot wait to see it again once the crowds die down a bit.
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Feb 10, 2014 08:20
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I hadn't heard a thing about this aside from its existence before my roommate asked me to go and I almost said no. I'm glad I went though because it was loving fantastic.
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Feb 10, 2014 08:47
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door Door door posted:What chain did you go to where they did this? It was a Regal Cinema. That kinda sucks if it's a chain specific promo.
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Feb 10, 2014 13:28
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Green Jacket posted:It was a Regal Cinema. That kinda sucks if it's a chain specific promo. I didn't get one at Cinemark, sadly.
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Feb 10, 2014 13:53
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Through most of the movie, I was sitting there thinking that it reminded me a lot of that opening scene in Toy Story 3 with One-Eyed Bart, where everything was ridiculous non sequiturs and how the plot was evocative of an imaginative kid playing with his toys. And then it got to the live action portion and it all made sense why. That kind of thing could've easily ruined the whole movie, but they managed to actually make it work in a completely satisfying way.
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Feb 10, 2014 13:58
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I was almost going to skip this because it had been advertised at my job several thousand times per hour and I was already sick of it. Glad I didn't though because it's great and consistently funny from start to finish. I also like that the first 1/3 or so is like a modernized take on Metropolis where, much like in reality, we're fed a constant stream of stupid stuff to keep us from noticing everything else going on in the world instead of just walking around miserably. And yet the Lego Movie is what it is. I liked the product placement a lot also. Just throwing out the part numbers at key plot points was great because thy realized the best advertisement possible is just having stuff like Metal Beard and being able to mix properties together however you want. It's also great to see a Warner Bros. movie take the piss out of Batman so much, his theme song is amazing. This was like the most  movie for me ever too because having the glow in the dark ghost figure on a string was something I did all the time and my general preferences as a kid was basically 1:1 with the blue space man, the raddest figure.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:06
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It took me entirely too long to realize the Piece of Resistance was a plastic cap.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:22
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Favorite part was either Benny finally getting to build and fly his Spaceship (because as we all know, Space Sets are the BEST Lego, bar none.  ) or the little "2D" segments when Meatalbeard's ship sailed away/the top of the skyscraper flew away.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Favorite part was either Benny finally getting to build and fly his Spaceship (because as we all know, Space Sets are the BEST Lego, bar none. And the sound effects from those 2D segments.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:28
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Every single kid who plays with Lego will at some point think "I should build a really cool spaceship", so that character works perfectly. What worked even better for me was that the climax was building a giant awesome LEGO robot, the kind you wished you could always build as a kid but didn't have the imagination or the skills to put one together.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:37
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Crappy Jack posted:What worked even better for me was that the climax was building a giant awesome LEGO robot, the kind you wished you could always build as a kid but didn't have the imagination or the skills to put one together.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:39
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I loved it. Loved the discussions of fascism, about what does and doesn't work about it (a kid's moving exploring the potential good intentions of fascism, that's pretty crazy), and the eventual comparison to the relationship between parent and child. It was just a really interesting movie all around.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:45
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Dammit, this movie almost made me tear up at the end. I went with my 4 year old son, and the week before I was just telling him how important it was to keep all of our lego kits separate and keep the instructions all together and in good condition. We even keep all the boxes, and place the lego kits in ziplocs then in the original boxes with instructions when they are taken apart. The movie was telling me I was Lord Business. When we got home from the movie, I let him mix up Star Wars, Alien Conquest, Police, and the generic Legos we had in one giant pile and just go crazy. Now he is going around saying he is a Master Builder, singing Everything is Awesome and making a fleet of some odd looking spaceships. It's going to take me forever to build some of the original stuff from his giant box of legos now though.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Favorite part was either Benny finally getting to build and fly his Spaceship (because as we all know, Space Sets are the BEST Lego, bar none. drat rights, early 90's Space was the best; Space Police, Ice Planet 2002, M-Tron. I feel bad for the kids that were into Lego in the late 90s/early 00s who missed out on the awesome space sets before the Star Wars line got really good.
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AgentHaiTo posted:Dammit, this movie almost made me tear up at the end. I went with my 4 year old son, and the week before I was just telling him how important it was to keep all of our lego kits separate and keep the instructions all together and in good condition. We even keep all the boxes, and place the lego kits in ziplocs then in the original boxes with instructions when they are taken apart. The movie was telling me I was Lord Business. I can say from experience that building the original stuff from a giant tub full of mixed Legos is an excellent parent/child bonding experience. You know that scene where they're at the construction site and everybody's going "I need a 2x2 flat piece!"? That'll be you and your kid, working together to hunt down the pieces you need to build an awesome Lego castle. A Lego castle that will then be attacked by evil Space Pirates until there's a last minute rescue by Luke Skywalker.
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Feb 10, 2014 16:38
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Crappy Jack posted:A Lego castle that will then be attacked by evil Space Pirates until there's a last minute rescue by Luke Skywalker. A closet in my house literally has the necessary sets to do that boxed up right now. A Castle castle, the Millennium Falcon, and Slave One (close enough.) If you can find a way to work The Simpsons into there you hit them all.
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Feb 10, 2014 16:48
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Lord and Miller can do no wrong at this point. I was seriously not prepared for the level of awesome this movie threw at me for the entire duration. As far as the animation goes, the water and smoke effects really did blow me away by how perfectly blocky they were. I do kind of wish there was more consistency with how people moved, though- there were some shots that seemed more stop-motion-esque than others. But it wasn't enough to detract by how wonderfully fleshed out they built a Lego world. And I really want a minifig too, dammit.
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This is reminding me of my efforts to make x-wings and the Millenium Falcon and stuff before the Lego Star Wars stuff existed to make it actually work. It was so awesome but so, just ever so slightly off in the dumbest ways. Like you had to use a bunch of those two stud hinge pieces so that the x-wing's wings could fold out but even when the pieces were new they weren't strong enough to hold the wings open so you had to basically hold it like that while playing with it. Man 80s lego spaceships will always be the raddest thing. http://brickset.com/sets/6985-1/Cosmic-Fleet-Voyager http://brickset.com/sets/6954-1/Renegade These were like the coolest thing ever. I liked how the movie managed to fit in all the different subtle and not so subtle things about our experiences with Legos also. Like how the one time a piece is stepped on by a human he doesn't notice because he's not barefoot. Neo Rasa fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Feb 10, 2014 |
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