Christopher Cross of Infinite Respawns writes: Yesterday, the Oscar nominations were finally announced. There were a lot of snubs, and maybe one or two surprises. But the snub which most surprised me, was the exclusion of The Lego Movie from the Best Animated Feature category. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s highly acclaimed work has gone unnoticed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, almost a week after it lost to How to Train Your Dragon 2 at the Golden Globes. This article is purely meant to explain why it was snubbed, why it would have made sense to be a nominee, and why it would have been a perfect winner of the coveted award.
After the immense success of the LEGO movie franchise, Warner Bros. is reportedly developing a new franchise based on Funko Pops.
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The LEGO Movie wowed critics back in 2014 with its clever stop-motion-mimicking animation, visually dazzling design scheme and insightful satire of summer-blockbuster “hero’s journey” cliches; but the biggest surprise of all was the slowly-emerging twist that the entire story had actually been taking place in a sprawling LEGO display in a basement somewhere in the “real” world (and/or the imagination of the small boy playing with it). Even then, the film had one more surprise within the twist itself: poignancy. It’s ultimately revealed that the main characters’ quest (to stop the evil President Business from freezing the LEGO Universe solid) was a dramatization of the boy’s frustrated relationship with his father (Will Ferrell) – who crazy-glues his LEGO together and forbids anyone else from playing with them.
EB: The Warp Zone has released the latest entry in its Recap Raps series, which does exactly what it implies for a film’s plot. The latest movie to get recapped with a rap is The LEGO Movie, and it’s pretty well done like the other entries in this series. It even has a hook at pays homage to The LEGO Movie’s “Everything is Awesome” track.
