"The Lego Movie 1" was released in 2014. The film was highly praised for its endless easter eggs and stalks, and finally achieved a double harvest of word-of-mouth box office. The North American box office was 257 million US dollars, ranking No. 5 at the North American box office in 2014, and the global box office was a big sales of 4.69%. One hundred million U.S. dollars.
There are Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Gandalf, Dumbledore, etc. in the movie, and almost all of Warner's movies are ridiculed.
After waiting for 5 years, I finally waited for the return of "The Lego Movie 2".
"The Lego Movie 2" still has endless tributes and Easter eggs throughout the film, and the technology of playing stalks is also at its peak, and many of them are very advanced, if not deep movie fans can't see it.
For example, the end of the wasteland presented at the beginning is reminiscent of another Warner movie "Mad Max: Fury Road".
And the male protagonist, Emmett, was driving the spaceship wildly, and there was a potted plant next to the seat. He was teasing the tree Groot of "Guardians of the Galaxy". After all, Emmett's voice actor was "Star Lord" Chris. Pratt.
Later, Emmett met Rex, who claimed to be an archaeologist and raptor trainer of the Galaxy Defense Department, who made fun of "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Jurassic World."
After Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and others got on the spaceship, no one cared whether Green Lantern came up.
The late Green Lantern couldn't help complaining: "I'm the Green Lantern, how could you forget me?"
"Everyone forgot about Green Lantern" is a pun, and the second meaning is undoubtedly that there is no Green Lantern in "Justice League", which directly breaks the fourth wall.
In addition, Gandalf broke the dimensional wall and complained about Marvel and DC, Superman opened the self-black mode, as well as Cyborg, The Flash, Gandalf, Bruce Willis of "Die Hard", etc. It can be said that It's Easter eggs from start to finish.
Easter eggs and stalks are a major feature of this film. Another major feature is that the contrast often triggers laughter, which is also a continuation of the style of the first film.
For example, the heroine Lucy said: "Everyone, we have to stay tough."
In the next second, he slapped his face in an instant. Batman actually started a SPA and said, "I want to bury my rough past in my relaxed gluteus maximus", as if forgetting that he had been abducted by aliens.
The same example also appeared on Emmett. He asked Rex for help to rescue his companion who was kidnapped by aliens, hoping that the other party would help him become tougher, but the next second he began to tease the raptor again.
The director is very good at using this "god reversal" to create laughs, making people guess the beginning but not the ending.
Facing the apocalypse in the wasteland, Lucy pretended to say deeply: "Our life has fallen into chaos, and the new life has made everyone stronger."
As soon as the picture changed, Emmett bought coffee with great joy, and broke the work in a second.
"You can't pretend everything is perfect," Lucy taught Emmett earnestly.
Emmett accepted Lucy's offer without hesitation, saying, "Yes, I know, so I also have a sharp side and can be super tough."
As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he started to make a wish to "Meteor" and slapped his face every minute.
Emmett gave a rousing speech to the crowd, saying with enthusiasm, "Who's going to come with me to save them?"
According to the routine of the previous movies, everyone must come forward, but as a result, no one went, I have to say that it is too anti-routine.
Lucy said very puzzledly, "It seems to know our every move." It turned out that Emmett didn't forget to turn on the turn signal before every turn, and she didn't even know it.
Another example is that Batman, who was single one second, stepped into the wedding hall the next, and even showed off to Superman: "Look, I'm getting married before you!" It's really a powerful dog abuse.
On the one hand, "The Lego Movie 2" ridicules other film and television works and uses "playing memes" to create laughs; on the other hand, it guides the audience to guess the next plot development, and then gives you a completely different result, thus forming a huge Contrast to provoke laughter.
More importantly, the two "Lego Movies" are not only funny, but also have a good script that can make the audience think.
"The Lego Movie 1" takes saving the world as the main line, and the dark line hides a story of a father and son eliminating the estrangement;
"The Lego Movie 2" uses the same technique, using the collision of two worlds as a metaphor for the process of brother and sister from conflict to shaking hands.
In addition to the story, the brother and sister had a dispute over Lego toys, which led to the alien abduction of Lucy and others in the story.
Is your sister a villain? of course not.
Are aliens villains? Of course not.
The villain is neither a sister nor an alien. The real villain is the estrangement between relatives, the generation gap in the family, the difficulties in life, and the resistance in reality. Only a family can work together to overcome them.
In "The Lego Movie 1", the father and son finally released their past suspicions. In the end of "The Lego Movie 2", the brother and sister also shook hands and reconciled, and they also grew up in the process of eliminating the estrangement and became more good self.
Regarding tolerance and growth, family and love, this is the spiritual core of the two "Lego Movies", and it is also the reason why people like these two movies.
After the brother and sister were reconciled, the scene of playing Lego together was very touching, reminding many people of their own personal experiences, and also reminiscent of "Toy Story 3".
The elder brother seemed to be saying to his younger sister: Look, this is Superman, this is Batman, this is Gandalf... They were the ones who accompanied me through a happy childhood, and they will be yours when I grow up.
We can guess that maybe "The Lego Movie 3" is going to film the story of my brother going to school and saying goodbye to Lego toys. It must be another tear-jerking drama.
"The Lego Movie 2" can not only make you laugh, but also make you cry, and finally integrate into family and affection. This kind of film with tears in laughter is the highest level of comedy.
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