Thursday, February 20, 2014

The Lego Movie

The film has been universally praised and I can't really deviate from that. Its really clever, has good voice work (will arnett as batman in particular) and actually doesn't come off as overly commercial. Buuuuut, there is still something disconcerting about a well made film that at its core is still a 90 minute advertisement for a toy company. Its not that I think this sort of movie shouldn't be made, or that its corrupting the youth, but I don't know, its a little weird. Whatever, I'll leave you with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdWgClU8vk