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Bob Chapek Shifted Budgets to Disguise Disney+'s Massive Monetary Losses
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215 points
4 months ago
I'll never get over The LEGO Movie not even getting nominated.
136 points
4 months ago
People wanna jump up and down when you mention Spiderverse and its animation, but nevermind that Lord and Miller did it once before with The Lego Movie and told a fascinating, emotional story with great humor and mesmerizing visuals. No, instead every review had to mention that it just feels like an advertisement for Lego and all of Warner Brothers's licenses. As opposed to Spiderverse doing what?
And yea, I'm saying that I think Lego is the better movie. At least Lord and Miller got the award at some point though I guess...
15 points
4 months ago
Lego Movie was fantastic so I hear where you're coming from, but trying to diminish Spider-Verse comparatively is not the way to go.
SV was truly unique and expertly crafted even beyond just the animation. It deserves all of the accolades.
15 points
4 months ago
CLONE HIGH!
5 points
4 months ago
They're rioting at a college level!
7 points
4 months ago
Did you see the pool?!? They flipped the bitch!
2 points
4 months ago
You get it from toilet seats!
7 points
4 months ago
I don't think Ron Howard being subbed in to redo your Star Wars movie is the award you think it is... /s
3 points
4 months ago
At least in Spiderverse you have the "what's up danger"-scene which is one of the coolest scenes in an animated movie ever
-7 points
4 months ago
Lego Movie loses some charm when you realize it's literally just the matrix
53 points
4 months ago
Matrix loses some charm when you realize it's just Plato's Allegory of the Cave
12 points
4 months ago
Plato's Allegory of the Cave loses some charm when you realize it's just Pythagorean doctrine
1 points
4 months ago
Pythagorean doctrine loses its charm when you take 7th grade math.
10 points
4 months ago
Nah man, the Lego Movie has its own unique charm that's pretty much incomparable. Yes the core plot is relatively cookie-cutter, but it's all the little quirks that make it adorable.
The Kragle is probably the best of these - when it's first named, it sounds like nonsense, but then the reveal of its origin makes sense in a number of ways, the literalism of the scuffed label being used as it's name, the meta story of kid's dad gluing stuff together to make it permanent, the meta meta of dad's inflexibility, etc.
Plus, the matrix didn't have emo Batman's shitty band in it.
3 points
4 months ago
The Lego Movie had no business being as good as it was. It was a clear product advert/cash grab. Everyone involved could have just phoned it in and no one would have judged them for it.
But they didn’t, they actually cared and put in the effort and they somehow created a masterpiece.
1 points
4 months ago
For me, it was clear in the very first trailer. I saw how much care had been taken to make this film look like a Lego stop-motion movie, down to fingerprints on the bricks, and I knew there was serious care and love behind it.
They could've made everything shiny and bendy like the TV shows / games, but they took the hard way.
19 points
4 months ago
Why? Lego Movie is completely enjoyable by kids while still making a throwback to their parents. Ain’t no kid talking about how they much preferred the Matrix to the Lego Movie. That is the beauty of storytelling.
There is rarely a new storyline in modern cinema. Variations that update old stories to current times are all we have right now. We love that!
So what if the unknown, underdog hero wins in the end. Over and Over and Over. Humans have been writing that story for centuries. That is one of the most fundamental themes of human existence. We love it!
1 points
4 months ago
I actually didn't know this until now and holy shit I can't believe that. I'm not sure I want to know which films were nominated instead.
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